Fishing
ND pantries to resume giving venison to needy
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota program that distributes venison to the needy will resume accepting deer that have been killed with lead bullets. The North Dakota Community Action Partnership, which administers the Sportsmen
Climate change study foresees warmer, wetter Pa.
University Park, Pa. – A Penn State study of climate-change impacts in Pennsylvania projects a warmer, wetter commonwealth, with a longer growing season and significantly less snow by the middle of the century.
Goose bag limit jump unlikely after flyway meeting
Bemidji, Minn. – A proposal by the DNR to simplify Canada goose regulations and increase the daily bag limit across much of the state has run into a roadblock called the Mississippi Flyway Council. During
Austen abruptly ousted as PF&BC chief
Harrisburg – It took 18 months and loads of negotiations, but Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners finally got rid of an executive director they no longer wanted.
Hunt supporters back feds in wolf lawsuit
Billings, Mont. (AP) – Supporters of proposed public hunts of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies are intervening in a federal court case brought by environmentalists who want to stop the hunts. The federal government
Game Department helps identify different fish
Laramie, Wyo. (AP) – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says many anglers need help identifying a hybrid fish called a “splake” that’s stocked in many lakes in the southeastern part of the state. Splake
Parks funding cut out of state budget
Dayton, Ohio (AP) Dayton, Ohio (AP) – The state budget provided little help to the agency that runs Ohio’s parks and wildlife programs, currently facing a half-billion-dollar maintenance backlog. About the best news for the
DNR seeking $24.5 million for state AMAs and WMAs
St. Paul – Conservation would receive a huge shot in the arm if the capital investment proposals made by the DNR and Board of Water and Soil Resources come to fruition. The two, along with
USFWS: Duck numbers up across breeding grounds
Bemidji, Minn. – The number of ducks on the continent’s main breeding grounds increased 13 percent from last year and is 25 percent above the long-term average, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
