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University of Toledo funded for VHS study
Toledo, Ohio – The Lake Erie Center at the University of Toledo has been awarded a $209,126 federal grant to study a deadly fish disease that has threatened the health of many species of Great
Stewardship land access rules process under way
Madison – Developing rules for access to land bought with public funds from the reauthorized Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship Program began with the first meeting of the Stewardship Fund Citizens Advisory Committee on July 24.
Duck hunt to feature change in scaup regs
Madison – There remain a couple of steps before the Wisconsin duck-hunting season is set Aug. 13 by the Natural Resources Board, but federal officials last week dealt the state the hand with which it
Tests showing VHS hasn’t spread to more state waters
DNR Report Madison – All planned testing of wild fish for VHS fish disease has been completed for 2008, and results show that – so far – the deadly fish virus has not spread in
Archery deer hunt appears promising
Madison – Wisconsin’s archery deer hunters can expect to have a better-than-average hunting season in most areas of the state, but they probably should not expect to surpass last year’s statewide bow kill of 116,010
Great Lakes Compact gets Senate OK; House up next
Washington (AP) – The Senate voted last Friday to ratify a compact to prevent the diversion of water from the Great Lakes, quickly approving legislation sought by the region’s governors worried that thirsty places would
Stripping of eggs banned by PF&BC
Harrisburg – Although Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners at their summer meeting here July 14-15 did not discuss opening trout season year-round or trout-stocking changes resulting from their controversial new resource-first policy – as many
Cattle removal to begin in northwest bovine TB area
St. Paul – Efforts to stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis are continuing. The disease was discovered in the state in 2005, and since then there’s been a concerted effort to kill deer around the
State to lease 74,000 acres for gas drilling
Harrisburg – One of Appalachia’s largest landowners, Pennsylvania’s state forestry agency, wants in on any windfall from drilling a potentially lucrative natural gas formation. More than 74,000 acres, or more than 115 square miles, in
