Fishing
VHS on the radar; bass tests positive
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. – DNR Bureau of Fisheries Management Director Mike Staggs is urging Green Bay, Lake Michigan, and Lake Winnebago system anglers and boaters to follow preventive steps to avoid spreading the sometimes-deadly fish
Heritage Council approves DNR plan for Partners Grant Program
St. Paul – If all goes according to plan, local sportsmen’s clubs and other groups will access their share of dedicated funding by the end of the year. The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council last week
Long-term solution sought for Christina
Melby, Minn. – Following a rotenone treatment in 2003 that paid short-term dividends for water clarity and plant growth, west-central Minnesota’s Lake Christina appears to be taking a turn for the worse. By late last
Colorado wildlife agency juggling fish to strike balance
Gunnison, Colo. (AP) – State wildlife officials plan to move some fish out of Blue Mesa Reservoir to protect Colorado’s primary producer of kokanee salmon. The Colorado Division of Wildlife says there are too many
Biologists want to poison remote creek in CA
Walker, Calif. (AP) – Government biologists are again pushing a plan to help preserve one of the country’s rarest trout by first poisoning a remote Sierra stream to kill other fish, and critics are again
Gillette preparing to rebuild wetlands at lake
Gillette, Wyo. (AP) – Gillette plans to rebuild a wetlands at Dalbey Memorial Park’s Fishing Lake and may dredge the lake because of a nutrient buildup that’s harmful to fish. Levi Jensen, a civil engineer
High water leads to fine fishing in N.D.
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – High water is leading to some fine fishing in the Dakotas this spring. Lake Oahe in North Dakota and South Dakota is at its highest level in years, and anglers say
SD antelope numbers down
Rapid City, S.D. (AP) – Antelope numbers are down in South Dakota, and state wildlife officials say the harsh winter is to blame. The annual census by the Game, Fish and Parks Department shows that
Hunters snag 515 moose permits in NH
Concord, N.H. (AP) – A lottery in New Hampshire on Friday selected 515 hunters to try to bag a moose during the fall hunting season. The winners and alternates are posted on the Web site
