At its most recent January meeting, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission amended a Notice of Intent (NOI) that creates coastal buffer zones to Gulf menhaden harvest regulations. The amendment removes the ¼ mile buffer on the outside of the
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What started off as a run-of-the-mill investigation into a series of boat title discrepancies, concluded this past summer with multiple felony charges against three individuals suspected of running an interstate theft ring and the recovery of over $275,000 worth of
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Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) are a global concern that threaten human and aquatic ecosystem health and can cause severe economic damages. Algal toxins are produced by certain species of algae and microscopic water plants called phytoplankton and can cause acute
Project Underway To Identify Harmful Algal Blooms Read More »
The Utah Wildlife Board voted to restrict the use of trail cameras and other hunting-related technologies and also approved some changes to black bear and cougar hunting in the state, as well as a few other items during a public
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Hog attacks are increasing in Texas. With four attacks in under two years, the trend of major hog-human conflict is rising. In this episode of Higher Calling Wildlife on the Waypoint Podcast Network, host Chester Moore and hog expert Jeff
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) closed TX-32 in Aransas Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning as if 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. This closing is based on samples recently collected by TPWD showing low abundance
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When you’ll be casting jigs to sighted cobia (ling), just what you tie onto the end of your line counts. Cobia are famous for following lures and then turning away at the last moment, or at times ignoring them completely.
Choosing the Best Jigs for Ling Read More »
Whether you want to catch some crabs for bait or for food, chicken necking is often the simplest, easiest way to stock your cooler full of these cantankerous crustaceans. Ready for some KISS crab catching? Get a ball of kite
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In an experiment spanning over 20 years, researchers at the University of Illinois have found that vulnerability to being caught by anglers is a heritable trait in largemouth bass. The study began in 1975 with the resident population of bass
Have Scientists Found Bass Gene That Dictates Vulnerability To Catch? Read More »
A new study provides strong evidence that exposure to light pollution alters predator-prey dynamics between mule deer and cougars across the intermountain West, a rapidly growing region where nighttime skyglow is an increasing environmental disturbance. The University of Michigan-led study,
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Wildfires have increasingly coincided with the beginning of fall migration for many bird species. This greater frequency of fall wildfires is thought to be primarily the result of frequent drought conditions and climate change, and the impacts of these fires on migrating birds are not yet well
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Last week, my story The Lost Turkeys drew a strong, positive response from readers. There were comments across numerous media platforms but the best part was getting photos of other color-phase birds. Natural anomalies always captivate people and getting outdoors
Readers Submit White, Gray, Cinnamon Wild Turkey Photos Read More »
No stranger to catching big speckled trout, Texas native, Fred Murray, has crafted a new and innovative way to commemorate and exhibit your catch of a lifetime all while promoting catch and release with his one-of-a-kind resin creation; the Corky
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San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), home to some of the only forested wetlands adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico in Texas, gained 4,628 acres of Columbia Bottomlands habitat for the benefit of resident and migratory wildlife on Dec. 21,
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When Jeff Weakley tweezed open a blister-like bulge on his foot, he was not expecting to find a piece of tooth from a shark that bit him while he was surfing off Flagler Beach in 1994. He also did not
Tooth Fragment Embedded In Foot Solves Decades-Old Shark Bite Mystery Read More »
Fish were falling from the sky in one East Texas town according to a report at KXXV.com. Several residents in Texarkana posted pictures and videos to social media Wednesday after finding fish scattered in some unlikely places including their lawns
Fish Fall From The Sky In East Texas (Is This The Reason?) Read More »
BASS FISHING AND conservation go hand-in-hand. St. Croix and Texas Fish & Game want to take this to the youth and incentivize conservation activism among Texas high school bass fishing competitors. “We believe this tech-savvy generation can do great things for
St. Croix, TF&G Issue High School Bass Conservation Challenge Read More »
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust has received a $250,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to restore degraded coastal habitat in Southwest Florida. The NFWF grant will provide funding to support two mangrove restoration projects at Shell Island
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The month of January begins a new year and with it the beginning of the 36th season of the Toyota ShareLunker program when anglers across the state, and for that matter the nation, cast their lines and fish for Largemouth
Sharelunker Program Kicks Off For 2022 Read More »
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents arrested a Buras man for allegedly harassing hunters on public property in Plaquemines Parish on Dec. 26. Agents arrested Brendan Nolan, 32, for harassment of a person lawfully hunting, simple assault,
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