National Fishing

Salt Lake City (AP) – A House committee is scheduled to consider a bill that would make it easier for disabled veterans to get fishing licenses. Lawmakers were scheduled to consider House Bill 450 on

Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP) – A judge in Boise, Idaho, has extended the deadline for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to submit an endangered species finding for the greater sage grouse. The deadline had been

Tulsa, Okla. (AP) – Kill the critter, pay the price. If you lose your hunting or fishing license in this state, you lose those privileges in most of the rest of the country as well.

Ely, Minn. (AP) – The growing number of gray wolves in Minnesota and other north central states is fueling a backlash against the predator, which is still protected under federal law. In Minnesota, Wisconsin, and

Fairbanks, Alaska (AP) – The Alaska Fish and Game Department is moving ahead with plans to reintroduce wood bison – the largest mammal native to North America – into the Interior within the next few

Reno, Nev. (AP) – Nevada wildlife officials say a pneumonia outbreak has killed 79 bighorn sheep in two mountain ranges near Elko, and they expect the die-off to worsen. Nevada Department of Wildlife biologist Caleb

Madison, Wis. (AP) – State wildlife officials reeling from hunter frustration and distrust announced a $2 million project to better track Wisconsin’s deer population Wednesday. Department of Natural Resources officials hope the effort will give

Washington (AP) – Fishermen and charter boat captains from Massachusetts to Florida rallied outside the Capitol Wednesday to demand changes to a federal fisheries law they say is killing jobs and eroding fishing communities. Participants

Oshkosh, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin wildlife official says a record-setting sturgeon speared over the weekend may have been more than 100 years old. Ron Bruch, a fisheries supervisor with the Wisconsin DNR says officials