Fishing
Dutch abandon plan to ban eel fishing in October
The Hague, Netherlands (AP) – Dutch lawmakers have voted against banning the fishing of endangered eels during the month of October. The Dutch government says it now plans to order fishermen to release 157 tons
Wind River tribes back grouse protections
Fort Washakie, Wyo. (AP) – The governing councils of the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes are supporting a Wyoming plan to protect sage grouse habitat and population areas. The tribes’ Joint Business Council adopted
Montana’s FWP investigating raptor deaths on Hi-Line
Great Falls, Mont. (AP) – The state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is investigating the shooting deaths of several raptors, including two golden eagles, near Chester. FWP investigator Kqyn Kuka says the investigation began
Maryland black bear birth rate declines
Oakland, Md. (AP) – A wildlife biologist says the black bear birth rate in Maryland has declined, apparently due to the decreased availability of acorns in the western mountains. Department of Natural Resources biologist Harry
Maine fishing season opens
Belgrade, Maine (AP) – The calendar says Maine’s open-water fishing season is under way, but it’s a different story on the lakes, most of which remain socked in with ice. Still, the heartiest of anglers
State COs assist in flooding zone
Fort Ripley, Minn. – Flood waters may have been retreating in the flood-ravaged Red River Valley near Fargo-Moorhead this week, but members of the Minnesota DNR – among them, about 50 conservation officers – remained
NRB wants CWD game farms fenced
Madison – The Natural Resources Board wants to keep fences up on CWD-positive game farms to prevent wild deer from having access to prions remaining in the soil. Board members also want the Legislature’s help
‘Can’ estimate of 500,000 would allow one bird per day
Stevens Point, Wis. – Federal biologists are going to have see at least 500,000 canvasbacks in the spring population estimate in order to offer Midwestern hunters a one-bird bag limit during the 2009 season. Want
No legs, yet, for federal gun-control bill
Washington, D.C. – Two members of the Wisconsin federal delegation said they will not support gun-control legislation known as the “Blair Holt bill,” and one state senator said the bill has no chance of passing.
