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Entries for March 2022
40 sportsmen’s organizations oppose USFWS settlement talks
By Sportsmen’s Alliance
The Sportsmen’s Alliance and dozens of other hunting, fishing, conservation and advocacy organizations have submitted a letter to Director Martha Williams of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) opposing any settlement of pending litigation with the Center for Biological Diversity that would undermine or reduce hunting and fis... READ MORE
Youth, mobility-impaired turkey hunt March 26-27
By Georgia Department of Natural Resources
The statewide turkey hunting season opens April 2, however, youth and mobility-impaired hunters utilizing private land have an early chance to harvest a gobbler. The special opportunity turkey season runs March 26-27. The weekend hunt opportunity is available only for youth 16 years of age and younger, or hunters who are mobility impaired, i.e., c... READ MORE
SCI, partners defend hunting, fishing on national wildlife refuges
By SCI
Safari Club International, with its partners at the National Rifle Association of America, Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation, and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, moved March 7, 2022, to defend opening new hunting and fishing opportunities on almost 100 National Wildlife Refuges. The Center for Biological Diversity seeks to overturn a 2020 r... READ MORE
Second CWD case confirmed in hunter-harvested deer
By Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing of white-tailed deer in northwest Alabama confirms a second case in a hunter harvested deer in Lauderdale County. The first case of CWD in Alabama’s deer herd was detected in Lauderdale County in January 2022. After the initial CWD-positive deer was detected, all of Lauderdale and Colbert counties were de... READ MORE
Online hunter ed option for under age 18 ending
By Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
The temporary all online hunter education course option ends at midnight March 20 for those under 18 years old. The online course as a hunter education option continues for those age 18 and older. The DNR temporarily offered the all-online option to all to help protect the public and staff from the spread of covid. Following updated guidance from ... READ MORE
Wild duck tests positive for avian influenza
By Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed Eurasian H5 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a wild, hunter-harvested American wigeon in Limestone County, Alabama. In January 2022, Eurasian H5 HPAI was detected in South Carolina and has since been detected in 14 additiona... READ MORE
Rule change to amend statewide alligator hunt rules
By Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approves
Commissioners have approved proposed rule amendments related to the statewide alligator harvest that would allow program participants an additional 7 hours a day of hunting and add airbows with a tethered arrow as a legal method of take. The proposals would provide greater flexibility for hunt participants while continuing the management of Florida... READ MORE
Time to reserve free trees for backyard buffers
By Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Waterfront and streamside landowners can reserve free tree seedlings through the Backyard Buffers program, available in 23 Maryland counties. The Department of Natural Resources is offering free tree seedlings to landowners who have a creek, drainage ditch, stream or other waterway on or near their property through the Backyard Buffers program, now... READ MORE
CWD testing completed for 2021 hunting season
By North Dakota Game and Fish Department
With most chronic wasting disease testing completed, the Game and Fish Department reports 26 deer tested positive during the 2021 hunting season. Fourteen were from hunting unit 3F2, eight from unit 3A1, and one was found in unit 3B1. Single positive deer were also found in three units (3C, 3D1 and 3E2) where the disease had not been previously de... READ MORE