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Idaho Briefs

| March 26, 2014 9:00 PM

• Nominations for H.A.Y.D.E.N. awards sought

The Hayden Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for its annual H.A.Y.D.E.N. awards, which are designed to honor and recognize individuals and businesses for their accomplishments and contributions to the community.

Nominations are being accepted in the following categories: H for Human Rights or History, A for Aerospace or the Arts, Y for Youth, D for Distinguished Citizen, E for Education and N for New or Noteworthy Business.

Nomination forms are available on the chamber website at www.haydenchamber.org or by calling 762-1185. Nomination forms must be received by 5 p.m., April 3.

Recipients of the award will be recognized at the Chamber Annual Awards Banquet set for 5:30 p.m. April 19 at the Resort Aviation Hangar at the Coeur d'Alene Airport.

• Four convicted in Washington County poaching

BOISE (AP) - Four people have been convicted of a poaching spree in Washington County.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says the 2012 spree left more than a dozen deer and three domestic cows dead.

The agency says the four defendants must pay more than $24,000 in penalties. Their hunting licenses were also revoked for between three and five years.

A tip led wildlife agents to the suspects, one of whom cooperated from the start.

Fish and Game conservation officer Mark Sands concluded the young men, over a four-week period, killed or wounded more than a dozen deer, protected birds, and all types of other wildlife. One of the defendants shot and killed three domestic cows.

• Idaho to receive $20.2 million from FWS

WASHINGTON (AP) - Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will distribute nearly $1.1 billion in excise tax revenues paid by sportsmen and sportswomen to state fish and wildlife agencies.

The money goes to fund fish and wildlife conservation and recreation projects across the nation.

Idaho's share of that money is $20.2 million.

The money comes from excise taxes on the sale of firearms, ammunition, archery equipment, fishing equipment and tackle, and electric outboard motors. Recreational boaters also contribute through fuel taxes on motorboats and small engines.