Interested landowners may apply to participate in an incentive program that compensates participating landowners who provide hunters and anglers access to or through their land.
The application period to participate in Access Yes! in 2009 is open now. The deadline is February 15. Enrollment and bid applications are available on the Idaho Department of Fish and [...]
January 16, 2009 | Posted in
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The Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration (SFR) program is one federal program that really lives up to its name. For more than half a century, it has been one of the best “user-pays, user-benefits” initiatives anywhere. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has received more than $11 million each year from these [...]
December 3, 2008 | Posted in
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The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) would like to remind anglers and small game hunters that the license structure for fishing and small game hunting has changed.
Beginning April 1, 2009, all annual licenses including fishing, senior fishing, small game, furbearer, combination fishing and hunting, Colorado waterfowl stamps, habitat stamps and walk-in access permits are valid [...]
November 24, 2008 | Posted in
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Changes to Become Effective October 1, 2008
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced the finalization of changes to freshwater fishing regulations for the 2008-2010 seasons. These new regulations will become effective on October 1, 2008, and enhance fishing opportunities for anglers across New York.
“New York continues to provide some [...]
September 16, 2008 | Posted in
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MADISON – The 2008 hook and line season for lake sturgeon opens Sept. 6 on major river systems statewide, with rule changes aimed at assuring the future of the state’s sturgeon fisheries.
The season has been shortened and ends Sept. 30, and the minimum length for harvesting sturgeon has been increased to 60 inches. There is [...]
August 6, 2008 | Posted in
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As part of an ongoing effort to provide quality fishing experiences for anglers, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s fisheries division works regularly to establish “fish attractors” in lakes across the state, and now the Department wants the public’s input on how those areas impact angling.
Biologists with the Wildlife Department are conducting an online survey [...]
June 17, 2008 | Posted in
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It’s been 137 years in the making. Conserving America’s fisheries since 1871, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has launched Eddies: Reflections on Fisheries Conservation — a new quarterly magazine focused on the Service’s Fisheries Program.
Eddies highlights the aquatic conservation work of the Service’s Fisheries Program and its partners. Eddies is written for audiences not [...]
June 12, 2008 | Posted in
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BEND, Ore. – Young people interested in fishing will be able to give it a try at a youth fishing event hosted by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on Saturday, June 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Century Pond southwest of Bend.
“This event is specifically for kids and young people,” said [...]
June 10, 2008 | Posted in
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Salem, Ore.—If you’ve always wanted to try fishing, crabbing or clamming, there’s no better time than Free Fishing Weekend, June 7-8. For those two days, you don’t need a fishing license to fish, clam or crab anywhere in Oregon. You also don’t need to buy a sturgeon, steelhead or salmon tag.
(But all other current fishing [...]
May 30, 2008 | Posted in
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Michigan’s annual Summer Free Fishing Weekend has been scheduled for June 7-8, the Department of Natural Resources announced today. For these two days only, residents and non-residents alike can fish without purchasing a fishing license, though all other regulations that govern fishing in Michigan still apply.
Michigan has offered a Free Fishing Weekend since 1986 as [...]
May 29, 2008 | Posted in
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