Fishing
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 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
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
Upgraded status sought for once-dead Cuyahoga River
Cleveland (AP) State environmental officials and a regional clean water group have asked that large portions of the once-dead but still-symbolic Cuyahoga River be removed from an international list of polluted Great Lakes areas because
Spring gobbler take approaches 19,000
Columbus Ashtabula County once again tops all counties with 831 birds Hunters checked 18,936 wild turkeys during Ohio’s four-week, statewide spring turkey-hunting season that ended May 17, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Update to North American waterfowl plan begins
Bemidji, Minn. – A revision won’t take place for another two years, but changes are on the horizon for one of the plans that guides waterfowl management. Discussions have begun about revisions to the North
Lessard-Sams council looks to 2010
St. Paul – With its first set of funding recommendations now in the rearview mirror, the newly named Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council has set its sights on the future. But first, a look back. “There’s
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
