Hunting
Wyoming testing chronic wasting disease vaccine
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is testing how well a vaccine for chronic wasting disease will work in elk.
When it is OK to wake a sleeping bear
The case of a bruin hibernating under a building in a neighborhood simply posed too much risk.
Gov. Scott Walker releases proposed budget for 2013-2015
Gov. Scott Walker has released his proposed 2013-2015 state budget that he says shows his belief “in moderation of state spending.”
Beaver cuts down tree, traps own tail
A beaver in southwest Ohio found itself trapped by Mother Nature after chopping down a tree
Hunters to have input on DNR’s deer plan
DNR will hold a series of public meetings in coming months to allow hunters their say on the future of the state’s deer herd.
Conservation Congress sets public meetings
Mostly dormant for the past 20 years, the Illinois Conservation Congress has been reconditioned with a new engine and then kick-started.
Hackmatack’s progress symbolic with land buy
In an era of shrinking public land across Illinois, news that the state is now part of a National Wildlife Refuge being built from scratch strikes some as surreal.
Groups again sue to relist timber wolves
With Wisconsin’s and Minnesota’s first modern-day wolf hunts in the books, animals rights groups wasted no time in filing a federal lawsuit
Walker wants ‘mini hunts,’ DMAP funding
Gov. Scott Walker’s executive budget will order the DNR to create new deer mini-hunts, as well as provide funding to create updated maps of the state and continue chronic wasting disease surveillance, he announced Feb.
