Fishing
Scientists look to outer space to solve Iowa duck mystery
Keokuk – Tens of thousands of migrating lesser scaup [bluebill] ducks are currently visiting Iowa wetlands as they surge northward toward Canadian nesting areas. One of the migration’s most important stopovers is Pool 19 of
Texas wildlife officials worried about whooping cranes
Rockport, Texas (AP) – Wildlife managers are worried that some of the whooping cranes wintering at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge may be too weak and malnourished to successfully make their return to Canada this season.
Utah man named world’s best elk caller
Salt Lake City (AP) — As a 15-year-old back in 1983, Al Morris needed only a few days to figure out how to mimic the sounds that would bring big bull elk running to him.
Montana Hunting Regulations Online
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ 2009 hunting regulations for moose, sheep and goat and deer, elk and antelope will be available online at fwp.mt.gov beginning the last week in March, click ’Hunting Regulations.’ The hunting
Applications for Elk Hunt to Be Accepted April 1-May 31
Nashville – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will accept applications from April 1 through May 31, 2009 for participation in Tennessee’s first-ever managed elk hunt. The elk hunt will be held October 19-23 at the
Montana Wolf Population Grows In 2008
About 500 wolves now inhabit Montana, equally distributed between the state’s northern and southern areas, according to the 2008 annual wolf conservation and management report released today by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. FWP’s report,
Group pushes for more Western wilderness
Albuquerque, N.M. (AP) — The Gila National Forest in southwestern New Mexico is where famed naturalist Aldo Leopold first hatched the idea of setting aside the nation’s untamed lands as wilderness. Nearly 85 years ago,
Wolf Depredation Confirmed Near Avon
Wolves killed a calf on private property north of Avon last week. USDA Wildlife Services confirmed the incident on March 19. Tracks of four wolves were present at the depredation site, and Montana Fish, Wildlife
Critics say feds unable to protect Michigan wetlands
Traverse City, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposal to hand over protection of Michigan wetlands to the federal government comes as critics in Congress and elsewhere say federal agencies are falling down on the
