Fishing

Bats from Pendleton County are being tested for a fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome (WNS), a condition that has killed thousands of cave bats in several species in the Northeast, according to Craig Stihler,

Washington (AP) — A fish wholesaler and his son have pleaded guilty in the largest investigation of illegal commercial fishing in the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River. The Justice Department says Robert Moore Sr. and

An Oregon hunter who is remaining anonymous has paid $120,000 for Idaho’s auction bighorn sheep permit. The permit was sold at the recent Wild Sheep Foundation’s annual convention in Salt Lake City. The Wild Sheep

More than 1,180 pounds of summer flounder and black sea bass, worth approximately $2,400, was seized this weekend by officers from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)’s Marine Enforcement Unit during a

Colorado Springs, Colo. – The Colorado Division of Wildlife is hosting a series of public meetings in southeast Colorado to gather input on big game hunting for the 2010-2014 hunting seasons. The meetings, which are

San Francisco (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will consider whether to protect a rabbit-like, alpine creature known as the American pika because of habitat loss. The decision comes in an agreement announced

Corps Christi, Texas—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials today announced drop-off sites for the 8th Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program, scheduled this year from Feb. 20 to March 1. During this 10-day period, all

Olympia, Wash. (AP) — Pamela Almli was less than an hour into a hike on the popular Sauk Mountain Trail in Skagit County when she was killed by a 14-year-old hunter who thought she was

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) — The state agency charged with protecting Minnesota’s multibillion-dollar fishing industry from diseases allowed a virus potentially dangerous to fish into the state last year. Last May, the Minnesota DNR mistakenly