TV report: Michigan officials didn’t notify residents of unsafe fish
The state began testing fish from Freska Lake in September after residents raised concerns.
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Dick’s ends sales of assault-style rifles in stores
NEW YORK — Dick’s Sporting Goods will immediately halt sales of assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines at all of its stores and ban the sale of all guns to anyone under 21. Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. is based just outside of Pittsburgh in a state where the first day of deer hunting season is an
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New York governor kicks off effort to combat algal blooms in upstate waters
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week kicked off the first in a series of four summits addressing upstate lakes and other waterways threatened by harmful algal blooms, which can affect water quality and diminish recreational opportunities and tourism. “Harmful algal blooms are poison,” the Democrat said at an event in New Paltz, 65
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Tyson Foods fined $2 million for causing major Missouri fish kill
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Tyson Foods Inc.’s poultry subsidiary has been ordered to pay a $2 million fine for discharges from a southwest Missouri plant that caused a fish kill. The U.S. Justice Department announced that Tyson also must pay $500,000 for damages and serve two years of probation after pleading guilty in September to two
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Scientists: Climate change leads to beech boom, and that’s bad for forests
Changes could have major negative ramifications for forest ecosystems and industries that rely on them.
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Sandhill crane viewing gives Nebraska ecotourism a boost
WOOD RIVER, Neb. — It started with a piece of a cardboard box nailed to a wood railing on the waterfowl viewing deck at the Platte River near Alda. Hand-printed in block letters across the sign: “Crane viewing on private property. Large roost site. Up close. $50.00 per person.” There was a telephone number and
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Wannabe deckhands find home in Alaska’s fishing industry
SITKA, Alaska — Cathryn Klusmeier comes from a long line of Arkansans. Hers is not a family of fishermen, and her childhood in the landlocked state afforded little time on the ocean. After moving to Sitka, however, she snagged a job on Eric Jordan’s F/V I Gotta in 2014, and quickly learned the ins and
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West Virginia bill would let dogs track wounded deer, bear
It would revise the current law that prohibits using dogs to hunt or chase deer.
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Lure of the grizzlies keeps veteran biologist coming back
His love of being out there is part of the reason Chad Dickinson is slated for his 24th consecutive summer of trapping grizzlies in Montana.
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