New Hampshire sees second-highest spring turkey harvest
CONCORD, N.H. — A biologist says hunters harvested 4,482 turkeys in New Hampshire during this year’s spring hunt, 600 more than last year and the second-highest harvest on record. Ted Walski of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says the highest number on record is 4,550, taken in 2013. Walski says last winter was
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Federal funds support wildlife restoration in Michigan and Ohio
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Great Lakes Commission says it has received $375,000 in federal funds for wildlife habitat restoration projects in areas of Michigan and Ohio long degraded by toxic pollution. Some of the money will be used for wetland design and restoration at the Penn 7 site in the Maumee River near Toledo,
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Retracing Thomas Nuttall’s botanical journey
FORT SMITH, Ark. — Thomas Nuttall may not be a name as famous as other early 1800s explorers like Meriwether Lewis or William Clark, but for those who study the natural world, he is an iconic figure. Fort Smith served as Nuttall’s base of operations the summer of 1819 for what would become his “Journal
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Wisconsin governor signs bill limiting deer baiting bans
Ban designed to slow the disease’s spread by preventing deer from congregating over feed and bait piles.
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Kansas guide fined $15,000 for violating hunting laws
Man admitted his guides baited ponds for waterfowl, helped hunters exceed their daily bag limits and didn’t follow federal and state laws on tagging, processing or transporting birds.
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New Jersey officials: ‘Giant cage’ to save birds from invisible flames at Meadowlands
And last fall, the sports authority cut down trees around the flame to make it less attractive to raptors and other birds that like to perch in the area while hunting for prey.
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In New York, 358-mile Long Path, state park getting upgrades
NORTH BLENHEIM, N.Y. — A hiking trail from Manhattan to the Helderbergs southwest of Albany is getting an upgrade. The New York Power Authority and the state Office of Parks and Recreation say a new footbridge is being constructed in Mine Kill State Park in Schoharie (skoh-HAYR’-ee) County. It’s the latest enhancement on the Long
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Utah biologists work to save boreal toads from extinction
Environmental groups like the Center for Biological Diversity have fought for an endangered species listing for the amphibians since the 1990s. And after reaching a settlement, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will likely issue a listing decision on the toads by the end of September.
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