March 31, 2014

Bloomington, Minn. — A case of an alleged walleye overlimit taken from Lake Mille Lacs may have received its death knell last week when an Aitkin County judge ruled evidence seized was not legally obtained by a Minnesota conservation officer. Bloomington attorney Bill Peterson, who defended the fisherman, called the decision “important for the protection

Oak Harbor, Ohio — A five-year study of Ohio’s sandhill cranes revealed a surprise: the state is home to more of the birds than biologists originally believed. “Numbers (of cranes) are expanding. We find new pairs all the time,” said Dave Sherman, wetland habitat coordinator for the Ohio DNR. That discovery proved an added benefit

Detroit (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to killing a cougar in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in December said he was defending his father, but state wildlife officials said the animal posed no threat and was poached, its heart cooked, and some of it eaten by the men. Troy Richard, 42, who spoke to The

Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Molly Giles waded into a cold marsh in Cherry Valley and adjusted a funnel trap she was hoping would capture some of the mallards and the occasional black ducks that frequented the area. Or even a combination of the two. From Dec. 31, 2013, to March 20, Giles, who is a waterfowl