Hunting
Governments killing once-endangered cormorants
Alphena, Mich. (AP) – Federal and state agencies have waged war in recent years on a once-endangered bird. Comcorants have become so abundant that wildlife managers have blasted tens of thousands with shotguns, destroyed nests
Tip leads to arrest in deer poaching case
Hurricane, Utah (AP) – A call to a tip line led Utah authorities to a Hurricane man they say poached seven deer in Washington County. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources says the tipster called
Doyle announces land purchase in Sawyer Co.
Helania, Wis. (AP) – The state is purchasing 400 acres of land around an undeveloped lake in Sawyer County. Gov. Jim Doyle says the state will tap the Stewardship Fund for $1.7 million to preserve
N.D.’s Hoeven, Steinwand want clarification on elk plan
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – Gov. John Hoeven and North Dakota Game and Fish Director Terry Steinwand want the National Park Service to clarify whether volunteer shooters who would help reduce the bloated elk herd in
San Juan Quality Waters to be catch-and-release
Farmington, N.M. (AP) – The state Game Commission is restricting the famed San Juan River Quality Waters to catch-and-release trout fishing as of Sept. 15. The Game Commission voted 6-1 earlier this month in favor
3 cougar sightings near Klamath Falls, Ore.
Klamath Falls, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police say there have been three cougar sightings reported this week in a neighorhood southwest of Klamath Falls. The first sighting was on Monday and responding troopers later
Signup begins for CSP
Washington – The signup period for a federal conservation program, which underwent a facelift in the most recent “farm bill,” has begun. The Conservation Stewardship Program encourages agriculture and forestry producers to maintain existing conservation
A marine and his muskie: a nice Keystone State tale
Pittsburgh – Tyler Guerriero, of Lock Haven, had just one wish before heading to Marine Corps boot camp on Parris Island in September.
State leads in the harvesting of geese
Lancaster, Pa. – Pennsylvania waterfowlers apparently are chomping at the bit for the state’s early goose hunt to commence Sept. 1.
