Fishing
Wyoming outfitter keeps license after poaching eagle
Jackson, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming outfitter will keep his outfitter’s license despite admitting to killing a bald eagle. State game officials say Sammy L. Coutts, of Bondurant, killed the eagle with a rifle shot
Fishing rules body OKs Gulf offshore fish farming
Bay St. Louis, Miss. (AP) — Offshore fish farming would be allowed in the Gulf of Mexico under a plan approved Wednesday by the agency that sets the body of water’s fishing rules. Fishermen complained
Forever Wild Board Meets February 5, 2009, at State Capitol, Old Archives Chamber
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Release The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Forever Wild Land Trust will hold its first quarterly meeting on February 5, 2009, at the State Capitol in Montgomery,
Texas Fishing Report – January 30th, 2009
Austin (AP) — Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for Jan. 28. (Report also available on Web as www.txfishing.com.) CENTRAL BASTROP: Water lightly stained. Black bass
Plans to shoot unwelcome California woodpeckers draw protest
Walnut Creek, Calif. (AP) — Conservationists are protesting a proposal to shoot woodpeckers that are bothering residents of a retirement community. A homeowner’s association at the Rossmoor community has voted to go ahead with plans
220-class buck turns out to be game preserve deer
Circleville, Ohio – A 220-class buck supposedly shot on private land in suburban Franklin County turns out to be a game preserve kill that was allegedly checked in as a wild animal. Rob McCarley, of
Iowa Fishing Report – January 29, 2009
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issues a weekly fishing report on Thursdays in an effort to provide the latest information heading into the weekend. The weekly fishing report is compiled from information gathered from
Women sentenced in case of smuggled Laos wildlife
Minneapolis — Two metro-area women were sentenced earlier this month for smuggling protected wildlife into the country from Laos and selling it in St. Paul. Investigators originally confiscated more than 1,300 wildlife parts and pieces
Warning is sounded on gas-drilling impacts
University Park – With the unprecedented wave of deep-well, natural-gas drilling occurring across much of Pennsylvania, care must be taken to minimize impacts on wildlife and forests so critical to the state’s economy and heritage,
