Fishing
Study could shorten wait for bobcat tag
Ashland, Wis. – For bobcat hunters and trappers, this is the golden age. The past five seasons featured the top five harvests since 1980, including a record 497 bobcats in 2005 and a second best
Man charged for causing Ham Lake fire last year
Minneapolis (AP) – A camper from Washington, D.C., has been indicted on charges of causing a wildfire that blackened nearly 120 square miles of forest in northeast Minnesota and Canada, federal prosecutors announced last week.
MCEA files suit on new ballast discharge rules
St. Paul – The state’s new regulations on ballast water aren’t sufficient to protect Lake Superior from invasive species, according to an appeal filed last week with the Minnesota Court of Appeals. The Minnesota Center
Enforcement captain fired; she says retired
St. Paul – There’s more fallout in the wake of a law enforcement conference that’s sparked two investigations and led to the retirement of the DNR’s chief conservation officer. The DNR announced last week it
Ethanol byproduct proves not to be so eco-friendly
Columbus – As more ethanol producing plants pop up on Ohio’s landscape, so too is one particular byproduct that has already made an impact on the state’s wildlife. DNR Division of Wildlife law enforcement authorities
PF&BC: Gas drillers should pay for water
Harrisburg – If no other government officials will step up to protect the quantity of the state’s precious water resources from deep-well natural-gas drilling, Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners declared at their quarterly meeting here
Mysterious Lancaster attack yields no mountain lion yet
Christiana, Pa. – An Amish farmer said he shot one cougar and was attacked by another near his southern Lancaster County home Oct. 9. Pennsylvania Game Commission officials and state police used tracking dogs and
Input sought on conservation stamp
Columbus – DNR Division of Wildlife officials are seeking the public’s input on the resurrection of a conservation stamp that was last sold in the 1970s. The idea is that purchase of the stamp would
