Hunting
Harvest reporting flap: No big deal?
Seems like every conversation these days about Pennsylvania deer management eventually comes around to so many hunters not reporting animals they kill
No ‘nuclear option’ for CWD here
If and when chronic wasting disease shows up in Pennsylvania deer, Game Commission officials won’t overreact, they revealed at their recent meeting here.
PF&BC may nix bait, buy access on Penns
The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission is considering eliminating bait fishing on Penns Creek – one of the state’s best Class A wild trout streams – while launching a campaign to ensure angler access.
Link to more DNR infromation on invasive buckthorn
Link to more DNR infromation on invasive buckthorn from Rob Drieslein’s column in the July 6th issue of Minnesota Outdoor News.
State duck counts decline
The number of mallards counted during the annual May breeding waterfowl population survey in Minnesota was similar to the long-term average, but it’s pretty much downhill from there.
AIS fines double; citation rate ‘unacceptably high’
In a summer that’s already seen what officials say is an unacceptably high violation rate of invasive species laws, people who break those laws now will face stiffer penalties.
More conservation cuts ahead?
Conservation groups are now decrying a House proposal that would reduce that funding from the current level of $345 million to just $66 million in fiscal year 2013.
Idaho Gov. seeks comment on Idaho sage grouse plan
Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter wants the public to weigh in on his tentative plan to prevent the federal government from listing sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act.
Kansas extends hours for sandhill crane hunting
Kansas has extended its hours for hunting sandhill cranes, raising concerns among conservationists about the potential impact on the endangered whooping crane
