Fishing
Maine fishing season opens
Belgrade, Maine (AP) – The calendar says Maine’s open-water fishing season is under way, but it’s a different story on the lakes, most of which remain socked in with ice. Still, the heartiest of anglers
While second fish barrier sits, third one is planned
Chicago – The gargantuan Asian carp likely will have a second electric barrier to Lake Michigan this spring, a move that will mark significant progress in a years-long project dogged by countless delays and criticisms.
Funding bill clears first big committee
St. Paul – In what supporters hailed as a “huge first step,” the bill carrying recommendations of the Lessard Outdoor Heritage Council cleared its first Senate hurdle Friday, when members of the Environment and Natural
Hunt looks unlikely for early BWCA deer
Tower, Minn. – It could be the end of the road for a proposal to allow an early season for deer in the Boundary Waters. The DNR took public comment on the idea at three
Helena completes second round of deer culling
Helena, Mont. (AP) – Helena police participating in a program to cull the city’s urban deer population have reached their 150-animal quota with the killing of five mule deer earlier this week. Police Chief Troy
It will be a good spring for turkey hunting in Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP) – Turkey hunters can expect another good year in the Black Hills and the Laramie Peak area as spring hunting seasons take effect. Joe Sandrini, wildlife biologist for the Wyoming Game and
Feds propose delisting wolves in Great Lakes area
Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a formal rule calling for removing gray wolves from the federal endangered list in Montana and Idaho while leaving them on the list
Virginia hunter killed in accidental shooting
Bedford, Va. (AP) – Bedford County authorities say a 71-year-old hunter was killed when his shotgun went off accidentally. Sheriff’s Maj. Ricky Gardner says Elisha Cheek Jr. was groundhog hunting Tuesday morning when he apparently
