Fishing
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
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
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
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
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
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.
NRB wants CWD game farms fenced
Madison – The Natural Resources Board wants to keep fences up on CWD-positive game farms to prevent wild deer from having access to prions remaining in the soil. Board members also want the Legislature’s help
‘Can’ estimate of 500,000 would allow one bird per day
Stevens Point, Wis. – Federal biologists are going to have see at least 500,000 canvasbacks in the spring population estimate in order to offer Midwestern hunters a one-bird bag limit during the 2009 season. Want
