Fishing
Bison make a new home on the range – in Utah
Anetlope Island, Utah (AP) — For the first time in nearly 70 years, Utah has a new free-roaming bison herd. Officials in the U.S. state this week are taking the final steps toward restoring bison
Roundtable deer boosters: more bigger bucks wanted
Brooklyn Center, Minn. – Just a year ago, much of the conversation regarding the state of deer management in Minnesota centered on simplification, so much so that some of a task force’s recommendations became part
Insurance group notes a sharp decline in the state’s deer herd
State College, Pa. – Pennsylvania sportsmen don’t need an insurance company to tell them there are fewer deer in the state than there were six years or so ago, but they may be interested to
Reelfoot Lake State Park Is Site For First TWRC Meeting of 2009
Nashville – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission will hold its first meeting of 2009 on Wednesday-Thursday, Jan. 21-22, at Reelfoot Lake State Park near Tiptonville. It marks the second consecutive year that the TWRC’s January
State preserve hunts open on positive note
Columbus – A program designed to thin the deer herd on mostly unhunted state land is off to a decent start with plans to continue next year. The DNR_Division of Natural Areas and Preserves (DNAP)
Minnesota man says he’ll move his crocodile out of town
Fergus Falls, Minn. (AP) — A Fergus Falls man says his pet crocodile, Billy, isn’t dangerous, but he’ll comply with a police order to move the 3-foot reptile out of town. Thirty-seven-year-old Marvin Weinrich Jr.
Federal government makes decision on gray wolf protection
Billings, Mont. (AP) – The Bush administration on Wednesday announced plans to remove gray wolves in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountains regions from the federal endangered species list. But wolves in Wyoming
HAPET report examines loss of wetlands from 1980-2007
Fergus Falls, Minn. – More than 4 percent of the wetland areas in the state’s Prairie Pothole Region have been lost since 1980, according to a preliminary report by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s
Muzzleloader harvest on par with last year
DNR Staff Reports Columbus – Hunters took 20,659 deer during Ohio’s four-day muzzleloader season with Tuscarawas County again leading the state with 934 deer checked. Last year, a preliminary total of 21,473 deer was taken
