Fishing
Dutch abandon plan to ban eel fishing in October
The Hague, Netherlands (AP) – Dutch lawmakers have voted against banning the fishing of endangered eels during the month of October. The Dutch government says it now plans to order fishermen to release 157 tons
Wind River tribes back grouse protections
Fort Washakie, Wyo. (AP) – The governing councils of the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes are supporting a Wyoming plan to protect sage grouse habitat and population areas. The tribes’ Joint Business Council adopted
Montana’s FWP investigating raptor deaths on Hi-Line
Great Falls, Mont. (AP) – The state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is investigating the shooting deaths of several raptors, including two golden eagles, near Chester. FWP investigator Kqyn Kuka says the investigation began
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
Maryland black bear birth rate declines
Oakland, Md. (AP) – A wildlife biologist says the black bear birth rate in Maryland has declined, apparently due to the decreased availability of acorns in the western mountains. Department of Natural Resources biologist Harry
Texas Fishing Report – April 1, 2009
Austin (AP) – Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for April 1. CENTRAL BASTROP: Water clear. Black bass are good on chartreuse/white soft plastics and Rat-L-Traps.
State COs assist in flooding zone
Fort Ripley, Minn. – Flood waters may have been retreating in the flood-ravaged Red River Valley near Fargo-Moorhead this week, but members of the Minnesota DNR – among them, about 50 conservation officers – remained
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
