Hunting
Comment period open for several fishing proposals
Duluth, Minn. – DNR Fisheries is now taking and weighing public comments on a number of suggested changes to rules governing fishing – some commercial, some recreational – on Lake Superior. And in one case,
Early muskie season set for repeal
Eagle River, Wis. – With overwhelming legislative support, Gov. Jim Doyle is expected to sign a bill that nixes an early catch-and-release muskie season and that removes a barbless hook requirement for early muskie and
Another whitetail apparently has bovine TB
Middle River, Minn. – For a while, it looked like this might be the first year since bovine tuberculosis was discovered in deer in the northwest that no animals tested positive. That apparently won’t be
Battle lines drawn as HSUS sets up shop
Madison – While the Humane Society of the United States has been active in Wisconsin in the past, the organization now appears poised to take a more aggressive role in advocating for strong animal rights
‘Big gamers’ get no EAB from DNR
Milladore, Wis. – When Conservation Congress Big Game Committee members told the DNR’s Keith Warnke and Bill Vander Zouwen on March 28 that they could go along with October antlerless deer hunting in herd-control units
Training Sessions Set for April 22 and 25 for Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Spawning Survey Volunteers Encouraged to Attend
The Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve will hold two training sessions for volunteers of the annual horseshoe crab spawning survey. Sessions will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, and from 10
Florida wildlife officials to consider turtle harvest ban
West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP) – State wildlife officials are set to consider imposing the nation’s strongest measures to protect freshwater turtles in Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission board could decide Wednesday
TWRC’s Next Meeting April 22-23
Nashville – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday-Thursday, April 22-23, at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Region II Ray Bell Building in Nashville. Among the items on the
2009 Puget Sound shrimp season to open May 2
Olympia – This year’s recreational shrimp fishery in Puget Sound will open May 2 under seasons announced by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). Fishing areas and schedules: Marine Areas 4 (east of
