Fishing
WVa DNR set to celebrate free fishing weekend
Charrleston, W.Va. (AP) – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is opening up the state’s rivers and streams for free fishing this weekend. The two-day event caps off a series of events as part
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
Reward offered in shooting death of Florida panther
Big Cypress National Preserve, Fla. (AP) – A $15,200 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in the shooting death of an endangered Florida panther. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says
Maine House nixes saltwater license
Augusta, Maine (AP) – The Maine House has rejected a bill calling for a saltwater license for recreational fishermen. The bill voted down by a 96-45 roll call vote Monday would have brought Maine into
Illinois teenager lands rare fish
Hudson, Ill. (AP) – Though the calendar reads 2009, Chad Enright of El Paso came face to face with a chapter from the pages of prehistoric times recently when he was fishing with friends below
Idaho Fish and Game considers fishing rule change
Boise, Idaho (AP) – The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is collecting public comment on a dozen proposed fishing rule changes. Department officials say the changes would improve fishing opportunities, increase management flexibility, correct
