National Fishing

Pierre, S.D. (AP) _ An Aug. 8 festival is planned at Spring Creek Marina north of Pierre to honor the life of South Dakota conservation leader and outdoorsman Tony Dean, who died last fall. Dean

Madison, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says he will appeal judges’ decisions to drop animal cruelty charges against two men accused of running down deer with snowmobiles last January, killing four of

Spokane, Wash. (AP) – State biologists have confirmed a second wolf pack in Washington state, this time in a remote area of Pend Oreille County. The Spokesman-Review reports biologists were able to confirm the presence

Honolulu (AP) – The state plans to close a Big Island forest reserve for two days next month so it can hunt invasive goats and sheep from helicopters to protect an endangered bird’s habitat. The

Huntington, W.Va. (AP) – A fishing access area at the Winfield Locks and Dam that’s been closed since October for improvements is reopening. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the Route 35 fishing access

Decatur, Tenn. (AP) – Prosecutors have dropped criminal charges in a Meigs County case in which a man was mistaken for a turkey and was shot several times. Shane Godsey had been turkey hunting in

Spring Park, Minn. (AP) – The Hennepin County Sheriff Foundation is hosting an event Wednesday that’s designed to get kids hooked on fishing, not drugs. The program is a national effort sponsored by the U.S.

Kalispell, Mont. (AP) – Wildlife managers in Montana have removed fishing limits from six backcountry lakes this summer as part of an attempt to eliminate hybrid trout and replace them with genetically pure westslope cutthroat