Wild turkeys flirted with extinction around 1900, with only about 27,000 left nationwide. But today, thanks to decades of restocking, conservation and good management - most of it financed by turkey hunters - the population exceeds 7 million. Every state except Alaska has a turkey population.
VENUS - A sticky afternoon in Highlands County, in the midst of scrub oaks and prickly pear cactuses, is a good time and a good place to catch black bears. Dave Maehr steers a swamp buggy through deep water and sand on Central Florida's vast Smoak Ranch. Slowing down, he identifies animal tracks along the road.
Write almost anything about Alaska bears these days (as I did last week) and you're bound to get an e-mail from someone, somewhere asking for details, verification or a comment on what has become an Internet legend: "The following pictures are of a guy who works for the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear.
Among top concerns for the state’s next governor will be the cost of filling a fuel tank in rural Alaska. Last November, a gallon of gas cost $3.98 in Tanana, $4.14 in McGrath, and $4.75 in Hughes, according to a state study.
48-year-old resident of Prince George’s County. Elected lieutenant governor as Robert Ehrlich’s running mate in 2002, becoming the first African American to win Maryland statewide office; received Bethune-DuBois Institute 2005 Award for support of quality education .
AN INDEPENDENT "carbon committee" could set legally-binding targets for Britain's greenhouse gas emissions under government plans being drawn up to prevent "disastrous and irreversible" climate change.
Delegates to the Alaska Federation of Natives convention spoke at length this week about subsistence hunting and fishing and what they believe is a continued erosion of their rights.
