Fishing
Feds officially move to ‘relist’ wolves
Washington — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made official the “relisting” of gray wolves in the Midwest, where they’d been removed from the Endangered Species List just a year and a half ago. At
Feds to Blagojevich: Put DNR funds back
Springfield – The federal government has sent a letter to Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s office, demanding the state return millions of dollars it “swept” from a handful of DNR accounts last year. It also requests that
Ranchers oppose Yellowstone bison relocation
Billings, Mont. (AP) _ Ranchers are voicing concern about plans to relocate some Yellowstone Park bison to Indian reservations in Montana and Wyoming. The ranchers are worried about the animals’ history of carrying brucellosis, a
Group sues to force EPA to clean up Chesapeake Bay
Washington (AP) – A conservation group filed a federal lawsuit Monday to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enforce the law and clean up the polluted Chesapeake Bay, citing 25 years of failure to
Legislator plans look at lead bullet restrictions
St. Paul – State Rep. Sandra Masin says there are a couple reasons she’s being moved to introduce legislation this session that could restrict or ban lead bullets – and other lead-based ammo and/or fishing
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.
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
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
250,000 whitetails: a hard mark to hit
DNR Staff Reports Athens, Ohio – The prospects of taking a quarter million deer off the Ohio landscape this year were looking good right up until Dec. 22. That was the day after the bonus
