Hunting

Richmond, VA — The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) and Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) are launching a monofilament fishing line recycling program across the Commonwealth. Both state agencies will install PVC

Registration will be 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., April 21, at the regional Fish, Wildlife and Parks office, 4600 Giant Springs Road. Classes will be 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., April 27, 29, 30, May

Registration will be 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., March 17; and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., March 18-20, at the Region 4 Fish, Wildlife and Parks office, 4600 Giant Springs Road. A parent or guardian

Harrisburg – Samples taken from the 39 hunter-killed elk during the state’s 2008 hunting season have all tested negative for chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to Dr. Walt Cottrell, the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s wildlife veterinarian.

Clear Lake – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has extended the deadline to remove permanent ice fishing shelters from public waters of the state from Feb. 20 to Feb. 23. The extension gives owners

Des Moines, Iowa (AP) _ A national convention that brings millions of dollars to the state is heading back to Des Moines in 2010, and organizers expect it to set attendance records. Organizers for the

Biloxi, Miss. (AP) _ Menhaden is a small fish creating a big controversy on the Mississippi Gulf Coast between those who want a catch limit and greater controls on the industry and Omega Protein, the

Columbus, OH – For the seventh straight year, testing of Ohio’s deer herd has found no evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a degenerative brain disease that affects elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer. According

Columbus, OH – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife’s Fish Ohio program was inducted into the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame for 2009. The Fish Ohio program is the only honoree