Out on the National Elk Refuge, where some 8,000 animals congregate against the cold, they leave behind racks of 20 pounds or more. By springtime, thousands of pounds of elk horn litter the National Wildlife Refuge unit.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ruled "the northwestern subspecies'' of moose historically found in North Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan is stable.
This year, a record of nearly 17,000 people applied for licenses, with six licenses allocated for upcoming season.
The southeast region led the way with a 163 percent increase, followed by the northeast region with a 115 percent increase and east central region with a 55 percent increase.
The region could experience a "traffic jam'' of chinook salmon in the coming month.
Official says there is no straightforward explanation for the increase and it could be chance, but it has not helped that there are more people recreating in the Yellowstone region as the coronavirus pandemic has given them a reason to spend more time outdoors.
The move comes almost two years after a federal appeals court faulted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for arbitrarily dismissing threats to grayling from climate change and other pressures.
“It’s probably the most significant conservation bill that’s been passed in the Congress in the last 50 years."
In the first seven days of this year’s walleye production, haulers traveled more than 8,200 miles and stocked over 150 lakes with 7.6 million fish.
"Visible evidence that breeding loon populations can be restored to their former habitat.''
Record-breaking heat and bugs hindering your urge to wet a line this holiday weekend? Try trolling under a full moon for the region’s most popular freshwater gamefish
An annual spring survey by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department estimates 3.98 million breeding ducks in the state.
Giant salvinia, a highly invasive, free-floating aquatic fern that can double in size in less than a week under ideal growing conditions, is one of the major threats to aquatic ecosystems in Texas.
Kenai River subsistence rod-and-reel salmon fishing halted due to extremely low numbers.
The COVID-19 pandemic is drastically reducing the number of young whooping cranes to be released this fall to help bring back the world's rarest cranes. Zoos and other places where the endangered birds are bred have had to cut not only staff size but use of two techniques to boost the birds' numbers
Grizzly bears on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountain Front have expanded in numbers and dispersed into areas where they have not existed for decades.
Can new trail camera technology keep hunters out of the woods longer, and save money?
Now it's the Wyoming Game and Fish Department that manages the conflict in this portion of the Equality State. Still, there's an ever-changing ecological system at play here.
The proposal would end the government's decades-long practice of treating accidental bird deaths caused by industry as potential criminal violations under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. More than 1,000 species are covered under the law.
Successful deer hunters can now get ages from teeth data – and according to that data, oldest deer harvested last season were a pair of 17-year-old does. Oldest buck was 10 years old.
This year, there were no chaperones, and people were mostly left to police themselves. Sometimes that went smoothly, but other times it's proved to be an ugly affair – and the stakes are high when large carnivores, naive tourists and high-speed traffic are all part of the equation.
The new rules are designed to allow hunters to kill black and brown bears over bait, black bears including cubs and females with cubs with artificial light at den sites, and wolves and coyotes including pups during the denning season. Hunters can also kill caribou from traveling motorboats and swimming caribou.
And it's just the second time the disease has been detected in bats in the state.
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