Hunting
Budget battle leaves status of nature preserves in limbo
Columbus – As Gov. Ted Strickland and the Ohio General Assembly battle over budget differences, the fate of the state’s 134 designated nature preserves grows cloudy. Under the governor’s revised two-year budget proposal, the Ohio
Negotiations for Lake Vermilion state park at ‘impasse’
St. Paul – Two years ago, everything seemed in line for the shores of Lake Vermilion to be the home of Minnesota’s newest state park. Legislative approval in 2008 of $20 million in bonding money
Upper Red harvest double last summer’s total
Mille Lacs walleye anglers also doing somewhat better than last year Bemidji, Minn. – It’s amazing the difference a year and some new rules can make. State-licensed anglers fishing Upper Red Lake this year already
Festival to honor life of Tony Dean
Pierre, S.D. (AP) _ An Aug. 8 festival is planned at Spring Creek Marina north of Pierre to honor the life of South Dakota conservation leader and outdoorsman Tony Dean, who died last fall. Dean
If it was a bullhead, it was a new state record
Capital Correspondent Harrisburg – Was it or wasn’t it?
Proposal to cut Delaware River’s shad limit in half
Contributing Writer Easton, Pa. – In response to decreasing American shad populations, Pennsylvania and neighboring New Jersey and New York have proposed regulations changes for 2010 that will reduce the number of shad that Delaware
State to hunt pythons in South Florida
Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s governor is asking wildlife officials to begin trapping pythons, the same way the state handles nuisance alligators. The program will be carried out by qualified herpetologists who volunteer. The Burmese
Commissioners: Does 3 rivers center work?
Capital Correspondent Pittsburgh – The three rivers here are unique, and so nearly three years ago the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission created a unique tool to take care of them.
Second wolf pack confirmed in Washington
Spokane, Wash. (AP) – State biologists have confirmed a second wolf pack in Washington state, this time in a remote area of Pend Oreille County. The Spokesman-Review reports biologists were able to confirm the presence
