Fishing
$4.6 million gift will buy new wildlife area land
Carbondale, Ohio – The state will use a $4.6 million gift to purchase the newest wildlife area in southeast Ohio. The money, the largest gift in the history of the DNR Division of Wildlife, will
Car hits, kills cougar on south side of Bemidji
Bemidji, Minn. – State wildlife officials haven’t determined if an animal hit and killed by a vehicle in Bemidji last Friday was wild or not, but one thing is clear: It was a mountain lion.
MN DNR looking at cougar hit and killed near Bemidji
Bemidji, Minn. (AP) – Wildlife researchers are trying to find out more information about a mountain lion that was hit and killed by a car near Bemidji. The mountain lion was hit on Friday night.
Perch fishing thrives at Spirit Lake in Iowa
Spirit Lake, Iowa (AP) – Although there is a little over a week left in September, Iowa angles have already pulled a record number of yellow perch from Big Spirit Lake. According to the Iowa
Botulism blamed for killing more ducks in E. Idaho
Boise, Idaho (AP) – State wildlife biologists are pointing the finger at botulism for killing an estimated 1,100 waterfowl at the American Falls Reservoir in eastern Idaho. It’s the second report this month of botulism
US judge says grizzlies still threatened
Billings, Montana (AP) – A federal judge in Montana restored protections Monday for an estimated 600 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park, citing in part a decline in their food supply caused by
Vorhies pleads no contest to poaching charges
Basin, Wyo. (AP) – A former Greybull man has pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor poaching charge and no contest to three more. Gary Vorhies, 47, was accused of killing a palmated deer in Big Horn
NV hunters excited as chukar season looms
Reno, Nev. (AP) – Thousands of Nevada hunters are getting excited as the hunting season looms for the state’s most popular game bird: the chukar (chuck-ur). Nevada Department of Wildlife officials said the 2009-10 chukar
