Fishing
SD pheasant plan available for review
Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department says people can review the agency’s five-year draft management plan for pheasants. The 84-page report covers how the department proposes to manage the
Northeast, eastern counties baited for rabies
Columbus – The Ohio departments of Health (ODH) and Natural Resources (ODNR), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services will begin fall oral rabies vaccination operations
Duck harvest shows fairly large decline
Washington – U.S. waterfowl hunters killed about 13.7 million ducks last season, a drop from 2007, when they killed nearly 14.6 million ducks. Ohio contributed to that decline; the total duck kill dropped by more
Sportsmen groups outraged by regulatory head’s confirmation
Washington – The U.S. Senate on Sept. 9 voted to end debate on the nomination of what the Columbus, Ohio-based U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance calls one of the most outspoken animal rights, anti-hunting, and anti-Second Amendment
$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
Friends bid farewell to ‘Buckshot’
Prior Lake, Minn. – He was known as a best friend of wildlife, a forger of conservation partnerships, and a fine chef. Following his marriage in 1983, he and his wife were paraded around Benson
Large tract of new small-game habitat open in Union County
Hartleton, Pa. – Nearly 40 local sportsmen and women gathered Aug. 26 for the dedication of a sizable addition to State Game Land 317 in Union County.
House panel hearing is set on doe permit sales
Harrisburg – When the Pennsylvania Game Commission started using an automated point-of-sale system to sell licenses this year, it finally got out of the carbon paper business.
