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sota Department of Natural Resources. Statewide, more than 80,000 hunters are expected to go after pheasants this year.
• Fish and Wildlife spokesman Tim Patronski said the skeleton crew of federal wildlife officers won't be able to cover up the numerous green-and-white waterfowl production area signs that state, "Open to public hunting." Officers will talk to anyone they encounter, he said.
• "Our primary role is to educate, just to get the word out," Patronski said.
• Steve Williams, former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said public lands available for hunting already are too crowded, and the federal acres closure

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