Maine lawmaker backs off call to restrict foraging
Associated Press
April 12, 2017
Saviello says he’ll call for the Committee On Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to vote against passage of the bill.
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Cyanide predator traps temporarily banned in Idaho
Associated Press
April 12, 2017
Idaho boy was injured last month when he checked one out with his dog on federally-owned land about 500 yards from his house on the outskirts of the small city of Pocatello. His Labrador retriever
In New Hampshire, drought may have hurt farmers, but moose doing OK
Associated Press
April 12, 2017
Preliminary numbers from a project that puts tracking collars on moose show that only one of the calves — the most vulnerable group — died from winter ticks this year. A year ago, nearly 75
Tribe resumes netting pike in bid to protect cutthroat trout in Idaho
Associated Press
April 12, 2017
The tribe is also offering rewards to anglers who turn in pike caught in the southern third of the lake. Coeur d’Alene Tribe spokeswoman Heather Keen says anglers can get $5 per fish, and some
Zinke lifts ATV ban in parts of Utah canyon that was home to 2014 protest
Associated Press
April 12, 2017
ATVs still won’t be allowed to travel the entire length of the canyon, including sensitive riparian areas on the canyon floor where some of the people rode in the protest ride.
Louisiana’s first wild-hatched whooping crane since 1939 out on her own
Associated Press
April 12, 2017
Biologists had worried an injured left wing might keep the bird dubbed LW1-16 from flying, but that hasn’t been the case.
New York’s Perry Marvin, Illinois’ Tyler Lubbat are Bassmaster High School All-Americans
Site Staff
April 12, 2017
The two are among 12 selected to the team from more than 380 applicants.
Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever hires Chris Kalis as director of corporate partnerships
Pheasants Forever Reports
April 11, 2017
21-year marketing veteran embraces new challenges in the conservation realm.
Wyoming forest plan criticized by state, local leaders
Associated Press
April 11, 2017
The Wyoming State Forestry Division and area government leaders have formally objected to prohibiting cutting trees in a proposed Palisades wilderness area abutting the west side of Jackson Hole. Conservationists and biologists are urging review
