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GFP: 176K hunters baged 1.9M pheasants in 2008
Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Game Fish & Parks Department has released survey results from the last hunting season. It shows that more than 176,000 resident and nonresident hunters went after pheasants in
WVa hunter clinches turkey slam
Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – Chris Walls had done most everything a turkey hunter could hope to do. He’d won calling championships. He’d traveled to other states to hunt. He’d called gobblers in for others. About
Feds to reconsider critical habitat for two fish in N.M.
Albuquerque, N.M. (AP) – A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can reconsider the designation of several hundred miles of riverbed in New Mexico and Arizona as critical habitat for two
State environment budget bill approved, sent to guv
St. Paul ’Äî The DNR would see a General Fund reduction of about 5.5 percent during the next two years under an omnibus environment budget bill that was approved Monday and sent to Gov. Tim
CRP: addition by extension
Washington – Before 2009 draws to a close, nearly 4 million acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program are scheduled to expire, putting a serious dent in wildlife habitat across the United States. But federal
Forecast upbeat for 2009 opener
Hackensack, Minn. – The ice is gone, it’s not supposed to snow, there are minnows to be had, and gas prices are tolerable. Anglers have a lot more to be happy about as they head
Gun amendment hinders House G&F bill progress
St. Paul ’Äî An amendment sportsmen say is anti-gun has derailed a House bill containing a number of hunting and fishing provisions, at least temporarily. The House Finance Committee approved the amendment to the bill,
PGC boosts doe permits for Unit 5C
Harrisburg – If doe licenses were dollars, then Wildlife Management Unit 5C was the big winner at the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s April meeting. That unit, which takes in all or parts of Chester, Berks, Bucks,
