Though later than usual, Erie welcomes ice fishing season
A week of sub-freezing temperatures – and a deep freeze due – were expected to rescue the ice fishing season.
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With shutdown over, Isle Royale wolf-moose study back on track
A 60-year-old study of wolves and moose at Isle Royale National Park is back on track after being derailed by the partial government shutdown, and enough private funding has been raised to ensure the work will go on even if federal agencies are idled again, officials said. Scientists and support personnel were rushing to salvage
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Judge upholds protection for gray wolves in California
A California judge upheld protection for gray wolves under the state’s Endangered Species Act, rejecting a legal challenge from ranchers and farmers who fear the predators will threaten their livestock. The judge in San Diego ruled that California was right to list the wolves as endangered in 2014. A lawsuit on behalf of the California
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Montana sportsmen’s groups helping shed light on little-known bighorn herd
HAMILTON, Mont. — No one knows much about the isolated bighorn sheep herd that calls the area around Painted Rocks Reservoir home. That’s about to change. With the help of two sportsmen’s organizations, Montana Fish and Wildlife biologist Rebecca Mowry has been working this winter to capture and GPS collar eight of the animals. With
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National parks relish return to business
John Anfinson, superintendent of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area in Minnesota, said it felt great to tell his employees to open the Mississippi River Visitor’s Center. He texted his manager and said “Roll up the gate!”
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DNR board scales back black bear permits
Two of the state’s four bear management zones in far north-central Wisconsin and south-central Wisconsin will see decreases in available permits to combat a declining bear population in the north and growing hunter density in the south.
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Sports anglers concerned about new Lake Superior agreement
Association is worried in particular about a new commercial whitefish season to be held in October.
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Lawmakers seek stronger action in battle against CWD
Want to crack down on deer farms as concern grows about the persistence of chronic wasting disease among wild deer in the southeastern part of the state.
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Wildlife officials searching for answers after polar bear killed far outside normal range
The bear was shot – as it tried to enter a cabin – more than 100 miles south of the Beaufort Sea coastline. The animals usually stay within a few miles of the coast, except for some pregnant females who may go farther inland to build their dens.
