Fishing
Yellowstone bison could go to Wyoming Reservation
Billings, Mont. (AP) — State and federal officials have recommended relocating a small herd of bison from Yellowstone National Park to a Wyoming Indian reservation, part of a bid to restore a species that once
Wildlife in the crosshairs nationwide as poaching ramps up
Fresno, Calif. (AP) — The country’s financial tumult is exacting a toll on wildlife in California and Florida, where game wardens are seeing a surge in poaching for money as the economy declines. In California,
First African-American DNR Law Enforcement officer retires
Recent historic events in the United States have made headlines around the world, but history was also made in South Carolina only a few short decades ago. Lt. Ulysses Flemming from Eastover in Richland County
Feds investigate eagle shooting in South Dakota
Watertown, S.D. (AP) — A Watertown veterinarian euthanized a golden eagle that had been badly injured in a shooting. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the state Game, Fish and Parks Department are investigating
Feds reconsidering Missouri habitat for dragonfly
Traverse City, Mich. (AP) — The government is reconsidering its decision not to grant strong legal protection in two national forests, including one in Missouri, for North America’s only dragonfly classified as endangered. The Hine’s
Two Alaskan guides sentenced
Anchorage, Alaska (AP) — Two Juneau guides have been sentenced for wildlife crimes. Shawn and Shane Hooton earlier pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act. Prosecutors say they conspired with
Two New Hampshire Snowmobile Crashes Overnight
CONCORD, N.H. — Two late-night snowmobile crashes with serious consequences in New Hampshire underscore the need for using caution and understanding your limits when operating snow machines. One incident occurred in Henniker, where Corey Slosek,
Missouri continues losing prairie chickens
Lockwood, Mo. (AP) — Mike Theurer remembers that when he was a youngster, prairie chickens were abundant on the native grasslands around the family farm. “I know there was 100 within three or four miles,”
