Harmful algae: Farm runoff and the worsening algae plague
Lake Winnipeg algae blooms are so large that they’re visible from space.
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Congress debates oil drilling in largest U.S. wildlife refuge
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sometime next April, pregnant cows in the Porcupine Caribou Herd in Canada will take the lead in an annual migration of nearly 200,000 animals north to Alaska. From winter grounds in Canada’s Yukon Territory, the caribou traveling in small and large groups will cross rivers and gaps in the mighty Brooks Range
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Scientists: Getting more ‘wolf-like’ is key to the future for East Coast coyotes
This means humans must learn to better coexist with the adaptable predators; it’s especially bad news for deer.
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Experts: Idaho hatchery built to save salmon is killing them
BOISE, Idaho — Fisheries biologists in Idaho say they think they know why a relatively new $13.5 million hatchery intended to save Snake River sockeye salmon from extinction is instead killing thousands of fish before they ever get to the ocean. The Department of Fish and Game in information released recently says water chemistry at
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Falconers gather in Nebraska, ask landowners to allow birds to hunt in area
KEARNEY, Neb. — Landowners in central Nebraska are being asked to allow trained falcons and their owners on their land this week as 300 participants are expected to gather for a falconers convention. The North American Falconers Association’s annual gathering in Kearney opened Sunday, Nov. 29 and runs through Friday, Nov. 19-24, the Kearney Hub
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Another gray wolf illegally shot and killed in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. — Police say another gray wolf has been illegally shot and killed in northeastern Oregon. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports a female breeding member of the Chesnimnus pack known as OR-23 was discovered dead on Wednesday, Nov. 15 in Wallowa County. Officials believe the animal was fatally shot either that previous Sunday or Monday. OR-23
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Fishermen cast their nets for Asian carp on Illinois River
PEORIA, Ill. — Fishermen in Peoria are sending their nets out into the Illinois River with hopes of catching Asian carp. Orion Briney has spent more than 35 years as a commercial fisherman and he tells the Peoria Journal Star that fishermen have the advantage when the water is cold. He says the low temperatures slow down the carp,
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Iowa volunteers donate deer hides to Veterans Leather Program
DAVENPORT, Iowa — The stench of raw deer scraps filled a cold, blood-stained garage earlier this week in northwest Davenport, but the two elderly gentlemen inside appeared unfazed. “A lot of guys wouldn’t touch a deer hide if their life depended on it,” Jim Koens said with a laugh. “But we’re so used to it
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Toxic algae flourishes despite vast sums spent to prevent it
Pungent, sometimes toxic blobs are fouling waterways from the Great Lakes to Chesapeake Bay.
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