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MN: State adds to CRP acreage during sign-up, but losses loom in 2012
Washington – U.S. acreage enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program made a modest surge upward during a recent general sign-up period. But upcoming contract expirations in September, along with factors including a new, updated federal
Wildfire Update: Dry Marsh in Texas Burning
It’s a summer of wild wildfires, and here is the latest from the hot front lines… Fire has consumed 3,500 acres of parched coastal marsh in Texas, including parts of Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge
Al Capone’s handgun sells for $110,000 at auction
LONDON (AP) – A handgun once owned by gangster Al Capone sold for nearly $110,000 Wednesday at an auction in London. The Colt .38 revolver was manufactured in 1929, the year of the St. Valentine’s
MI: Public land limit legislation raises concerns
Lansing – Legislation introduced earlier this year in the state Legislature is raising concerns among Michigan’s conservation community. SB 248, sponsored by Sen. Tom Casperson (R-Escanaba) and HB 4473, sponsored by Rep. Ed McBroom, (R-Vulcan)
MI: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 13
DISTRICT 1 CO Brian Bacon and Sgt. Marc Pomroy contacted a group of anglers fishing on Gene’s Pond in Dickinson County. A check of the daily catch on one of the boats found a bass
MI: State commercial forest land rules vary greatly
Editor’s note: This is the third and final story in a series examining the management issues on land enrolled under the Commercial Forest Act. Marquette, Mich. – As the Commercial Forest Act rules come into
PA: Agency: Susquehanna flatheads here to stay
Lancaster, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission has resigned itself to the fact that flathead catfish are now established in the Susquehanna River. “We have a large population of flatheads on the lower
PA: No more attacks by rabid Philly beavers
Philadelphia – It appears that the series of beaver attacks here, labeled as bizarre by a Pennsylvania Game Commission spokesman, may be over. By this issue’s deadline there had been no more incidents with beavers
PA: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 13
NORTHWEST REGION Jefferson County WCO Andrew D. Troutman said several littering cases have been finalized, and several more are being investigated. Mercer County WCO Lawrence R. Hergenroeder said a photograph was taken of a fisher
