Your Daily Wisconsin Outdoor News Update – March 5, 2018
To truly evolve as a hunter, youngsters should embrace small-game hunting.
March 5, 2018
Your Daily Minnesota Outdoor News Update – March 5, 2018
Getting to know the snowmobile safety instructor of the year.
Just how big are Pennsylvania coyotes?
Contrary to common rumors about 60-pound and even 70-pound coyotes, in Pennsylvania, coyotes rarely weigh over 50 pounds.
To study wolverines, scientists track humans
Wolverines are notoriously hard to track. Elusive and strong enough to claw their way out of even the strongest traps, they’ve forced scientists to adjust. The lack of data has hindered a possible endangered species listing from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Scientists do know the animals’ habitat is shrinking. The Wolverine-Winter Recreation Research
Bald eagles nest in Cleveland for first time in more than 100 years
CLEVELAND — Naturalists say bald eagles are nesting in Cleveland for the first time in more than 100 years. The Plain Dealer reports a historical interpreter for the Cleveland Metroparks spotted a pair of eagles last year carrying sticks into a tree on a bluff overlooking the Cuyahoga River. The interpreter, Karen Lakus, and others
Initiative to protect Alaska salmon habitat on track to make ballot
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska Division of Elections says an initiative aimed at protecting salmon habitat has cleared a significant hurdle on its track to making a November state election ballot. The Juneau Empire reports that the division recently said it is currently reviewing each of Stand for Salmon’s 43,706 signatures. To pass the review,
Rescuers save two eagles, with talons locked, from frigid Pennsylvania river
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — Two bald eagles with their talons locked were rescued from a Pennsylvania river. Pennsylvania Game Commission says in a recent Facebook post that a woman and her 11-year-old daughter saw the two mature, males eagles floating along the banks of the Susquehanna River near Bloomsburg and contacted police. Columbia County Game Warden
Group calls for fishing ban to protect Idaho steelheads
LEWISTON, Idaho — Fisheries managers should shut down steelhead fishing in the Columbia and Snake river basins to protect a wild run that returns to Idaho’s Clearwater River, according to a conservation group. The Conservation Angler told The Lewiston Tribune in a story on Saturday that even catch-and-release regulations threaten the survival of B-run steelhead.
In North Texas, rarely seen – and ‘just massive’ – mountain lion killed by vehicle
State wildlife officials are hoping a necropsy will help them figure out how a large mountain lion wound up in a North Texas county.
