Hunting
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack selects Dave White as NRCS Chief
Washington, – Agriculture Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack today named Dave White as chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). With approximately 12,000 employees and an annual budget in excess of $3 billion NRCS is
Scientists look to outer space to solve Iowa duck mystery
Keokuk – Tens of thousands of migrating lesser scaup [bluebill] ducks are currently visiting Iowa wetlands as they surge northward toward Canadian nesting areas. One of the migration’s most important stopovers is Pool 19 of
Bald eagle found in Michigan beat West Nile Virus
Pickford, Mich. (AP) – A young bald eagle, suffering from West Nile Virus, was captured in August 2002 from the parking lot of a car dealership in Pickford. With a lot of help, the nearly
Texas wildlife officials worried about whooping cranes
Rockport, Texas (AP) – Wildlife managers are worried that some of the whooping cranes wintering at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge may be too weak and malnourished to successfully make their return to Canada this season.
Ten chronic wasting disease-afflicted deer reported for 2008 in Kansas
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks reports a total of 10 chronic wasting disease (CWD) occurrences from among almost 2,700 deer tissue samples collected and submitted for lab analysis by KDWP in recent months.
SC man shot and killed while hunting for hogs
Walhalla, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina man hunting for hogs has died after he was shot by another hunter in his party. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis told the Anderson Independent-Mail that 28-year-old Adam
Applications for Elk Hunt to Be Accepted April 1-May 31
Nashville – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will accept applications from April 1 through May 31, 2009 for participation in Tennessee’s first-ever managed elk hunt. The elk hunt will be held October 19-23 at the
Critics say feds unable to protect Michigan wetlands
Traverse City, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposal to hand over protection of Michigan wetlands to the federal government comes as critics in Congress and elsewhere say federal agencies are falling down on the
Group pushes for more Western wilderness
Albuquerque, N.M. (AP) — The Gila National Forest in southwestern New Mexico is where famed naturalist Aldo Leopold first hatched the idea of setting aside the nation’s untamed lands as wilderness. Nearly 85 years ago,
