Project begins to clean pollution from Lake Superior harbor
Natural Resources Department officials say the pollutants present a health risk to humans, fish and the aquatic life living on the floor of the harbor.
June 5, 2017
Alaska landowners work to restore erosion-riddled Dow Island banks
As king salmon fishery experienced more closures on the lower river and more guides and private anglers began moving into the middle river to fish for trout and sockeye, it added to pressure on the river and, ultimately continued erosion.
Gun rights group fears regulation from unlikely place: hearing aids
Gun Owners of America is organizing opposition against the bill, because it believes the measure would change the way certain hunting products are regulated.
Study: Focus should be on elk, not bison, in Yellowstone infection fight
Report says agencies should consider reducing the elk population through hunting, contraception and other methods. It also recommends gradually reducing the use of supplemental winter feed grounds in Wyoming to avoid the creation of large concentrations of elk where brucellosis could spread.
After another mild winter, Maine may again add deer hunting permits
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife officials said it is planning to offer more than 65,000 permits this year, an increase from last year’s total of more than 45,000, which itself was a 60 percent climb from the previous year.
Cougar killed in northwestern Nebraska after killing calf
State officials say it’s the second confirmed instance of a cougar killing livestock in Nebraska in modern times.
In Connecticut, attacks by black bears on pets, livestock rising along with state’s bear population
In latest incident, black bear attacks family’s donkeys, killing one.
Maine hunting slowing for summer as turkey hunt ends
Next hunting opportunity in the state is for black bear. Hunters can lay bait for bears starting July 29 and start hunting Aug. 28.
