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Honolulu (AP) – The state plans to close a Big Island forest reserve for two days next month so it can hunt invasive goats and sheep from helicopters to protect an endangered bird’s habitat. The

Spokane, Wash. (AP) – State biologists have confirmed a second wolf pack in Washington state, this time in a remote area of Pend Oreille County. The Spokesman-Review reports biologists were able to confirm the presence

Huntington, W.Va. (AP) – A fishing access area at the Winfield Locks and Dam that’s been closed since October for improvements is reopening. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the Route 35 fishing access

Decatur, Tenn. (AP) – Prosecutors have dropped criminal charges in a Meigs County case in which a man was mistaken for a turkey and was shot several times. Shane Godsey had been turkey hunting in

Kalispell, Mont. (AP) – Wildlife managers in Montana have removed fishing limits from six backcountry lakes this summer as part of an attempt to eliminate hybrid trout and replace them with genetically pure westslope cutthroat

Spring Park, Minn. (AP) – The Hennepin County Sheriff Foundation is hosting an event Wednesday that’s designed to get kids hooked on fishing, not drugs. The program is a national effort sponsored by the U.S.

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota’s duck population has taken a dive. The Department of Natural Resources says the state’s breeding duck population has dropped to an estimated 507,000 birds. That’s down 31 percent from

Rawlins, Wyo. (AP) – Investigators are looking into the poaching of a bull elk in Medicine Bow National Forest between Cheyenne and Laramie. Game warden Roger Bredehoft says the poaching near Pilot Knob was a

Necedah, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin youths interested in learning how to hunt deer have a deadline coming up. Applications for a deer-hunting workshop and special hunt at Buckhorn State Park located on the Castle Rock