California Officials Tackle a Toothy Lake Predator
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For the last decade, California has waged a Sisyphean battle against the northern pike, a fish and a voracious eating machine.
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Floridaâs season of âsturgeon strikesâ â collisions between the leaping fish and hapless boaters is already under way.
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State Game and Fish officials will help staff members at Carlsbad Caverns National Park remove exotic fish and amphibians from the pond at Rattlesnake Springs.
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Wildlife officials in Missouri are trying to get boaters to help stop the spread of invasive zebra mussels through the region's lakes and rivers.
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By Kerry Duke  RUSSELL SPRINGS  --  Les Frizzel, a local fishing guide who works out of the Alligator Dock No. 1 on Lake Cumberland, is optimistic about fishing in a lake that has been lowered by more than 40 feet. "It's going to help fishing," Frizzel said.
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By Josh Rabe, The Daily Oklahoman  Sep. 14--KENTON -- Wildlife officials think they have seen the first case of a mountain lion preying on livestock in the state.
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Rollie Vonlinger looked sadly across Lake Cumberland at some of the fishing spots he has hit over the past 30 years. It is going to be hard to get to some of those spots from now on, because the boat ramp he normally uses no longer reaches the water.
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In Japanese villages each year, local fishermen hunt for large numbers of dolphins by herding them into shallow coves and then, scientists say, attacking them with knives and even eviscerating them alive.
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California's Department of Water said on Thursday it would stop pumping water from an inland waterway east of San Francisco to protect a fish threatened with extinction, a move that would cut water supplies throughout the state for at least a week.
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It hardly seems fair, but water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators might harm their species more than help, new research suggests.
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By Jayne Matthews, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Feb. 16--MARYVILLE -- The days of fishing with wild abandon in Maryville's Drost Park Lake are over. Now there are rules.
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By CHET BROKAW  PIERRE, S.D. - A game warden accused of intimidating hunters can continue supervisory work, but will no longer enforce hunting and fishing laws, officials said Wednesday.  The deal ends a dispute between Gov. Mike Rounds and the U.S.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Feb.
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By Matt Weiser and Jim Downing, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 3--The fate of a water supply serving two in three Californians has come down to tides, temperature and the mysterious movements of a tiny fish.
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It hardly seems fair, but new research suggests that water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators may harm their species more than help.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. _ One angler caught and released the bass four years ago. Another angler landed the same fish a year ago but had snagged it in the side.
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In the waters and beaches off this Cape Cod town, the shiny scalps and whiskered snouts of the gray seal are everywhere. They bask in the sun, mug for boaters and, fisherman say, eat way too many fish.