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Asian carp pass barrier in Chicago
Chicago – At least one adult Asian carp has breached the electric barrier built specifically to keep the invasive fish from advancing up the Chicago canal system and into Lake Michigan. Federal and state officials
Strickland receives endorsement from NRA_
Columbus – The National Rifle Association endorsed Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland in his re-election bid against Republican John Kasich, picking the battleground state for the first of its general election endorsements in 37 governor’s races
State fishing license sales slowing, but remain strong
St. Paul – After a surge to start the year, fishing license sales have moderated. As of earlier this week, anglers had purchased about 758,500 licenses, which compares to about 767,300 at the same time
Turkey harvest down from 2009 season
Milladore, Wis. – The DNR Turkey Management Committee met June 16 at the Mead Wildlife Area to review preliminary harvest figures for the spring season and learned that hunters registered 47,709 turkeys – down 9.6
Former DNR head joins Blago trial
Chicago — The man who spent only a few weeks as DNR director last year and subsequently received a healthy bump in his state pension has become part of the federal trial of former Gov.
Low spring waterfowl numbers reflect drought conditions
DNR Report Madison – State breeding duck numbers are lower than average this spring due to severe drought conditions across northern Wisconsin and fewer seasonal wetlands observed in southern Wisconsin, according to waterfowl biologists. “Year
ECOs, forest rangers awaiting arbitration
Albany – New York’s environmental conservation officers, state park police, forest rangers and SUNY campus police may reach a contract settlement through binding arbitration later this year. That’s the good news. The bad news is
Money found to maintain acceptable CRP acreage
Washington – It’s not a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, but $6 billion in savings through renegotiated crop insurance contracts will allow U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to make
NAWCA funding arrives for five state projects
Washington – Groups in Minnesota weren’t recipients of the larger, “standard” NAWCA grants this time around, but several smaller projects received funding approved by the Migratory Bird Commission. The state’s projects funded by the North
