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ST. PAUL — Efforts are underway at the Minnesota Capitol again this year to reduce the deaths of loons and other waterfowl by banning the sale and use of small lead fishing tackle.A bill in the state House, HF944, would prohibit the sale of fishing jigs or sinkers 2 1/2 inches or less in length an

TAMPA, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is proposing new fishing regulations at the Skyway Fishing Pier to better protect pelicans and other sea birds.Thousands of birds every year are injured or killed after becoming entangled in fishing gear. Kim Begay with Friends of

Sign in or Subscribe See Offers Many people were out ice fishing Sunday at China Lake, Lake George and other locations, but fishing south of Augusta was not so good, given unfavorable ice conditions. You can share 5 more gift articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share wi

Editor’s Note: This list of Ort’s band names was originally published in the Mar. 31, 2004 issue of Flagpole.Due to some sort of popular demand (at least three of you have asked), I present to you—for your April Fools’ Day Week enjoyment, bafflement, bumfuddlement and/or utility—an

It was a topsy-turvy night of live music in Red Bank, NJ where the visitors became the hosts as headlining tribute act Pink Talking Fish rolled out the welcome mats for a couple of Jersey Shore locals. First, it was psychedelic funk fusion quartet Fungkshui who joined in for an opening set before Ph

Few expressions in the maritime lexicon today are as persistent and pervasive as maritime domain awareness. The term has become a watchword in security and governance debates, a conceptual idiom implying information superiority in the nautical arena. Within the greater scope of maritime domain aware

At the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, researchers Barney Balch and Catherine Mitchell are looking at a map affixed to a large table.“We’re looking at a chart of the Gulf of Maine, and right across the middle there’s a line that’s drawn from Portland, in Maine, to Yarmouth, in Nova Sc

For birds, like for humans, vision is the most important of the senses. They rely on it for all their vital life tasks, from finding food to avoiding being food for others. Most bird photographs are taken from the side and show that the eyes of most birds are located on the side of the head, the owl

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