MINNEAPOLIS — For the first time, the Department of Natural Resources is slapping a special fishing regulation on perch caught on Mille Lacs Lake, lowering the daily bag limit from 20 to five.

The reduced limit, in effect through Nov. 30, is meant to slow down a runaway harvest that drew many anglers to the big lake this winter, catching ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — They departed northern Minnesota on Feb. 13, powering their motorized sleds across a bare minimum of snow before entering Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.

Now in Quebec, the three “Old Guy” snowmobilers, as they’re known, are hoping that in coming days they’ll cross into Newfoundland, the destination of their latest ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — Nearly every legislative session, Connecticut state Sen. Eric Berthel, R-32, introduces a bill allowing for the hunting of black bears in certain areas of the state, but each year the bill fails to find support in the legislature.

This year was no different, as his bear hunting bill failed to advance out of committee.

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PITTSBURGH — There was an unusual silence Friday at Seggond Chance Farm in Cranberry, Pa., a sanctuary once home to many unwanted, abandoned and abused domestic birds and animals.

The state Department of Agriculture quarantined the site recently after HPAI, highly pathogenic avian flu, annihilated many of the birds; the agency put down the ...Read more

MOAPA VALLEY, Nev. — Valley of Fire State Park’s desert bighorn sheep are thirsty. Thirstier than they’ve been in a while.

Though Las Vegas’ 214-day dry streak — the second-longest on record — ended this month, the park’s population of bighorn sheep has been among the hardest hit by drought, requiring intervention from state ...Read more