Fishing
Researchers study elk migration, survival
Crandall, Wyo. (AP) – Researchers studying elk in the Yellowstone National Park area want to expand knowledge about the influences of habitat, climate and predators on elk migration, reproduction and survival. Even before its completion
GFP: 176K hunters baged 1.9M pheasants in 2008
Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Game Fish & Parks Department has released survey results from the last hunting season. It shows that more than 176,000 resident and nonresident hunters went after pheasants in
Ill. hosts 1st high school bass fishing tournament
Carlyle, Ill. (AP) – About 50 high schools have sent teams to Carlyle Lake to compete in the state’s first Illinois High School Association bass fishing tournament. Marc Miller is the director of the Illinois
WVa hunter clinches turkey slam
Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – Chris Walls had done most everything a turkey hunter could hope to do. He’d won calling championships. He’d traveled to other states to hunt. He’d called gobblers in for others. About
NV deer herds down; other species doing well
Reno, Nev. (AP) – Elk, antelope and bighorn sheep are quite at home on the Nevada range, while deer populations continue to struggle because of habitat loss and drought, according to a new report by
Elk Foundation marks 25th year
Missoula, Mont. (AP) – The view out the window of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation keeps changing. Twenty-five years ago, it was a pine forest out back of Bob Munson’s trailer home/real estate office in
Feds to reconsider critical habitat for two fish in N.M.
Albuquerque, N.M. (AP) – A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can reconsider the designation of several hundred miles of riverbed in New Mexico and Arizona as critical habitat for two
Forecast upbeat for 2009 opener
Hackensack, Minn. – The ice is gone, it’s not supposed to snow, there are minnows to be had, and gas prices are tolerable. Anglers have a lot more to be happy about as they head
CRP: addition by extension
Washington – Before 2009 draws to a close, nearly 4 million acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program are scheduled to expire, putting a serious dent in wildlife habitat across the United States. But federal
