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April 6, 2011

Kansas governor sets event to kick off pheasant season

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is planning a new event in November to open the state’s pheasant season and promote hunting. The Ringneck Classic will bring business and community leaders from across the state to the northwestern town of Oakley for a dinner and a weekend of hunting. It’s scheduled for Nov.

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Torch Lake Atlantic Salmon Recognized As World Record

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is pleased to announce that the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) has recognized an Atlantic salmon caught at Torch Lake in Antrim County last October as a world record for land-locked Atlantics. The record Atlantic salmon, caught by Indiana resident Tom Aufiero, weighed 26 pounds, 12 ounces. Aufiero, who

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Oregon/Washington: Sturgeon retention closes in John Day Reservoir on April 10

Oregon and Washington fishery managers announced yesterday the closure of sturgeon retention in the John Day Reservoir of the Columbia River effective 12:01 a.m. April 10, 2011. The 2011 white sturgeon harvest quota is 500 fish, which managers predict will be met on April 9. In other areas of the Columbia River, sturgeon harvest in

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DE: Volunteers needed for April 10 project at Blackbird Reserve Wildlife Area

DNREC’s Division of Fish and Wildlife is seeking volunteers to help remove non-native vines that have invaded a section of the Blackbird Reserve Wildlife Area near Smyrna. The volunteer removal effort runs from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 10. The invasive vines, including Wintercreeper Euonymous, English ivy and Japanese wisteria, are clinging to trees

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NH: New Spring Cod Closure Area Outreach Meeting April 20, 201, in Portsmouth

DURHAM, N.H. — An area off the coast of New Hampshire will be closed to the use of recreational and commercial gear capable of catching cod in May and June of 2011. Starting in 2012, the closure will be effective from April through June. The area south of the Isles of Shoals, known as “Whaleback,”

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