Fishing

Augusta, Maine (AP) – Gov. John Baldacci has signed into law a bill that paves the way for a game-hunting preserve to open in Piscataquis County. The law will also allow game preserves currently in

Wausau, Wis. (AP) – Supporters say that allowing 10-year-olds to hunt in Wisconsin under the close supervision of an adult is a way to preserve the state’s hunting heritage. The state Senate takes up a

Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP) – Department of Energy contractors have poisoned some 30,000 fish at three ponds near the former K-25 uranium-enrichment plant in East Tennessee as part of a restoration project. A team from

Fishermen on the lower Yukon River will get the king salmon they need to feed their families, even if it means getting a ticket or going to jail, two Alaska Native leaders said. State and

Yakima, Wash. (AP) – Morgan Grant schmoozes for a living. He does it while wearing a holstered handgun because, for weeks on end, everybody he approaches is carrying a rifle which, for Grant, a state

Chicago (AP) – Regular school may be out soon, but urban fishing school’s in. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is opening fishing clinics mainly for urban children in Chicago 16 years old and younger.

Yankton, S.D. (AP) – The Game, Fish and Parks Commission will finalize two deer hunting seasons and take public comment about mountain lions at a meeting in Yankton. The commission’s agenda includes a public hearing

Washington (AP) – A mysterious fungus attacking bats in the U.S. could spread nationwide within years and represents the most serious threat to wildlife in a century, experts warned Congress Thursday. Displaying pictures of bats

Birmingham, Ala. (AP) – The federal government has designated more than 300 miles of southeast Alabama riverways as critical habitat for an endangered fish that industry groups say doesn’t even exist. The U.S. Fish and