Bill would end wolf management in Wisconsin
Would force law enforcement to ignore wolf killings, unless the federal government removes the animals from the endangered species list.
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Report: Increase in fishing jobs in south-central Alaska reason for future optimism
KENAI, Alaska — More people worked in commercial salmon fishing in south-central Alaska in 2016 than in 2015, according to a state report. Commercial fishing employment is fickle and hard to predict, but early indicators showed promise that 2017 employment would be up, too. “This suggests a resurgence for salmon fisheries this year, while other
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Lake Erie algae problem matches third-worst on record
TOLEDO, Ohio — The toxic algae that spread across Lake Erie this summer roughly matched its third-most severe bloom in 15 years, government researchers said earlier this week. The algae outbreak on the shallowest of the Great Lakes had two peaks this year in August and again in mid-September, according to the National Oceanic and
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Nebraska mulls whether to make upland bird hunters wear orange
Blaze orange – also known as hunter orange – is required for big-game hunting with a firearm but not for the roughly 93,000 hunters chasing pheasants and quail in Nebraska.
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Although semi-automatic rifles legalized for hunting, Pennsylvania gun sellers see no spike in sales
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Officials and gun sellers in Pennsylvania say they’ve seen no significant spike in the sale of semi-automatic rifles and air rifles after their use was legalized for hunting some animals, but not larger game. Bruce Piendl, owner of Allegheny Arms and Gun Works in Bethel Park, tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that gun buyers seem
Indiana sidesteps legislative error, allows firearms use for deer hunts after all
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s wildlife agency says it will allow deer hunters to use rifles on state or federal property despite a legislative error that banned the use of such weapons. The Indian DNR says an emergency state rule will allow rifles during the firearms deer-hunting season that begins Nov. 18. Rifle use was called into question
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Third federally protected gray wolf found dead in Oregon
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Another gray wolf has been found dead in Oregon, marking the third such death of a federally protected wolf in the past year, state and federal wildlife officials said. The wolf was found dead Oct. 29 in Klamath County on state forest land. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering
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Deal bans predator-killing cyanide traps in Colorado
An agreement approved earlier this week between U.S. officials and environmentalists would ban the use of predator-killing cyanide traps on Colorado public lands, but a government agency said federal workers already had stopped using the devices except on the state’s private lands. Public pressure for a nationwide ban on the traps – meant to protect
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Keeping sea lamprey in check allowing lake trout to rebound in Great Lakes
State fisheries managers recently ended a trout stocking program in Lake Superior because hatchery-raised fish are no longer necessary to increase the population.
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