Fishing
Commissioners: Does 3 rivers center work?
Capital Correspondent Pittsburgh – The three rivers here are unique, and so nearly three years ago the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission created a unique tool to take care of them.
Festival to honor life of Tony Dean
Pierre, S.D. (AP) _ An Aug. 8 festival is planned at Spring Creek Marina north of Pierre to honor the life of South Dakota conservation leader and outdoorsman Tony Dean, who died last fall. Dean
State animal selection winding down
Columbus – Ohio adopted the Cardinal as its state bird in 1933. The white-tailed deer became the state animal in 1988. The list of state symbols goes on, including a state tree, state flower, and
Upper Red harvest double last summer’s total
Mille Lacs walleye anglers also doing somewhat better than last year Bemidji, Minn. – It’s amazing the difference a year and some new rules can make. State-licensed anglers fishing Upper Red Lake this year already
Budget battle leaves status of nature preserves in limbo
Columbus – As Gov. Ted Strickland and the Ohio General Assembly battle over budget differences, the fate of the state’s 134 designated nature preserves grows cloudy. Under the governor’s revised two-year budget proposal, the Ohio
State to hunt pythons in South Florida
Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s governor is asking wildlife officials to begin trapping pythons, the same way the state handles nuisance alligators. The program will be carried out by qualified herpetologists who volunteer. The Burmese
Negotiations for Lake Vermilion state park at ‘impasse’
St. Paul – Two years ago, everything seemed in line for the shores of Lake Vermilion to be the home of Minnesota’s newest state park. Legislative approval in 2008 of $20 million in bonding money
Second wolf pack confirmed in Washington
Spokane, Wash. (AP) – State biologists have confirmed a second wolf pack in Washington state, this time in a remote area of Pend Oreille County. The Spokesman-Review reports biologists were able to confirm the presence
Hawaii closing forest reserve for aerial hunting
Honolulu (AP) – The state plans to close a Big Island forest reserve for two days next month so it can hunt invasive goats and sheep from helicopters to protect an endangered bird’s habitat. The
