Hunting
Trouble in the Gulf Part 2: A Vanishing Paradise
This is Part Two in a three-part series on the loss of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands and the effect of this loss on waterfowl and other species that migrate to or through the region from the
PF&BC buys spring that feeds Little Juniata River
Altoona, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission recently agreed to purchase approximately 50 acres of wetlands in the upper Little Juniata River Watershed in Blair County north of here. The move is seen
Shooting victim: No hunting mishap
DuBois, Pa. – Whoever shot Orlando W. Prosper Jr. and his young son, Garrett, on the opening day of spring gobbler season near here was still at large as of Aug. 1, despite a $2,500
Oil spill affecting fish, birds
Battle Creek, Mich – A murky cloud of gloom swirled around the Circle D Wildlife Refuge in Vicksburg late last month. Volunteers and federally licensed wildlife rehabilitators there awaited the arrival of ducks and geese
Hunters can expect a good bear hunt this fall
Lansing – Bear hunters in Michigan can plan for another year of fine hunting in 2010. “Last year was a pretty good year all around,” DNRE bear specialist Adam Bump told Michigan Outdoor News. “We
Algae poses risk to gamefish year-class
Algae overtaking Ohio lakes, ponds Sandusky, Ohio – State fisheries biologists are holding their collective breaths over this year’s walleye and yellow perch hatch in Lake Erie, pending August sampling. A top concern is the
Viral Newcastle disease kills cormorants at LqP
Watson, Minn. – The haze you may have seen rising from the islands of Marsh Lake in west-central Minnesota this week and last might have come from fires ignited by the DNR, blazes created by
Obama administration’s Minneapolis ‘listening session’ draws about 200
Minneapolis – The U.S. Department of Agriculture offers a Forest Legacy program that is meant to protect working forests. As DNR Commissioner Mark Holsten sees it, the problem with it and some other federal programs
Juneau Co. cougar stymies wildlife experts
Elroy, Wis. – The 1,200-pound Hereford beef cow was no match for the predator weighing only a small fraction of its quarry. On July 3, Lester Leatherberry found the cow, killed as the result of
