Hunters, government, industry at odds over bottled deer urine
The proposed ban is one of numerous measures intended to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease.
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After generations, salmon back in Lake Champlain tributaries
It hasn’t come easy, and the process will require continued human intervention to make sure the salmon that hatch in Vermont’s Winooski River or New York’s Boquet River can make it to the lake and then return when it’s their time to reproduce.
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Buffalo could roam on Denver airport property
DENVER — A plan is in the works to allow bison from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge to roam on 200 acres belonging to the Denver International Airport, airport officials said. The deal, if it goes through, would bring the bison right up to Pena Boulevard, the road that travelers take to the
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National parks in Michigan see increase in tourism
DETROIT — Federal data show that tourism to Michigan’s national parks has increased. Figures from the National Park Service show that tourism is up more than 5 percent at the state’s national parks through July, The Detroit News reported. The parks have seen a record number of visitors over the last two years. Reports show
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Emerald ash borer beetle epidemic could spell end of ash trees in Decatur
DECATUR, Ill. — The emerald ash borer epidemic that hit central Illinois five years ago is still going strong and could spell the end of ash trees in the community of Decatur. Decatur Park District Horticulture Supervisor Josh McGrath told the Herald & Review that the community will be “pretty much cleaned out of ash
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Judge rules against state in White Bear Lake case; broader implications likely for future suburban development
WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. — The state of Minnesota violated environmental law as well as the public trust in failing to protect White Bear Lake and its aquifer, a district judge ruled in a case with broader implications for future suburban development. Ramsey County District Judge Margaret Marrinan wrote that the state should have done a better
Grand Teton National Park working to understand crafty foxes
JACKSON, Wyo. — John Stephenson stood atop a boulder in a steep talus field high above Jenny Lake, turning a VHF tracking antenna from side to side. To a layman the fuzzy beeps that bounced back sounded like a whole lot of nothing. To the Grand Teton National Park wildlife biologist, they told the tale
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Vermont group testing weed harvesters in battle against invasive milfoil
CASTLETON, Vt. — A Vermont neighborhood association is testing two new weed harvesters that help remove an invasive species from Lake Bomoseen. Officials with the Lake Bomoseen Association tell the Rutland Herald they are spending $29,500 on a 10-week pilot program to pull up Eurasian milfoil from the lake. Association member Bill Wood says they
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Oregon lowers bag limit for summer steelhead
Oregon officials expect the reduced bag limit for hatchery steelhead will be temporary, but it marks a conservative beginning to a season that’s expected to be hampered by low returns. As of Monday, only 70,000 hatchery and 25,000 wild steelhead have passed Bonneville Dam – 30 percent of the most recent 10-year average.
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