Fishing
New chairman chosen for NC Wildlife Commission
Raleigh, N.C. (AP) – A Wilmington businessman has been elected chairman of the North Carolina Wildlife Commission. The agency said Wednesday that Steve Windham of Winnabow was elected to replace Wes Seegars, who had been
Minnesota’s breeding duck population takes a dive
St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota’s duck population has taken a dive. The Department of Natural Resources says the state’s breeding duck population has dropped to an estimated 507,000 birds. That’s down 31 percent from
Wis. DNR plans youth deer-hunt workshop
Necedah, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin youths interested in learning how to hunt deer have a deadline coming up. Applications for a deer-hunting workshop and special hunt at Buckhorn State Park located on the Castle Rock
Medicine Bow elk poaching investigated
Rawlins, Wyo. (AP) – Investigators are looking into the poaching of a bull elk in Medicine Bow National Forest between Cheyenne and Laramie. Game warden Roger Bredehoft says the poaching near Pilot Knob was a
Program aims to preserve Maine fishing communities
Portland, Maine (AP) – Conservation groups and state officials say initiatives to purchase commercial fishing rights and distribute them to local fishermen will help preserve Maine’s fishing communities. Three nonprofits – the Island Institute, The
Bear run-in leaves Siren woman hurt
Siren, Wis. – Officials say it likely was a case of a startled woman and an equally startled bear, but an encounter at a residence on the outskirts of Siren in northwest Wisconsin left the
Park-closing threat seems to diminish
Capital Correspondent Harrisburg – Pennsylvania’s state parks and forests may not close this summer, but they may not be open for business as usual either.
Waterfowl surveys offer mixed picture
DNR Report Madison – Variable spring habitat conditions in the United States and Canada present a mixed picture for the fall waterfowl seasons in Wisconsin, according to DNR Waterfowl Biologist Kent Van Horn. Early information
ID, Mont. preparing for 1st wolf hunts in decades
Billings, Mont. (AP) – Montana and Idaho are moving to host their first gray wolf hunts in decades this fall, following the animal’s recent removal from the endangered list across much of the Northern Rockies.
