POACHING -- I'm posting this AP report of an elk slaughter allegedly at the hands of a single man just to remind readers that this crap still goes on. Also, note that under stricter poaching laws adopted by New Mexico this month, this person would...
FISHING -- It took a little patience, but Lake Roosevelt gave up two limits of five plump, red-meated rainbow trout to my fishing buddy Jim Kujala and me on a damp but pleasant Monday. We used a boat to access several shore fishing area and...
PUBLIC LANDS -- Morel mushrooms are beginning to show in the region's national forests. They're free to harvest, but commercial gathering is prohibited on national forests in this region, and anyone harvesting large amounts of mushrooms must obtain a permit. Here are details posted this...
WILDLIFE -- If you're into big game -- including really big game -- you might be interested in a free lecture this week, "Extinction of Mammoths and Mastodons near the End of the Pleistocene," by Daniel Fisher, professor of paleontology and curator and director of…
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