Pennsylvania’s regional trout opener stained by Mother Nature
Ron Steffe
April 3, 2017
Special opening day for trout in the southeastern portion of Pennsylvania saw high and murky waters, but not many trout
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Watershed work provides fishing boost at two Iowa parks
Iowa DNR
April 3, 2017
Efforts have resulted in good fishing for largemouth bass and redear sunfish at Nine Eagles, and good crappie and largemouth bass fishing at Slip Bluff.
Iowa DNR: Top picks for trout fishing streams in 2017
Iowa DNR
April 3, 2017
Hundreds of thousands of catchable-sized rainbow and brook trout and fingerling brown trout will be stocked in hundreds of miles of northeast Iowa streams between April 3 and October 2017.
Indiana ups daily bag limit on lake trout in Lake Michigan
Staff and News Reports
April 3, 2017
On April 1, the limit increased from two fish per day to three fish per day, putting Indiana in sync with neighboring Michigan’s bag limit.
North Dakota youth archers out in force for state NASP tournament
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
April 3, 2017
This year, a record 614 archers competed in the North Dakota National Archery in the Schools Program state bull’s-eye tournament, a 15 percent increase from the mark set last year.
Ice fishing season extended in Maine
Associated Press
April 3, 2017
Instead of ending April 1, season runs to April 16 due to “unusually cold weather conditions.”
Appeals court restores federal protections for prairie dog
Associated Press
April 3, 2017
Ten states stepped in to support the decision: Michigan, South Dakota, Utah, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana and Wyoming.
Judge overturns denial of protected status for pygmy owl
Associated Press
April 3, 2017
There reportedly are fewer than 50 of the small birds in Arizona.
Idaho governor appeals dismissal of sage grouse lawsuit
Associated Press
April 3, 2017
The legal action was among a number of lawsuits filed in September 2015 after federal officials opted not to list sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act but announced federal land-use restrictions. Environmental groups later
