Fishing
DNR, locals set to submerge trees in northern Wisconsin lakes
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, property owners and conservationists are getting ready to add more underwater trees to four northern Wisconsin lakes. Fish, frogs and other aquatic wildlife use submerged
‘Watershed year’ expected for Mexican gray wolves
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Another year has passed and the effort to return the endangered Mexican gray wolf to the Southwest is no closer to marking success than when federal wildlife officials first set out
Hunters Shooting CWD-Positive Bucks in Wisconsin to get Replacement Tag
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is implementing a new policy that will automatically issue replacement Earn-A-Buck stickers to any hunter who harvested a buck that comes back CWD-positive. The DNR will mail each hunter
Conservation advocate, writer Glen Sheppard dies
CHARLEVOIX, Mich. (AP) – Glen Sheppard, a longtime northern Michigan conservation advocate and journalist, has died. He was 74. The Charlevoix resident was editor of The North Woods Call, an outspoken periodical that fought for
Colorado DOW to Draft Regulation Prohibiting Bear Den Hunting
DENVER, CO – The Colorado Wildlife Commission has directed the state Division of Wildlife (DOW) to draft a regulation that would prohibit the hunting of bears in their dens. Commissioners were asked to consider adopting
Researchers: Asian Carp are Past Electronic Barrier
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – Scientists whose genetics-based research became a lightning rod in the debate over protecting the Great Lakes from Asian carp have made their case in a newly published article that says
IA DNR: ‘Tis the Season for Poaching Cases
Being the best can attract the worst and Iowa’s conservation officers get to see it all. As Iowa’s reputation as the premier place to hunt trophy whitetail deer has grown, it has not only attracted
MI: Granholm paves way for state moose hunt
Lansing — Attention hunters: A moose hunt may be coming to a site near you. Michigan moved a step closer to adding even more diversity to its in-state hunting opportunities when Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed
PA: Citing report, league tells PGC back off deer
Pittsburgh – A leader of one of the state’s largest sportsmen’s groups has called on Pennsylvania’s game commissioners to moderate their deer-management program based on information that has recently been presented by an independent wildlife
