The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission voted at its May 11 meeting in Atlantic Beach to end the controversial practice of purse-seining for menhaden in North Carolina waters. Menhaden may still be harvested by other means. […]
John P. “Johnny” Evans, a calming influence in the brouhaha that erupted last year over the way the retirement of S.C. Department of Natural Resources director John Frampton was handled, has been tapped by Gov. Nikki Haley to chair the Natural Resources Board. […]
Being enraptured by the pursuit of wild turkeys is akin to enslavement by alcohol, cocaine, tobacco, gambling, golf or strange women. […]
A bill to reauthorize the S.C. Conservation Bank – which has protected almost 160,000 acres of wildlife habitat and historic places – for another five years, has passed its final Senate hurdle and has been sent to Gov. Nikki Haley for her signature. […]
The Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina has ended its relationship with lobbyist Dean Plunkett, who admitting May 2 to having an improper relationship with a staff member of Rep. Thom Tillis (R-Charlotte), the N.C. General Assembly’s Speaker of the House. […]
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will take to its July 5 meeting in Raleigh several proposals for changes to the spring wild-turkey season, including a week-long youth season and allowing hunters to take their 2-bird season limit on a single day. […]
W. Doug Parsons of Clinton, a member of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission since 2002, resigned on May 3 after his appointment as a district court judge. […]
The 2011 deer harvest in South Carolina may have not made a big jump, but sometimes even a small step can be good. […]
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission took a step toward implementing a rule Thursday that allows for the taking of coyotes and feral swine by hunting on private lands at night with a light.
The rule would also allow the hunting of feral swine and coyotes on public lands from ½ hour after sunset to ½ before sunrise with a light by permit only. Night hunting is one means of controlling localized populations of coyotes and feral swine, both of which are non-native to North Carolina and destructive to the landscape. […]
The South Carolina House has declared war on wild hogs, coyotes and armadillos, and a Senate committee is considering doing the same. […]
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