February 24, 2012

NASHVILLE — The 2012-13 Tennessee hunting and fishing licenses are now on sale. Licenses are available at Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) regional offices, license agents and on the TWRA website, www.tnwildlife.org. The new licenses annually go on sale each Feb. 18. The 2012-13 licenses are valid through February, 2013. License sales provide the primary […]

Seeing and hearing just one tundra swan is enough to take your breath away. Imagine seeing and hearing hundreds of them. You can at Tundra Swan Day. Tundra Swan Day, March 10 The Division of Wildlife Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will host Utah’s annual Tundra Swan Day on March 10. Admission

In cooperation with Idaho Fish and Game, the USDA Wildlife Services has completed a wolf control action in northern Idaho’s Lolo zone. Over three days in early February, Wildlife Services agents killed 14 wolves from a helicopter. The action is part of, and consistent with Idaho’s predation management plan for the Lolo elk zone. In

Wildlife habitat in the Magic Valley is getting a helping hand, and you can be part of that effort. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game and the Bureau of Land Management invite area residents to join them in planting bitterbrush and sagebrush at a recently burned area near King Hill this spring. The project

BURRASTON PONDS: (February 23) The fishing this week is fair to good by using various baits. CANYON VIEW PARK POND: (February 23) Canyon View Park Pond is closed for winter. DEER CREEK RESERVOIR: (February 23) Conservation Officer Orin Neal reports that Orange PowerBait seemed to be the most successful bait this weekend at Deer Creek,

Fishing Highlight of the Week: Lower White Oak Lake near Camden is currently being drained for an extensive repair to the damaged spillway gate. But biologists are not pulling the plug on the fish. This week, they are working with electrofishing equipment to transfer as many fish from the lake to the upper lake and

PIERRE, S.D. – Due to an unseasonably warm winter and recent rains in many areas of South Dakota, the state Game, Fish and Parks Department is urging sportsmen to use extreme caution when venturing onto the ice of lakes, rivers and ponds. “We want people to be as safe as possible,” said GFP Assistant Wildlife

CONCORD, N.H. – Fish and Game Department personnel are alerting residents of Hopkinton, N.H., to the likely presence of a rabid coyote, following an attack on a local teenager yesterday (February 22, 2012). The young man was walking the family dog in a wooded area near his home when the coyote approached him. The dog

CONCORD, N.H. — The winners of New Hampshire’s 2011 Trophy Fish Program have been announced by Don Miller, Fisheries Biologist and Trophy Fish Program Coordinator for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. The program gives fishing enthusiasts of all ages an opportunity to receive recognition, while providing biologists with important information on the state’s