Fishing
Program aims to preserve Maine fishing communities
Portland, Maine (AP) – Conservation groups and state officials say initiatives to purchase commercial fishing rights and distribute them to local fishermen will help preserve Maine’s fishing communities. Three nonprofits – the Island Institute, The
Cool, rainy spring prolongs trout time
Southwest Correspondent Pittsburgh – The cool, soggy weather that ruined a lot of softball games this spring has been a boon to trout anglers.
Bear run-in leaves Siren woman hurt
Siren, Wis. – Officials say it likely was a case of a startled woman and an equally startled bear, but an encounter at a residence on the outskirts of Siren in northwest Wisconsin left the
ID, Mont. preparing for 1st wolf hunts in decades
Billings, Mont. (AP) – Montana and Idaho are moving to host their first gray wolf hunts in decades this fall, following the animal’s recent removal from the endangered list across much of the Northern Rockies.
Plea deals accepted in ND wildlife killings
Dickinson, N.D. (AP) – Four men accused of illegal wildlife killings in western North Dakota have accepted plea deals. State wildlife officials say the shooting of more than 40 deer and antelope and hundreds of
Vt. man pleads not guilty to charge he killed son
St. Johnsbury, Vt. (AP) – A Vermont man charged with killing his son on the first day of spring turkey hunting season has pleaded not guilty. Forty-five-year-old Kevin Kadamus, of Lyndon, entered his plea Monday
Fish kill hits fewer in James River this year
Lynchburg, Va. (AP) – State biologists are seeing fewer fish kills in the James River this year. The springtime phenomenon causes fish to develop lesions or die from illness and was first seen in the
Poor Alaska salmon run threatens treaty
Fairbanks, Alaska (AP) – The number of king salmon that reach the Canadian border might not satisfy a treaty agreement between Alaska and Canada despite massive cuts in subsistence fishing up and down the Yukon
La Lawmaker: Hunting with dogs to continue in Kisatchie
Baton Rouge, La. (AP) – A Leesville legislator says he received assurances from the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries that hunting deer with dogs will continue in the Kisatchie National Forest. Rep. James Armes
