Diane Birdsall doesn’t see ravens in her neighborhood very often. She was curious to see one, just sitting on a snowbank. Resting? Hunting? Watching? It was solo and stark against ...

James Colbert is a retired Iowa State University professor. The views expressed in this essay are his own. Iowa needs more public land. Many of Iowa’s 3.2 million residents enjoy spending time ...

Iowa does not have enough public land for its people to cultivate lifelong enjoyment of nature, writes James Colbert.

Pheasant hunters walk through a patch of foxtail grass during the opening weekend of the 2015 pheasant season in Iowa. (The Gazette) The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread.

According to Wildlife Species Canada, the trumpeter swan population was nearly wiped out in the early 1900s due to hunting and habitat loss. Now, hunting the swans is illegal in both Canada and ...

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

No hunting on Sundays. No open season on other wild birds or mammals. Conservation Order: Feb. 24 – April 25; 25 daily, no possession limit. HARLEQUIN DUCKS, and TUNDRA and TRUMPETER SWANS ...

In September 2024, State Wildlife Officer Evan Huegel, assigned Ashland County, received a report during the early teal and goose hunting season of a person shooting a trumpeter swan. Officer Huegel ...

Trumpeter swans on Magness Lake create nature’s ballet—elegant ... encompasses thousands of acres of public land where wildlife observation, hiking, and hunting (in season) provide opportunities to ...

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is seeking information regarding the illegal killing of two trumpeter swans and three ...