Great American Outdoors Act signed into law
The $3B-a-year plan to boost conservation, parks.
Associated Press
Dramatic decline found in Western bumblebee populations
The find by the U.S. Geological Survey will help inform a species status assessment to begin this fall by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which may ultimately add the insect to its endangered species list.
A product of the pandemic? Grizzly encounters up significantly in Yellowstone region
Official says there is no straightforward explanation for the increase and it could be chance, but it has not helped that there are more people recreating in the Yellowstone region as the coronavirus pandemic has given them a reason to spend more time outdoors.
U.S. wildlife agency rejects protections for Arctic grayling
The move comes almost two years after a federal appeals court faulted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for arbitrarily dismissing threats to grayling from climate change and other pressures.
Michigan wolf population at nearly 700 but leveling off
The latest biennial survey conducted this winter estimated the predator species’ population at 695, divided among 143 packs.
House passes Great American Outdoors Act
“It’s probably the most significant conservation bill that’s been passed in the Congress in the last 50 years.”
North Dakota man ordered to pay $74K for poaching mule deer
SANTA FE, N.M. — A North Dakota man has been ordered to pay $74,000 in restitution for poaching a trophy mule deer buck in northwestern New Mexico. The state Department of Game and Fish reported Wednesday that Cody Davis also was ordered to make a $3,000 donation to the Operation Game Thief program. Authorities say Davis killed a mule deer…
Hot summer warming up Lake Michigan, experts say
The average surface water temperature was 75.3 degrees on July 9, setting a record for the month based on 26 years of record keeping, government scientists said.
Loon hatches for first time in century in southeastern Mass.
“Visible evidence that breeding loon populations can be restored to their former habitat.”
Moderate algae bloom forecast for Lake Erie this summer
The drop-off this year is expected because of a decrease in spring rainfall from 2019.
Wisconsin family saves bear swimming with head stuck in container
Family came across what they first thought was a swimming dog. They soon realized, though, that it was a young bear with a clear plastic cheese ball container stuck on its head.
Group sues to restart Wisconsin DNR hunter education courses
It alleges that the DNR is denying people the right to hunt and lacks the authority to cancel in-person educational courses.
Deaths prompt Alaska officials to remove ‘Into the Wild’ bus
(weather.com)ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An abandoned bus in the Alaska wilderness where a young man documented his demise over 114 days in 1992 has been removed by officials, frustrated that the bus has become a lure for dangerous, sometimes deadly pilgrimages into treacherous backcountry. An Alaska National Guard Chinook helicopter flew the bus out of the woods just north of Denali…
Record-setting wet conditions setting stage for epic duck hunt in N.D.?
An annual spring survey by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department estimates 3.98 million breeding ducks in the state.
Mountain lion caught – in downtown San Francisco
A young mountain lion that had been spotted sleeping in a planter box along a normally busy street and looking at his reflection in the glass of an office tower in downtown San Francisco was safely captured and released into the wild.
In Mississippi, could air bows find way into archery hunting circles?
Air bows have nothing in common with crossbows or traditional vertical bows except for using an arrow as the projectile.
Where have all the king salmon gone?
Kenai River subsistence rod-and-reel salmon fishing halted due to extremely low numbers.
Pandemic hinders raising of rare whooping cranes for the wild
The COVID-19 pandemic is drastically reducing the number of young whooping cranes to be released this fall to help bring back the world’s rarest cranes. Zoos and other places where the endangered birds are bred have had to cut not only staff size but use of two techniques to boost the birds’ numbers
This Grizzly bear sighting reportedly furthest expansion east of known grizzly movement
Grizzly bears on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountain Front have expanded in numbers and dispersed into areas where they have not existed for decades.
Wolf challenges persist for ranchers in elk-rich Jackson Hole
Now it’s the Wyoming Game and Fish Department that manages the conflict in this portion of the Equality State. Still, there’s an ever-changing ecological system at play here.
U.S. moves forward with plan to end wild bird protections
The proposal would end the government’s decades-long practice of treating accidental bird deaths caused by industry as potential criminal violations under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. More than 1,000 species are covered under the law.
Deer teeth telling a story of survival in Vermont
Successful deer hunters can now get ages from teeth data – and according to that data, oldest deer harvested last season were a pair of 17-year-old does. Oldest buck was 10 years old.
‘Bear Jam’ 2020: Wyoming grizzly-viewing experience getting hairy
This year, there were no chaperones, and people were mostly left to police themselves. Sometimes that went smoothly, but other times it’s proved to be an ugly affair – and the stakes are high when large carnivores, naive tourists and high-speed traffic are all part of the equation.
Federal agencies move to increase Alaska hunting, trapping
The new rules are designed to allow hunters to kill black and brown bears over bait, black bears including cubs and females with cubs with artificial light at den sites, and wolves and coyotes including pups during the denning season. Hunters can also kill caribou from traveling motorboats and swimming caribou.
Virus upsets summer plans at Isle Royale
The remote island in Lake Superior said it’s delaying the summer opening because of coronavirus restrictions. Camping might become available by late June or July but there will be no ferry service.
DNR mulls tighter elk harvest limits
Hunters would be allowed to kill only six bull elk in 2020 under a proposal the state Department of Natural Resources board is considering.
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