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Zimmerman, Minn. (AP) – An auction of confiscated firearms has resulted in a standing-room-only crowd of bidders in Zimmerman this weekend. State Department of Natural Resources warden Chad Thesing estimated Saturday’s auction attracted more than

Columbia, S.C. (AP) – Gator hunters, gear up. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources beginning Friday is accepting online applications for the 2009 public alligator hunting season. Applicants for the alligator hunting season are

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is lowering the number of deer hunting licenses available this year by about 5,000 from last year’s record 149,400. The Game and Fish Department

Milwaukee (AP) – Wisconsin cranberry growers will be working with state and federal scientists this month on a study of common loon nesting areas. The U.S. Geological Survey says the common loon’s habitat has been

Richmond, Va. (AP) – Officials in Virginia and West Virginia are trying to figure out what’s killing fish in the Shenandoah River basin. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Fish Health Lab in Leestown,

Scotland, Ark. (AP) – If someone called for a miniature of the Ozark Mountains, Gulf Mountain Wildlife Management Area could answer. It has characteristics of the entire upland region. It’s got history, the remains of

Jackson, Wyo. (AP) – The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes are conducting a ceremonial bison hunt on the National Elk Refuge. The hunt was scheduled to start Wednesday and continue on Thursday. This is the second year the

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – Plea agreements are being worked out with five people charged in what North Dakota wildlife officials say is the worst case of illegal animal killings they have ever seen. Game warden

Athens, Texas – The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center has announced the winners in the 2009 State-Fish Art Contest. The 624 entries received was the largest number ever entered from a single state in this national