Fishing
Game transporter fined $10,000 in Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska (AP) — A Ketchikan big game transporter who helped two hunters leave carcasses of black bears to rot on a beach a day before it was legal to do so has been fined
March 23 deadline to apply for pheasant, turkey and waterfowl stamp funds
Stamp funds available to conservation groups and governments for habitat work MADISON – Grant applications to fund habitat work benefitting pheasant, turkey and waterfowl in 2009 and 2010 are due March 23. The grants are
2009 Lake Winnebago sturgeon spear season one for the record books
Oshkosh – The 230-pound behemoth lake sturgeon netted by state fish crews in the fall eluded the record 10,239 licensed spearers who took to the ice for the 77th consecutive 2009 Lake Winnebago system sturgeon
Swiss to vote on tighter gun controls
Geneva (AP) — Campaigners said Monday they have collected enough signatures to force a referendum in Switzerland on whether to confine army weapons to military compounds. Service in the country’s militia army is compulsory for
Wisconsin sturgeon spearing ends; 1,512 fish caught
Oshkosh, Wis. (AP) — The sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago ended Saturday. A total of 1,512 fish were caught during the season that lasted a week on Lake Winnebago and had ended Wednesday on
5th Annual Prairie du Chien bald eagle appreciation day February 28
Come and enjoy bald eagles along the Upper Mississippi River during Prairie du Chien Bald Eagle Appreciation Day on Saturday, February 28, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Event activities will be centered along
Bald eagle pair to be evicted from Maryland airport nest
Middle River, Md. (AP) — A pair of bald eagles is loving life near the runways of Martin State Airport in Middle River. But it’s not the safest scenario, for pilots or the birds. So
Deadlines approach for ice fishing shelter removal
Madison – Deadlines are approaching for ice anglers to remove ice fishing shelters from inland and boundary waters. The regulations for removing ice shanties changed last year, and state conservation wardens report the change has
Deer racks measured March 14 at Rathbun Hatchery
Moravia – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will host a trophy deer antler measuring seminar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., on March 14, at the Rathbun Fish Hatchery, near Moravia. Official scorers for
