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Billings, Mont. (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Friday he was upholding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to remove gray wolves from the federal endangered list in the Northern Rockies and the

Bangor, Maine (AP) — Cross-country skiers who set out on a crisp, moonlit night for a quiet outing in Bangor’s city forest are being targeted by an ornery owl. Over the past three weeks, at

Portland, Ore. (AP) — The federal agency in charge of saving salmon in the Columbia River Basin from extinction should have a plan in place to remove dams on the lower Snake River if necessary,

Spearfish, S.D. (AP) — Information from this year’s hunting season on mountain lions will be used by state game officials to make a recommendation for next year’s season to the Game, Fish and Parks Commission.

Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners, in a notational vote, yesterday gave preliminary approval to a regulatory change that would allow hunters to use magnifying scopes on bows or crossbows during the archery

Richmond, VA — “Bob-white, Bob-white” was a frequent bird call heard across Virginia some forty years ago. Today, with the loss of habitat, Northern Bobwhite Quail numbers have fallen off and are heard far less

Savannah, Ga. (AP) — After three decades as a charter fishing guide, Steve Amick says he’s never seen red snapper as large or plentiful as he did last year off Georgia’s Atlantic coast. Soon, catching

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Board of Game has loosened hunting rules in Chugach State Park. The decision Wednesday followed recommendations by state biologists who hope the changes lead hunters to kill some of

Austwell, Texas (AP) — Eighteen whooping crane deaths around a South Texas wildlife refuge has made this winter the second-worst for whooper mortality in 20 years. Another 34 cranes from last year failed to return