Fishing
KDWP Staff and Commission Considering Budget Balancing Plan
As a result of reduced revenues, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has requested that all state agencies, including the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP), cut their budgets by 3 percent in the current fiscal year
Trappers question sending pine martens to Wisconsin
Bruno, Minn. – A decision by the DNR to allow Wisconsin biologists to trap and relocate pine martens from Minnesota to the Badger State touched off a number of questions from the state’s trappers. The
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
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)
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
Kansas is Hunter’s Heaven for Winter Waterfowl
Avid Kansas waterfowl hunters never worry about the post-holiday blues. For them, January and February mean some of the best hunting of the year. Late-migrating mallards are often abundant when shallow waters freeze, and mallards
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
Crossbow issue is coming to a head
Harrisburg – A proposal to allow crossbows to be used statewide in the archery season is looking a little less like a sure bet these days. When Pennsylvania Game Commissioners met in Washington County in
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
