Fish kill results from East Palestine train derailment in Ohio
Jane Beathard
February 24, 2023
According to an Ohio DNR statement, in addition to minnows and darters, fish killed included suckers and sculpin.
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Adirondack moose collaring research continues in New York
Staff Report
February 23, 2023
This year, 19 moose were fitted with GPS collars as part of a multi-year project assessing moose health and population. The GPS collars will provide location data and information on moose activity patterns, movements, and
Wisconsin’s Tom Tiffany, other members of congress take another shot at wolf delisting
Kevin Naze
February 21, 2023
U.S. Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin’s 7th District Representative in Washington, D.C., is taking another shot at giving states the right to manage gray wolves without federal interference.
Tiffany, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, and
Cornell University study: Whitetails can carry SARS-CoV-2 variants
Steve Piatt
February 21, 2023
A Cornell University study of white-tailed deer in New York state has shown the animals can carry SARS-CoV-2 variants, a virus that was once widely prevalent in humans but today is no longer found.
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Kill order for New Mexico feral cows issued by U.S. officials
Associated Press
February 21, 2023
A helicopter with a shooter will fly over a portion of the vast Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico this week, searching for feral cows to kill.
U.S. Forest Service managers approved the plan
Poor ice conditions in New York prove fatal in some instances
Staff Report
February 17, 2023
Poor ice conditions across New York and the entire Northeast have resulted in numerous incidents involving anglers and non-anglers alike, with some ending tragically.
Ice anglers, snowmobilers and people simply recreating on the
Landowner help is sought to aid endangered animals
Associated Press
February 16, 2023
The proposed rule involves a section of the federal law that offers exceptions to its broad prohibitions on harming species listed as endangered or threatened.
Minnesota gun bills advance in House
Steve Karnowski
February 16, 2023
The two main bills would expand background check requirements for firearms sales and other transfers, and allow authorities to temporarily confiscate guns from people in crisis under what are commonly known as “red flag laws”
Research looks at most effective ways to spend money designated to fighting aquatic invasive species
Tim Spielman
February 15, 2023
Each year for the past seven years, all but a few counties in Minnesota have received shares of a $10 million pot of funding to spend, in a variety of ways, on preventing the spread
