March 2, 2009

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) — A change in Minnesota’s Constitution will soon mean up to $300 million in new money annually for conservation, water quality, parks and arts programs _ and that’s on top of what those programs already receive from the state budget. Or is it? With lawmakers trying to address a $4.8 billion …

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New London, Conn. (AP) — Catching a Connecticut moose takes lots of patience, a quick and steady hand at the tranquilizer dart-gun trigger – especially from a cramped two-person helicopter getting tossed by the wind – and keen eyesight. And more patience. Three years ago, state wildlife biologist Andrew LaBonte began to collect some basic

Billings – Wolves killed 11 sheep and injured five more south of Two Dot Thursday, USDA Wildlife Services officials have confirmed. Wolves in the Lebo Peak pack, which formed in 2008, were believed responsible for the damage. Wildlife Services was authorized to lethally remove one wolf from the pack and capture and collar one wolf.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will hold a public meeting to discuss mountain lion management and tentative quotas for the 2009 hunting season in Region 3. The meeting is set for Monday, March 9 at 7 p.m. at the Methodist Church Annex ( 114 E. Cedar) in Three Forks. FWP staff will present current mountain

Alliance, Neb.— Panhandle anglers will need to check the 2009 Nebraska Fishing Guide brochure available from local permit vendors and Nebraska Game and Parks Commission offices for regulation changes that will impact Panhandle waters, according to Al Hanson, district fisheries manager at the Commission’s district office in Alliance. “The changes for 2009 are listed on

Lincolin, Neb. — Larvae of the destructive quagga mussel, a species similar to the zebra mussel, recently have been discovered in several Colorado waters, including Julesburg Reservoir. Zebra mussels have been discovered in northeast Nebraska on sites along the Missouri River and at an Offutt Air Force Base lake. According to Darrol Eichner, fisheries management

Jackson – The Commission of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks recently approved a 15-fish daily limit and 10-inch minimum size on crappie in Horn Lake, also called Lakeview, in Desoto County. Horn Lake is a 1,000 acre oxbow straddling the Mississippi/Tennessee state line. Last year, Tennessee instituted a 15-fish, 10-inch minimum size

Richmond, VA – The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) announced that Cale L. Godfrey was named assistant director of the VDGIF Wildlife Division. Mr. Godfrey filled the vacancy created when Bob Ellis was named Wildlife Division Director. Cale Godfrey earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Science from Penn