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Mussels destroying link in Lake Michigan food web

Traverse City, Mich. (AP) — A tiny, shrimplike creature that forms a crucial link in the Great Lakes food web has all but disappeared from Lake Michigan because of competition from invasive foreign mussels, scientists

NRA says it’s not trying to alter West Virginia hunting regs

Beckley, W.Va. (AP) — A National Rifle Association spokesman says the gun-rights group is not trying to change West Virginia’s deer hunting regulations. Jordan Austin says a postcard poll sent to West Virginia members about

Bear tags are up 57 percent for ’09

Madison – The Natural Resources Board unanimously approved a 57-percent increase in black bear kill tags for 2009, based on research that shows the state bear population is larger than the former DNR estimate. Board

State bait shops report: Ice is decent, but slick

St. Paul – That the ice on lakes across Minnesota is quite slippery should go without saying, but the fact is especially relevant right now. That’s because a warm spell a week ago melted most

Poisoned: 200 turkeys dead in Oconto Co.

Green Bay, Wis. – Why would anyone intentionally poison hundreds of wild turkeys? That was the burning question on the minds of thousands of hunters after the DNR said Feb. 6 that approximately 200 turkey

Environment could get help from stimulus plan

Washington – While the federal government is providing about $787 billion in “stimulus” funding to ease the nation’s economic woes, it’s likely at least some of that would trickle toward the environment. Some conservation groups

Bill would alter state rules for duck decoys

St. Paul – Duck hunters could put their decoys in public waters or on public lands at any time of day or night as long as they stay in “constant attendance of the decoys,” under

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