Fishing
Wildlife agent shoots the breeze to get answers
Yakima, Wash. (AP) – Morgan Grant schmoozes for a living. He does it while wearing a holstered handgun because, for weeks on end, everybody he approaches is carrying a rifle which, for Grant, a state
Ill. teaches city kids to fish
Chicago (AP) – Regular school may be out soon, but urban fishing school’s in. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is opening fishing clinics mainly for urban children in Chicago 16 years old and younger.
Commissioners take comments about S.D. lion season
Yankton, S.D. (AP) – The Game, Fish and Parks Commission will finalize two deer hunting seasons and take public comment about mountain lions at a meeting in Yankton. The commission’s agenda includes a public hearing
More lake drawdowns now possible with law passage
St. Paul – In the face of record budget deficits and the first year of spending constitutionally dedicated dollars, a bill dealing with drawdowns sailed mostly below the radar. But its passage could be a
Senate’s budget to close 35 parks
Harrisburg, Pa. – The millions of visitors who flock to Pennsylvania’s state parks and forests to relax and experience nature’s beauty would have fewer opportunities to do so under a budget plan that passed the
Free fishing in Louisiana this weekend
Baton Rouge, La. (AP) – Louisiana residents and visitors can take advantage of the state’s outdoor recreational opportunities this weekend for free. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says a recreational fishing license for anglers
Wildlife restitution is back in poaching bill
Harrisburg – As state lawmakers continue wrestling with House Bill 97 – the anti-poaching measure – it appears restitution for illegally-killed game will stand, after all. But amendments may be added to soften penalties for
Upgraded status sought for once-dead Cuyahoga River
Cleveland (AP) State environmental officials and a regional clean water group have asked that large portions of the once-dead but still-symbolic Cuyahoga River be removed from an international list of polluted Great Lakes areas because
Spring gobbler take approaches 19,000
Columbus Ashtabula County once again tops all counties with 831 birds Hunters checked 18,936 wild turkeys during Ohio’s four-week, statewide spring turkey-hunting season that ended May 17, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
