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Snowmobilers reminded of key trail safety tips
Madison, Wis. – Wisconsin recreation safety officials urge snowmobilers to slow down, stay sober, and follow other safety tips in the wake of seven fatal snowmobile accidents since the start of 2009. “Snowmobiling offers a
Conservation groups threaten suit over oil shale in 3 states
DENVER (AP) _ Environmental groups have threatened to sue the federal government to block plans for commercial oil shale development on nearly 2 million acres of public land in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Eleven groups
Forest Service to alter road-use plan
Portage, Wis. – The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation says its appeal of the Forest Service’s Travel Management Plan has been settled with a three-year window in which public notice will supercede most enforcement on closed roads.
Battle looming on Sunday hunting in PA
Harrisburg — The appointment of a Sunday-hunting opponent as chairman of the Senate’s Game and Fisheries Committee has thrown a monkey wrench into efforts to eliminate the state’s last remaining Blue Law. Senator-elect Richard Alloway,
Minn. lawmakers mulls lead bullet ban
Moorehead, Minn. (AP) _ Beth Siverhus has hunted deer since 1976, and for the first time next year she plans to use copper-coated bullets instead of lead. That’s because the Warroad woman also spends time
Arizona to submit desert conservation plan
Tucson, Ariz. (AP) – A plan to conserve habitat for many rare or endangered species in southern Arizona is about submitted to a federal agency for review. The fifth draft of the plan is aimed
Ohio hunters take fewer deer with muzzleloaders
Columbus, Ohio (AP) _ State officials say 20,659 were killed by hunters during the state’s four-day muzzleloader season that ended earlier this week. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said that compares to 21,473 killed
Ozaukee County considers a ban on shining of deer
Port Washington, Wis. – The Ozaukee County board may ban recreational deer shining from public roads. County supervisor Tim Kaul has introduced a proposal that reads in part, “No person may use or possess with
