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OLYMPIA – Hunters may now purchase and submit applications for a 2011 spring black bear hunting permit, applicable to specific areas of western and eastern Washington. To be eligible for a permit, hunters must purchase

Wildlife Management Area User Study to include workshop meetings in March The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) owns more than 201,000 acres on 39 Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) located across the Commonwealth.

Richmond, VA – Wildlife biologists with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) have compiled preliminary figures for deer, turkey, and bear harvests for the 2010-11 fall/winter hunting seasons. The white-tailed deer, bear

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will be conducting a free hunter education new instructor training workshop Saturday, March 12, 2011, in Waco. The workshop will be from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 8451

The Bass Federation, in partnership with FLW Outdoors, will be hosting the inaugural Student Angler Federation (SAF) South Carolina High School Fishing State Championship, at Lake Keowee just outside of Seneca. The state championship is

SALEM – Participants have until March 6 to register for the ODFW’s Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program (STEP) conference scheduled for March 26 and 27 in Rockaway Beach. With the theme “Teach today. Fish tomorrow,”

CLACKAMAS, OR – A 240-acre public fishing complex in the heart of the Willamette Valley is now more accessible to persons with disabilities. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife recently completed construction of a

LINCOLN – The public is invited to attend an informational meeting to discuss the future of waterfowl hunting on Sutherland Reservoir, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The meeting is scheduled for 7

Initial testing for brucellosis in elk in the Ruby Valley area west of the Gravelly Mountains near the Blacktail Wildlife Management Area reveals that some elk have been exposed to the disease. Montana Fish, Wildlife