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Pierre, S.D. (AP) — A bill aimed at allowing more nonresident hunters to shoot geese in northeastern South Dakota narrowly passed the state Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday. The panel endorsed the measure

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reports Atlanta, Ga. — While Darryl Eubanks of Lucedale, Miss., was deer hunting in 2007, he killed a Mississippi black bear, a species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species

Indiana hunters killed 610 wild turkeys during the 2008 fall wild turkey hunting season. Wild turkeys were killed in 57 of the 74 counties open to turkey hunting during the season, which ran from Oct.

With spring gobbler season just around the corner, hunters will be happy to know that turkey tags are now being mailed to most hunters. Thanks to changes in the licensing system administered by the S.C.

After 150 years or more, ospreys may successfully nest south of the Twin Cities. Last spring, an osprey pair attempted to nest in Le Sueur County on a power pole adjacent to fish rearing ponds

Kenai, Alaska (AP) — Two new reports shed light on the financial impact the commercial and sportfishing industries bring to the state. A Department of Fish and Game report says sportfishing generated nearly $1.4 billion

Madison – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Matt Frank today announced that 11 conservation wardens have completed their year-long training and will be taking their posts in communities throughout the state in the coming

Frankfort, Ky. – In half a century, Kentucky’s white-tailed deer herd grew from 1,000 animals to a million today. Wild turkeys increased from about 800 birds to a quarter-million, and we are now home to

Concord, N.H. – Educators who want to introduce their students in grades 3-6 to New Hampshire’s wildlife resources — or reinforce wildlife-related lessons they have learned — have until February 27 to request spring 2009