January 5, 2012

It’s a New Year, and future conservationists are invited to participate in the 2012 Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program. Sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Duck Stamp Program provides an opportunity for America’s youth to learn about conservation and express their artistic talents at the same time. The contest is open […]

LAKE MEAD – Rising water levels are both a blessing and a curse. Flooded brush is creating good fish habitat but the fisheries dynamics are changing as well. Striper action has slowed down though determined anglers are still catching fish. Anglers may need to move their efforts into deeper water. Shad can still be found

ATTENTION: Quagga and zebra mussels are a major threat to Utah waterways. Watch this video to learn more about these destructive mussels and how to decontaminate your boat.   BURRASTON PONDS: (January 04) Officer Jay Topham reports slow fishing. Burraston has not been stocked since last fall. CANYON VIEW PARK POND: (January 04) The pond

The following report is a compilation of state reports and waterfowl surveys from across Arkansas. This report provides a look at habitat conditions across the state.   After short cold spell, mild conditions persist LITTLE ROCK – Hunting conditions haven’t changed much since last week’s report, with the abundance of waterfowl habitat across the state

Effective November 17, 2011, the regulation allowing three sauger less than the 14-inch minimum length limit was changed to read: “It is illegal to possess any sauger less than 14 inches in total length.” This change was implemented to reduce harvest of sauger less than 14 inches long. A relative of the walleye, sauger are

Five Alabama State Parks have received playground and landscaping improvements with funding support from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM). The ADEM funding was made possible through the Alabama Scrap Tire Fund and the ADEM Scrap Tire Marketing program which develops and assists demonstration projects to highlight the use of recycled tire materials. The

Gov. Robert Bentley joined Conservation Commissioner N. Gunter Guy Jr. and other dignitaries Monday to celebrate the start of a $9.56 million construction project at Claude Peteet Mariculture Center in Gulf Shores. Marine Resources Director Chris Blankenship said the project will add a 21,000-square-foot laboratory and hatchery facility and an 8,000-square-foot administration building to the

Hunting Weekends A series of “open-gate weekends” on select Forever Wild properties is designed to increase access to hunting on public lands. During the weekends the internal woods-roads gates will be opened to allow for easier access to hunting on the properties. Unlike hunting on private land or Wildlife Management Areas, the hunters only need

State wildlife officials want hunters and landowners to know Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer has not occurred in Alabama and they hope to keep it that way. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) is taking several measures to help prevent the disease from reaching