March 17, 2014

Middle River, Minn. — Gregg Knutson had heard for months about sightings of a pronghorn antelope in northwestern Minnesota. A couple weekends ago, Knutson, refuge biologist at the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Middle River, saw the animal with his own eyes. It was just east of the refuge – and about 300 miles from

Traverse City, Mich. — A member of Congress proposed legislation that would order the federal government to cut off links in Chicago waterways between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River system to protect the Great Lakes from Asian carp and other invasive species. The bill introduced by Rep. Candice Miller, a Michigan Republican, would authorize

Nashville, Tenn. — A record crowd of turkey hunters and conservationists flocked to the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center here recently  for the 38th annual National Wild Turkey Federation Convention and Sport Show. The three-day gathering, which included a sport show, turkey-calling and call-making contests, drew a crowd of 48,350 – nearly 2,000 more than the

Pittsburgh — The Pennsyl­vania Game Commission recently was ordered to return a monk parakeet to a Youngwood woman who successfully sued to get back her bird, Gizmo. A Westmoreland County judge ruled that, although monk parakeets are banned in Pennsylvania, Gizmo must be returned to its owner, Faith Good, because she bought it as a