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OK: Fishing report for July 6, 2011
This weekly fishing report is provided by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. CENTRAL Hefner: July 5. Elevation below normal, water 78-92 and clear. Largemouth bass fair on jigs and deep crankbaits at 6-20 ft.
MN: Northeast CO encounters alleged assault on patrol
Grand Marais, Minn. – Conservation officers across the state learn to expect the unexpected; not all situations involve poached fish or illegal baiting. Case in point: CO Darin Fagerman, who patrols Cook County, mostly around
MN: State’s COs endure busy Fourth of July
St. Paul – Apparently, some people didn’t get the message: State conservation officers are still on the job. While the majority of DNR employees – about 2,500 – are without work because of the state
MI: Funding cut for wolf depredation program
Lansing – Federal officials who work with Upper Peninsula farmers plagued by wolf attacks will cease their operations this month as a result of funding cuts in Washington. Earmarks that fund the U.S. Department of
MI: Pheasant initiative takes root
St. Johns, Mich. – On a sunny, windswept day at the Maple River State Game Area in Clinton County, the highly anticipated Michigan Pheasant Restoration Initiative officially began. Dignitaries from several local conservation organizations and
PA: Expert: Rabies worse due to less trapping
University Park, Pa. – Shrinking furbearer habitat and a decline in trapping may be impacting efforts to stem the spread of rabies. The average number of wildlife rabies cases in Pennsylvania spiraled in the 1980s
PA: Agency involved in odd monkey business
Pittsburgh – A suburban Pittsburgh man has vowed to wage a legal battle to get his pet monkey returned from the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Although a municipal judge recently upheld the commission’s confiscation of the
PA: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 14
NORTHWEST REGION Crawford County WCO Jacob J. Olexsak states that increased patrols in some high activity areas on state game lands have resulted in citations being filed for illegal ATV activity as well as others
PA: PGC backs Sunday hunt in resolution
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Game Commission has, for the first time ever, come out in support of expanded Sunday hunting. But it was not a decision made without controversy. The idea passed by the narrowest
