Hunting
Forest Service to alter road-use plan
Portage, Wis. – The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation says its appeal of the Forest Service’s Travel Management Plan has been settled with a three-year window in which public notice will supercede most enforcement on closed roads.
Group sues to force EPA to clean up Chesapeake Bay
Washington (AP) – A conservation group filed a federal lawsuit Monday to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enforce the law and clean up the polluted Chesapeake Bay, citing 25 years of failure to
Feds to Blagojevich: Put DNR funds back
Springfield – The federal government has sent a letter to Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s office, demanding the state return millions of dollars it “swept” from a handful of DNR accounts last year. It also requests that
Ranchers oppose Yellowstone bison relocation
Billings, Mont. (AP) _ Ranchers are voicing concern about plans to relocate some Yellowstone Park bison to Indian reservations in Montana and Wyoming. The ranchers are worried about the animals’ history of carrying brucellosis, a
Conservation ‘stimulus’ plan offered
Washington – As long as the federal government is considering a job-creation “stimulus package” that’s nearing $1 trillion (the actual latest rumored amount was about $750 billion), why not give conservation a boost via the
Ozaukee County considers a ban on shining of deer
Port Washington, Wis. – The Ozaukee County board may ban recreational deer shining from public roads. County supervisor Tim Kaul has introduced a proposal that reads in part, “No person may use or possess with
Conservation groups threaten suit over oil shale in 3 states
DENVER (AP) _ Environmental groups have threatened to sue the federal government to block plans for commercial oil shale development on nearly 2 million acres of public land in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Eleven groups
Deer hunt ends with fatality in Beaver
Pittsburgh – Tragedy marred the final day of firearms deer season with the shooting death of a Beaver County hunter who was standing next to his 9-year-old son. Duane Smith, 35, of Frankfort Springs, was
220-incher falls to suburban Franklin County bowhunter
Circleville, Ohio – Rob McCarley is no stranger to seeing – and ultimately shooting – big deer in Ohio’s woods. But the buck the Circleville farmer scored on Dec. 8 was not just another big
