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Maryland: Annual Spring Run Of Hickory Shad Has Begun
The recreational Hickory shad fishing season for Maryland’s sport anglers has started, offering several weeks of excellent fishing until mid-May. “Now is the perfect time to fish Hickory shad,” said Tom O’Connell, director of the
Maryland NRP Charge Nine Recreational Anglers With Rockfish Poaching
The Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) have charged nine recreational anglers from Delaware and Texas for illegally fishing in a designated striped bass spawning area in the Choptank River. The charges come just days before
Snow geese pose dilemma for wildlife managers
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Sometime in the next few days, waves of snow geese will fill the sky across parts of North Dakota and western Minnesota as the birds race north toward their arctic

Army Corps activates new Chicago-area barrier to stop Asian carp
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has fired up a new electric fish barrier on a Chicago-area waterway linking the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds, the latest bid to
California park rangers trying birth control for geese
FREMONT, Calif. (AP) – Park rangers in Fremont are trying to control a spring pest – Canada geese. The Contra Costa Times says rangers in the East Bay Regional Park District are using a form
Alaska proposal would prevent using Tasers when hunting
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – The Alaska Board of Game has passed a statewide proposal to prohibit the use of Tasers when hunting game. It still would be OK to Taser a moose or bear if
Judge blocks deal on protections for wolves
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – A federal judge has blocked a proposal to lift the endangered species protections for wolves in Montana and Idaho that had been hammered out by U.S. wildlife officials and conservation groups.
CO: Commissioners Begin Water Plan Reviews
MEEKER, Colo. — The Colorado Wildlife Commission Thursday received Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Plans from Denver Water and the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District that describe the water providers’ proposals for addressing expected impacts from

Missouri’s first group of ‘restoration’ elk scheduled to arrive April 30
Public viewing will be prohibited at first to help assure safety of the confined elk The first group of elk that are part of the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) elk restoration project are scheduled