Wyoming approves $1.25 million for wildlife underpass
The road intersects an area where mule deer cross in the fall and spring traveling to and from their winter range. It’s expected that the underpasses will reduce collisions by up to 90 percent.
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More than 460K walleye fingerlings stocked in Michigan’s U.P.
Nearly 330,000 fingerlings were placed in early July in northern Little Bay de Noc near the mouth of the Whitefish River. Another 135,000 were stocked near Gladstone, Kipling and the lower Escanaba River.
Ducks, stuck, loose: Police rescue 3 ducklings from grate
(Photo by Brian Peterson)NEW YORK — A mother duck and her nine babies were crossing a New York City street when three ducklings fell through a storm grate and had to be retrieved by police. The news site Gothamist reports that the rescue happened Sunday in the bustling Brooklyn neighborhood of Park Slope. Witness Lynn Harris says the mother duck…
Officer trying to rescue kitten finds a bobcat instead
Meanwhile, wildlife officials searching for a bobcat after it bit five people, including a 4-year-old girl, at a southern Arizona campground.
West Virginia parks initiative creates monarch butterfly habitat
It’s part of what state parks officials call their Pollinator Habitat Expansion Initiative.
Elk hunting expected to return to Missouri – on limited basis
Possibility of five elk hunting permits through a lottery system.
Herd of 75 bison escapes, roams rural upstate New York
Police learned of the Sharon Springs escape when a farmer in neighboring Roseboom reported they had damaged his hay crop.
‘Unprecedented’ Midwest CWD meeting yields no new approaches
The attendees couldn’t agree on how to share management plans or whether they even should.
Kirtland’s warbler: Michigan’s new state bird?
It’s still adorable. Still a tourist attraction. Still a far better choice than the boring ol’ robin as Michigan’s state bird, its fans will tell you, and they might soon try to make that official.
Wisconsin panel OKs preserving 14,000 acres of forest land
But the committee lowered the amount of money available for the purchase by $500,000 from what the Natural Resources Board approved, a move that one of the chief proponents of the deal said could jeopardize the sale.
Record-high water temp spells trouble for Alaska salmon stream
For spawning adults salmon or growing juvenile, temperatures above 80 degrees can be lethal.
Moose numbers are dwindling, but why?
Wildlife biologists do not have clear answers, but the likely suspect is a combination of habitat loss, ticks and predators.
DNR working on tech to pinpoint CWD sample origins
Hunter-supplied information on the location where they killed deer turned in for sampling reportedly can be imprecise, a problem in trying to closely monitor the disease’s spread.
Fishermen removing Asian carp by the thousands from dam
Some of the invasive fish reportedly from 20 to 30 pounds.
Women’s hunting groups growing in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho — At the turnoff toward Forest Service road 377, a fluorescent pink sign trimmed in zebra-print tape announced “Women Only Weekend” in 2-inch-tall capital letters. A short drive up the road, more than a dozen women donned hard hats, slung Pulaskis and saws over their shoulders and headed out on the overgrown Cottonwood Trail about 30 miles east…
Illinois mulling options on Asian carp issue in Lake Decatur
Thousands of the invasive carp reportedly clustering near the base of Lake Decatur dam.
Wisconsin advisory panel proposes mandatory CWD tests
A committee of hunters formed by the DNR is recommending that hunters in parts of western Wisconsin be required to have deer they shoot during the gun season this fall inspected for CWD.
Experts puzzled by Lake Erie walleye boom
After a decades-old roller-coaster ride with the walleye population, the number caught in the U.S. waters of Lake Erie increased from nearly 417,000 in 2011 to almost 2 million in 2018.
Volunteers seek last survivors of devastating bat disease
Locating remnant populations and saving their habitat has become a national priority initiative, but the emergency has come on so fast there are not enough scientists to tackle the task alone.
Pathogen that causes tree-killing disease found in Illinois
Experts say sudden oak death poses no threats to humans, animals or food sources. (Ohio DNR Division of Forestry/Ohio DNR)SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A plant pathogen that causes an invasive tree-killing disease has been found in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Agriculture says the pathogen that causes sudden oak death has been confirmed in ornamental plants at 10 Walmart stores and…
Bowfishing world record? South Dakota men bag massive channel catfish
A channel catfish like this one is getting a lot of attention in South Dakota.RAPID CITY, S.D. — Two South Dakota men have bagged what the Bowfishing Association of America is calling a new world-record channel catfish. The Rapid City Journal reports 19-year-old Cody Sechser and 18-year-old Isaac Kipp of Montrose were bowfishing on Skunk Creek 10 miles north of…
Fungus that kills bats found in California for first time
Official says there is no sign the disease is currently affecting bat populations in California.
How many eagles in Pennsylvania? More than officials can count
Pennsylvania Game Commission asks for public’s help to keep up with burgeoning numbers.
North Dakota wildlife chief: Time to drop pheasant benchmark
The problem with attaining the mark is twofold: There is less grassland in the state due to farmers putting millions of acres of idled land once enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program back into crop production.And drought has impacted many parts of the state the past couple of years.
Minnesota state parks work to keep the crowds coming back
And it appears to be working: State park visitation has increased 22% since 2003 – that’s twice as fast as the state’s population has grown – and revenue from state park permit sales, helped in part by a fee increase, has jumped more than 80% in the past six years.
Student fishing league catching on in Minnesota lakes country
By its inaugural season last summer, the newly formed Heart O’Lakes fishing league had 14 schools and 280 students signed up to fish competitively. And it hasn’t slowed down.
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