March 2, 2009

Annapolis, Md. –  Maryland Department Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary John R. Griffin announced today that the Department has decided to withdraw the Limited Crab Catcher (LCC) component of the Department’s 2009 blue crab regulatory proposal. “During the course of public comment on the proposed 2009 regulations, the vast majority of verbal and written comment was […]

A call from a concerned citizen on Feb. 3 prompted an investigation by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents into the illegal killing of an 11 to 12 foot alligator near Dutchtown. The agents’ investigation revealed that a Gonzales couple allegedly killed the alligator on Feb. 1, while hunting feral hogs in

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold 12 public meetings across the state in March to provide hunters, trappers, anglers, landowners and other interested parties an opportunity to review and comment on proposed 2009 hunting regulations for white-tailed deer, wild turkey, boar and black bear, proposed 2010-2011 general hunting and trapping regulations

Book Cliffs — A five-point bull elk was shot, hidden and left to rot in the Book Cliffs in east central Utah recently. Now wildlife officers are looking for help to solve the case. “On Feb. 1, I responded to a call from our poaching hotline,” says Clint Sampson, a Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Lincoln, Neb. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission removed 15 feral pigs from Harlan County Reservoir Feb. 24 and 25 to keep them from becoming a threat to domestic and wild animals, crops and wildlife habitat, according to Sam Wilson, the Commission’s nongame mammal and furbearer specialist. “We believe the hunt was very successful

Viroqua, Wis. (AP) — Conservation wardens continue to investigate after a bald eagle was found dead in Vernon County with its talons missing. The bird was found hanging from a tree east of Viroqua in early February. It appeared to have been dead for some time before it was discovered. The cause of death hasn’t

The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) requests the public’s help identifying the poacher who killed five antelope on Tuesday near Herlong, in Lassen County. An anonymous person contacted DFG’s CalTIP line to report three dead and two injured antelope east of Hwy. 395 and south of Herlong Access Rd. (also known as Road

East Peoria, IL – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) has renewed a long standing partnership with Ducks Unlimited (DU) through the acceptance of a 370-acre parcel of property in Marshall County.  IDNR Director Marc Miller accepted the donation on behalf of the agency at the annual Illinois DU state convention in East Peoria.

Nelson, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin DNR is planning to strap small GPS units on golden eagles over the next three years to see where the birds go when they migrate from western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota. The golden eagle is mostly a western bird and is plentiful from the Dakotas west to the Pacific