April 14, 2011

The arrival of spring means deer are on the move along roadways. MaineDOT and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are urging drivers to heed posted warning signs and slow down, particularly in areas where historically a high number of deer-vehicle collisions have occurred. As snow slowly disappears this spring, areas along the […]

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks is again taking a conservative approach to managing the state’s unique populations of paddlefish. Fisheries managers in FWP’s Regions 6 & 7 say paddlefish reproduction has been poor or absent in recent years because of cold water releases out of Fort Peck Dam, extended drought, and corresponding

Delaware NREC Division of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement agents on April 7 arrested a commercial fisherman on charges related to illegally taken striped bass. Paul A. Satterfield, age 36, of Dover, was arrested and charged with 53 counts of attempting to sell striped bass prior to having the fish lawfully weighed and tagged by an

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks in Miles City will sponsor a Becoming an Outdoors Woman event on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Spotted Eagle Recreation Area from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event includes archery and shotgun shooting, Dutch oven cooking (breakfast), field first aid, landowner relations, casting, live fish identification and using a kayak.

An acrylic painting of a resting pair of wood ducks by Rebekah LaCourse of Hollis Center will appear on the 2011 Maine Waterfowl Stamp. Ms. LaCourse’s original painting recently was judged the winner of the annual Maine Waterfowl Stamp Contest, an event conducted by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife that is open

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has issued an environmental assessment that calls for stocking fingerling sauger into Bighorn Reservoir to support native populations of the fish and enhance fishing opportunities at the north end of the lake. FWP is seeking comment on the plan and its environmental assessment. Comments are due by April 23. A

TILLAMOOK, Ore. – Chum salmon, long considered to be almost extinct on the Oregon side of the lower Columbia River, might again return to its tributaries if a cooperative effort of the Oregon and Washington departments of fish and wildlife proves successful. The first week of April, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)