Few business owners can survive a year with no income, but 60 or so Canadian resort and outfitter operators who suffered that fate and lived to tell the tale are exhibiting this weekend at the Discover Boating Northwest Sportshow, which ends its four-day run Sunday at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

"We did have a few Canadian tourists stay ...Read more

Idaho lawmakers have moved forward with a bill crafted by a Rexburg drive-thru wildlife park that would remove Idaho Fish and Game and Idaho State Department of Agriculture oversight for similar facilities.

Yellowstone Bear World crafted the bill, which would exempt Bear World and other U.S. Department of Agriculture-licensed Idaho animal ...Read more

Burmese pythons are too good at what they do — they’re nearly undetectable to both humans and their prey, they barely need to move and when they do they’re deadly. On top of that, they have lots of babies.

As a result, according to an ambitious new paper produced by the U.S. Geological Survey, their population has exploded in only 20 ...Read more

Having won a clear majority of seats on the Houston, Minn., City Council in last fall's elections, opponents of a proposed motorized trails project on city-owned land have voted to dump the idea after more than 14 years in the making.

A resolution passed late last month by council members outlined an exit strategy rejecting any form of ...Read more

After decades of planning and pleading for political support and dollars to restore the Everglades, there are growing signs that the massive multibillion-dollar effort is beginning to “get the water right.”

That’s long been the measure of success for the federal and state agencies tasked with the job. The goal sounds deceptively simple ...Read more

The highly pathogenic avian influenza — or bird flu — sweeping across the globe has killed more than 12,000 wild birds in Colorado and the virus is jumping into mammal populations as well, state wildlife officials say.

And it’s unclear when the spread might relent.

“This is unprecedented,” Kristy Pabilonia, director of clinical ...Read more

Within a month or so, Manitoba will announce that most Minnesota and other non-Canadian waterfowlers who wish to hunt in that province without a registered Manitoba guide must apply to a lottery for a duck or goose hunting license.

Those who are awarded licenses will be limited to seven days of hunting. The number of licenses available in the ...Read more

After more than two hours of discussion, Florida wildlife commissioners Tuesday signaled their hesitance to approve monthslong bans on certain fishing gear for anglers at the Skyway Fishing Pier State Park, despite thousands of birds becoming entangled in recent years.

Instead, leaders of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...Read more

HOBE SOUND, Fla. — As he angles the boat named Snap Dragon toward this pocket of possibility, just up the intracoastal along Jupiter Island, Miles Mikolas reads the current to find a crease in it. His goal is to get just far enough away from a bridge so that he can cast lines just close enough to where he thinks there might be treasure.

"It's...Read more

Three days after Valentine's Day, a Pittsburgh couple added a potential new member to the family.

At 5:25 p.m. Friday, bald eagles nesting on a steep hillside overlooking the Monongahela River in Hays experienced the delivery of their first egg of 2023. Additional eggs are expected soon at Hays, with more to follow at the other known eagle ...Read more

In January, Marilyn Vetter, 55, of New Richmond, Wis., was named CEO of Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, which was founded 40 years ago in St. Paul and today is headquartered in White Bear Lake. Vetter replaces Howard Vincent, who led PF for 25 years and who announced last year he was retiring. In the interview below, Vetter, who previously ...Read more

Men-of-war are familiar unwanted visitors on shores along Florida beaches in the spring. But recent strong breezes have swept these potentially painful pests our way. Several Florida municipalities have warned of an influx of Portuguese men-of-war on the beaches.

Often mistaken for jellyfish because of their jelly-like appearance, the man-of-...Read more

The National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic, the outsized conservation convention and exhibition held annually in different cities around the nation, returns to the Twin Cities for three days beginning Friday, headquartered at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

The celebration is preceded by a film festival Thursday evening at the Pourhouse ...Read more

Several elk have become entangled in household objects in the Wood River Valley over the last week, prompting the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to urge residents to remove any items that could pose a hazard to wildlife.

In a news release, the agency said it has received reports of elk tangled in a 5-gallon bucket, a sled and wire tomato ...Read more

Three animals in Colorado, each of them now dead, tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza that’s sweeping across the country, state wildlife officials said in a release.

The H5N1 variant of the bird flu is ravaging bird populations across the world. Mammals, including humans, can also catch it.

State Parks and Wildlife ...Read more