Fishing
Climate change study foresees warmer, wetter Pa.
University Park, Pa. – A Penn State study of climate-change impacts in Pennsylvania projects a warmer, wetter commonwealth, with a longer growing season and significantly less snow by the middle of the century.
Parks funding cut out of state budget
Dayton, Ohio (AP) Dayton, Ohio (AP) – The state budget provided little help to the agency that runs Ohio’s parks and wildlife programs, currently facing a half-billion-dollar maintenance backlog. About the best news for the
USFWS: Duck numbers up across breeding grounds
Bemidji, Minn. – The number of ducks on the continent’s main breeding grounds increased 13 percent from last year and is 25 percent above the long-term average, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Austen abruptly ousted as PF&BC chief
Harrisburg – It took 18 months and loads of negotiations, but Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners finally got rid of an executive director they no longer wanted.
Hunt supporters back feds in wolf lawsuit
Billings, Mont. (AP) – Supporters of proposed public hunts of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies are intervening in a federal court case brought by environmentalists who want to stop the hunts. The federal government
Goose bag limit jump unlikely after flyway meeting
Bemidji, Minn. – A proposal by the DNR to simplify Canada goose regulations and increase the daily bag limit across much of the state has run into a roadblock called the Mississippi Flyway Council. During
Early elk season opens Saturday in Idaho
Boise, Idaho (AP) – The early elk hunting season opens Saturday in parts of Idaho. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says the so-called green-field hunts in the Palouse, Salmon, Lemhi, Beaverhead, and Pioneer
Minnesota deer hunting rules more complicated
St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota’s hunting regulations for antlerless deer will more complicated this fall. The Department of Natural Resources says over-the-counter, either-sex permits will be valid in significantly fewer areas, especially in parts
Minnesota expands lottery areas for some deer
St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota is expanding its use of lottery permits for hunting antlerless deer in some areas this fall. The Department of Natural Resources says over-the-counter, either-sex permits will be valid in
