Invasive silver carp netted near Winona
A commercial fisherman has caught a silver carp – the jumping variety – in the Mississippi River’s Pool 6 near Winona
March 2, 2012
Four fast-and-furious bloggy thoughts
High Lonesome Ranch. This week’s Outdoor News Radio contains an interview with Paul Vahldiek, Jr., the majority shareholder and CEO of the High Lonesome Ranch, a mixed use landscape in west-central Colorado. I visited the 300-square-mile operation last fall during the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s Media Summit. The vision that Vahldiek and his staff have created
Opinion: Fighting the threat of Asian carp
By now, Outdoor News readers know about the imminent threat that Asian carp (including silver, bighead and black carp) pose to the waters of our fine state. Silently and steadily, they are migrating up the Mississippi River. If established here, they would forever change the ecology and human uses of many of our water resources.
Indiana parks value packages available online
Three new promotions to make enjoying Indiana State Parks & Reservoirs even more affordable this year will be available for purchase online March 1. The SPR GO! Trails and Waves Package, SPR GO! Family Fun Package and SPR GO! Friends Package are sold only at InnsGifts.com. The packages feature a variety of offerings at reduced
Georgia DNR Biologists Complete Winter Checks for White-nose Syndrome
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. (2/29/2012) State wildlife biologists Trina Morris and Nikki Castleberry are a quarter-mile beneath untold tons of rock, smeared with gray mud and chilled to the bone from spending hours thigh-deep in a subterranean mountain stream. Welcome to Georgia’s frontline against white-nose syndrome, where the work is sometimes miserable but ever vital. The
DFG to Host Southern California Natural Resource Volunteer Academy
The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is recruiting applicants for the Natural Resource Volunteer Program (NRVP) to serve in Los Angeles and Orange counties. The NRVP provides conservation and enforcement education through public service while providing biological, enforcement and administrative staff support to DFG. DFG is holding an NRVP training academy in Los
Experience the great outdoors at the Arizona Game and Fish Department Outdoor Expo
PHOENIX – Come on out on Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1, for the FREE Arizona Game and Fish Department Outdoor Expo, held on the 1,600-acre grounds of the world-renowned Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix. Arizona’s largest hands-on outdoor expo offers loads of fun activities, exhibits and educational presentations for the entire family:
Springtime in Florida brings freshwater fishing, boat access
Fish Busters’ Bulletin March is prime freshwater fishing season for many species of fish, because bass and bream are getting geared up to hit the shallows. During spring, sunfish such as bass and bluegill move close to shore to find suitable spawning habitat. Shallow areas (ideally 2 to 6 feet deep) with sandy or firm
Talkin' turkey: Florida spring gobbler season is here
Outta’ the Woods Better start brushing up on your turkey calling, because spring gobbler season is here. Whether you prefer to use a mouth call, box call, slate or any combination, March means it’s time to start talkin’ turkey. Youth hunters benefited from a rule passed last year by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
