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Utah Legislator Wimmer Wants ‘State Gun’
State flowers, state birds, and now, if Utah State Rep. Carl Wimmer has his way, Utah will have a state gun. Wimmer has announced intentions to propose a bill when the legislature convenes next month
DNRE Director Signs Order to Make Feral Swine Invasive Species in Michigan
Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment Director Rebecca Humphries has signed an order to make feral swine and wild boar an invasive species in Michigan. Humphries gave the order an effective date of July
Portion of State Snowmobile Trail #2 Closed in Schoolcraft County
Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment officials announced today that a portion of state snowmobile trail #2 has been closed in Schoolcraft County due to a change in private land use permission on approximately
MN DNR: Drive safely this snowmobile season
As Minnesota’s snowmobile season begins, conservation officers from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) remind snowmobile operators to drive safely and to drive smart. “They need to contain their enthusiasm for that first ride and
Ohio Deer-gun Hunting Continues December 18-19
Ohio’s popular deer-gun season will run an additional weekend, Saturday and Sunday, December 18-19, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. The extra weekend days were added beginning in 2006
Number of Iowa hunters dwindling
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – Iowa environmental officials are looking for ways to stop the slide in the number of hunters, which is blamed primarily on the declining pheasant population. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Arizona Game and Fish pleased by decision to release male wolf in eastern Arizona
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is pleased by a decision to authorize the release of an adult male Mexican wolf into eastern Arizona later this month or in January to help restore the stability
Activists rally as NJ bear hunt concludes
NEWTON, N.J. (AP) – Dozens of animal rights activists gathered in northwestern New Jersey on Saturday to express their anger as the state’s six-day bear hunt came to an end. No incidents or arrests were
Michigan firearms deer kill similar to last year
By The Associated Press Michigan officials say hunters killed roughly as many deer during the November firearms season as they did in 2009. The Department of Natural Resources and Environment estimates the total at around
