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Reno, Nev. (AP) – On the wind-swept desert of northern Nevada, spring in one tiny town has been welcomed for years with a festival to a celebrated group of visitors – migrating loons. Perilously clumsy

Richmond, VA – The Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries are directing ongoing scientific studies this year in preparation for potential fish kills. Spring 2009 investigations will focus on

Salem, Ore. – May 4 is the deadline to purchase big game raffle hunt tickets for the chance to win a special extended-season tag to hunt deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep or Rocky Mountain

Grand Forks, N.D. (AP) – A man shown in a photo kneeling beside a live deer with a snowmobile on top of the animal has lost his hunting privileges for two years. Steven Bonderud of

All 20 of the Phoenix and Tucson area Urban Fishing Program lakes are scheduled for catfish stockings the week of April 27 – May 2. Water conditions and pH levels are good to excellent at

Olympia – Anglers looking forward to trout season’s opening day on Saturday, April 25, are advised that Jefferson County Public Health and Washington State Parks have closed public access to Anderson Lake in Jefferson County

Madison, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin’s inland fishing season opens Saturday, and the state Department of Natural Resources says it expects to sell 1.4 million fishing licenses this year. Resident licenses cost $20 each. The governor’s

Columbus, OH – Ohioans are encouraged to take advantage of “Free Fishing Days” on May 2 and 3 and experience the great fishing Ohio has to offer, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Mosquito Control Section is again asking the public’s help in monitoring West Nile virus by reporting sick or dead wild birds that may have contracted the virus,