National Fishing

Helena, Mont. (AP) – Montana’s Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission will make final decisions on 2009 wolf quotas at a meeting July 8 at FWP headquarters in Helena. Commissioners will also make final decisions on

Santa Fe, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico veterans with service-connected disabilities will be able to get discounted hunting and fishing licenses starting next Wednesday. The Department of Game and Fish says the annual combination fishing

San Francisco (AP) – State wildlife officials have rejected a petition seeking protections for the mountain-dwelling American pika under the California Endangered Species Act. The California Fish and Game Commission’s decision Wednesday comes after a

Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission plans a public hearing on plans for the next mountain lion hunting season and several others when it meets Wednesday in Pierre. GF&P

Coeur D’Alene, Idaho (AP) – A state judge has imposed a lifetime hunting ban on a northern Idaho man convicted for illegally slaughtering five deer. Timothy Herbert, 32, of Athol, was also ordered to pay

Honolulu (AP) – The owner of a vessel caught fishing in a Northwestern Hawaiian Islands special preservation area regrets the incident and promises never to let it happen again. The 60-foot Ka Imi Kai was

Springboro, Ohio (AP) – Wildlife officials say a black bear roaming southwest Ohio probably doesn’t know where he’s going but will likely find his way back to Kentucky or West Virginia if left alone. People

Duluth, Minn. (AP) – The carp materializes like a brass dirigible, suspended in the murky backwaters of the St. Louis River. That’s all bowfisherman Ken Alto needs to see. In less than two seconds, his

Gunnison, Colo. (AP) – State wildlife officials plan to move some fish out of Blue Mesa Reservoir to protect Colorado’s primary producer of kokanee salmon. The Colorado Division of Wildlife says there are too many