Canada goose presence irks Wis. locals
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Wisconsin's dramatically increased Canada goose flock is laying problems, not the fabled golden eggs. The majestic birds are nuisances &#151; at golf courses, parks and other places near water and lush with grass &#151; because of the mess they leave behind, not to mention their sometimes aggressive behavior.
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Even if stories about geese regularly mistaking Boise State&#39;s blue turf for a lake are apocryphal, how to explain the dive opponents seem to take every time they step on the Broncos&#39; field?
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By Anne Jungen, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Dec. 14--HOLMEN, Wis. -- Town of Onalaska residents voted Wednesday night against the town purchasing 107 acres on Brice Prairie for a new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regional headquarters and nature preserve.
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By Steve Ford, Staff writer  Goose Pond State Fish and Wildlife Area near Linton, Ind., is not exactly in our backyard, but it's definitely worth the drive.
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By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  May 29--WESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY, Near Cheney -- On the banks of the Ninnescah, Don Distler walks near the river, noting the signs of wildlife -- and sometimes the lack of it.
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A badger cull is proposed as part of the fight against bovine TB, but animal group are opposing the move.
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By Bob Lamb | Tribune Outdoors Editor, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Dec. 10--It seems like everything is on track for a special deer hunt on Goose Island County Park this weekend. Biologists and managers with the state DNR, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.
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By BOB RIEPENHOFF  A proposed rules package for fishing tournaments held in Wisconsin has been revised to address concerns raised by members of the Natural Resources Board, including costs, the spread of aquatic invasive species and tournament-related fish mortality.
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By Brandy Benedict, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Jun. 24--Active nests of an extremely rare bird species have been found in Wisconsin, a first for the state.
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Division of Wildlife Resources employees Tom Aldrich and Dan Spencer use an air boat Thursday to swoop down on a gaggle of geese in a pond near 2100 South and 6000 West, using the boat to turn them and to try to catch them.
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A gaggle of geese runs riot in the Hof van Delft Park. They honk, they hiss, they harass and &#151; it's hard not to notice &#151; they scatter droppings everywhere. Soon, a lanky young man comes to impose order on the chaos.
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John Kerry may not win Ohio without attracting votes from sportsmen. That&#39;s why he took time in the final weeks of the election campaign to hunt geese in Boardman, Ohio, yesterday.
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While "serious" birders in the U.S. disdain non-native ducks and geese, one birding columnist enjoys observing the many species that have made California their home.
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MADISON, Wis. - Imitation might be a form of flattery, but a little resemblance might be too much of a good thing.  The state tourism agency may scrap the jingle composed for its new ad campaign because it sounds too much like a 1995 song by a British group.
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OISTINS, Barbados -- Some people in this self-proclaimed Land of the Flying Fish now concede that it might have been unwise to make a wandering species the nation's mascot.
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By Bob Lamb | Tribune Outdoors Editor, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 22--If there is one fish species that has been the biggest surprise this winter, it may be perch.
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By Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb. 4--It is a stirring sight that has awed Wisconsinites for six years now: an ultralight aircraft aloft in the fading sunlight, leading endangered whooping cranes from the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge on their maiden migration south.