Fishing
Ill. teaches city kids to fish
Chicago (AP) – Regular school may be out soon, but urban fishing school’s in. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is opening fishing clinics mainly for urban children in Chicago 16 years old and younger.
Commissioners take comments about S.D. lion season
Yankton, S.D. (AP) – The Game, Fish and Parks Commission will finalize two deer hunting seasons and take public comment about mountain lions at a meeting in Yankton. The commission’s agenda includes a public hearing
Feds establish critical habitat for Ala. sturgeon
Birmingham, Ala. (AP) – The federal government has designated more than 300 miles of southeast Alabama riverways as critical habitat for an endangered fish that industry groups say doesn’t even exist. The U.S. Fish and
US experts: Bat fungus causing historic decline
Washington (AP) – A mysterious fungus attacking bats in the U.S. could spread nationwide within years and represents the most serious threat to wildlife in a century, experts warned Congress Thursday. Displaying pictures of bats
Feds to study critical habitat for Idaho caribou
Spokane, Wash. (AP) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to consider designating critical habitat for woodland caribou that roam northern Idaho and northeastern Washington state. The agency earlier this week settled a
Fishermen talk of flouting rules during king run
Fishermen on the lower Yukon River will get the king salmon they need to feed their families, even if it means getting a ticket or going to jail, two Alaska Native leaders said. State and
Senate’s budget to close 35 parks
Harrisburg, Pa. – The millions of visitors who flock to Pennsylvania’s state parks and forests to relax and experience nature’s beauty would have fewer opportunities to do so under a budget plan that passed the
European rudd found in Ohio’s Erie waters
Marblehead, Ohio – A Lake Erie commercial fisherman recently netted the first recorded European rudd in Ohio waters. Fisherman Jim Swartz caught the invasive fish near the Lakeside Pier in Marblehead, Ohio, and turned it
More lake drawdowns now possible with law passage
St. Paul – In the face of record budget deficits and the first year of spending constitutionally dedicated dollars, a bill dealing with drawdowns sailed mostly below the radar. But its passage could be a
