Fishing
The Three Bears? Try 163,000 … and counting
Harlan, Kentucky (AP) – Bobby Koger was deer hunting on a Kentucky hillside when a black bear gave him the fright of his life. A 300-pound (136-kilogram) animal, apparently unhappy that an intruder was on
Deer reduction recommended at Kansas park
Shawnee, Kan. (AP) – Johnson County park officials want to bring in sharpshooters to remove about 75 percent of the deer at Shawnee Mission Park next fall. Surveys in 2007 and 2008 found there were
NC officials investigate over 54,000 dead fish
Blounts Creek, N.C. (AP) – More than 54,000 dead fish have been found in Blounts Creek in eastern North Carolina. The North Carolina Division of Water Quality says the fish were found Wednesday morning in
Obama taps Fish and Wildlife veteran for agency
Salt Lake City (AP) – A veteran U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service administrator is President Barack Obama’s nominee to head up the agency. Sam D. Hamilton is director of the agency’s Southeast Region, based in
Is JFC action an access threat?
Madison – Sportsmen rallied last week to a call to arms, so to speak, from conservation leaders who claim that recent Joint Finance Committee action jeopardizes hunting, fishing, and trapping access to some future public
Committee to look at EAB alternative
Baraboo, Wis. – If legislative hearings on the deer season in April and the DNR’s decision to cancel earn-a-buck rules for 2009 were the death knell for EAB, the nail in the coffin could be
Coming to a town near you: Lessard-Sams council
St. Paul – The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council is set to hit the road. Council members will be in Alexandria next Tuesday for a business meeting, and in Fergus Falls on Wednesday to hear from
Additional DEC layoffs on hold?
Albany – Additional layoffs within DEC – including the Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources – haven’t yet occurred for a variety of reasons. The chief factor is that the payroll and staffing issues
Conservation groups hope support of administration helps move CWA
Washington – Conservation groups were quick to praise the Obama administration’s support for the proposed Clean Water Restoration Act last month, a federal bill that is said to restore waters protections awarded by the 1972
