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Wildlife in the crosshairs nationwide as poaching ramps up
Fresno, Calif. (AP) — The country’s financial tumult is exacting a toll on wildlife in California and Florida, where game wardens are seeing a surge in poaching for money as the economy declines. In California,
Yellowstone bison could go to Wyoming Reservation
Billings, Mont. (AP) — State and federal officials have recommended relocating a small herd of bison from Yellowstone National Park to a Wyoming Indian reservation, part of a bid to restore a species that once
First African-American DNR Law Enforcement officer retires
Recent historic events in the United States have made headlines around the world, but history was also made in South Carolina only a few short decades ago. Lt. Ulysses Flemming from Eastover in Richland County
Feds investigate eagle shooting in South Dakota
Watertown, S.D. (AP) — A Watertown veterinarian euthanized a golden eagle that had been badly injured in a shooting. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the state Game, Fish and Parks Department are investigating
Feds reconsidering Missouri habitat for dragonfly
Traverse City, Mich. (AP) — The government is reconsidering its decision not to grant strong legal protection in two national forests, including one in Missouri, for North America’s only dragonfly classified as endangered. The Hine’s

Missouri continues losing prairie chickens
Lockwood, Mo. (AP) — Mike Theurer remembers that when he was a youngster, prairie chickens were abundant on the native grasslands around the family farm. “I know there was 100 within three or four miles,”
Minnesota Legislature considering repeal of DNR land sale law
St. Paul, Minn. (AP) — There is growing support among state lawmakers to repeal a state law requiring the state wildlife agency to sell some state lands by June 30. State Sen. Ellen Anderson of
Snowmobiles and logging trucks don’t mix
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) urges snowmobilers to avoid riding on logging roads when loggers are working. “Having a loaded logging truck meet a snowmobile on a narrow winter road is dangerous,” said