Bob Frye, a Pittsburg-based outdoors writer and correspondent for Pennsylvania Outdoor News, posted this fine column today. The middle nugget on the latest efforts by Humane Society of the United States should be of interest to outdoorsmen everywhere in the country. Read it here. Perhaps taking a cue from sportsmen and the successful Congressional Sportsmen’s […]
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Great Falls, Mont. (AP) – The state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is investigating the shooting deaths of several raptors, including two golden eagles, near Chester. FWP investigator Kqyn Kuka says the investigation began after the Liberty County sheriff’s department responded to a report about a possible dead eagle east of Chester on March
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Gatlinburg, Tenn. (AP) – Officials of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have closed all caves over concern about a disease affecting bats. The National Park Service said the malady known as White-nose Syndrome has killed an estimated 400,000 bats in the Northeast. Smokies biologist Bill Stiver said the disease hasn’t been found in Tennessee
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Boston (AP) – Shake off the winter blahs and grab a fishing rod. Some of the state’s reservoirs are opening to anglers. Starting Saturday, fishermen will be allowed to try their luck at Wachusett Reservoir from dawn to dusk, but only from the shore. At the Quabbin Reservoir, the season will open April 18. The
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For the second consecutive year, Abraham Hunter, of Vienna, won “Best of Show” honors during the Illinois segment of the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Design Contest. The acrylic painting entitled “Golden Daybreak” depicts a pair of common goldeneye ducks with the male spreading his wings and shaking off water. The winning artwork has been entered
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The Hague, Netherlands (AP) – Dutch lawmakers have voted against banning the fishing of endangered eels during the month of October. The Dutch government says it now plans to order fishermen to release 157 tons of eel each year so they can swim to spawning grounds in the Sargasso Sea. The Dutch efforts are part
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Fort Washakie, Wyo. (AP) – The governing councils of the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes are supporting a Wyoming plan to protect sage grouse habitat and population areas. The tribes’ Joint Business Council adopted a resolution last month endorsing the state plan and urging the U.S. Department of the Interior to adopt the plan
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PerkinsS, Okla. (AP) _ Traditional arts that are as old as red dirt are alive and well in a wooded enclave near Perkins. Recently up to 250 selfbow enthusiasts gathered for the fifth annual Oklahoma Selfbow Jamboree. They came to build bows and to watch demonstrations on the art of selfbow making and flint knapping,
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