Up until recently, nobody could really say for sure whether the gazillions of American shad annually running up the Columbia River were having any impact on salmon and steelhead, either ...
Gear up for a quick release. A small net and good pliers will help you release fish unharmed. If you want to keep bass to eat ...
The IPOs of SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic could create a tax windfall for the state of California. But experts say the revenue ...
The American shad run has begun in the Columbia River. Although not native to the west coast of North America, this is the largest shad run in the world, with an average of three to six million fish ...
Once celebrated as a Revolutionary War savior, shad has become a rarity. That doesn’t stop its fans from seeking it out. Steve Meserve, a fourth-generation shad fisherman, gave a fishing demonstration ...
The 2026 Bi‑State Delaware River Shad Fishing Contest got underway Thursday on the Delaware River, drawing hundreds of anglers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and beyond for its 15th running. The annual ...
There is something undeniably charming about a netted bag; its open-weave an invitation to look a little closer. Perhaps it’s a bouquet of pink and orange ranunculus peeking through the mesh, a ...
On an unseasonably hot day in mid-March, longtime conservation and wildlife advocate Beth Pratt was out counting butterflies around the Briceburg Visitor Center, where their breeding ground lines the ...
GRIFTON, N.C. (WITN) - One ENC town is preparing for the 54th year of one of the longest-running festivals in North Carolina this week. The Grifton Shad Festival is back on Thursday, April 16, with ...
In mid-April, when most trees look like skeletons, early bloomers indicate spring is on the way. Spikes of white flowers of Serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.) are currently showing up in the forest ...
Farmer Joe Lau stands in front of his field of soybeans in St. Joseph, Mo. Lau says earlier springs have not affected his production negatively but he worries about pests on his crops. Credit: Héctor ...