Regional News Update: June 17th, 2010
The latest news on hunting, fishing, guns and conservation from your region

MIDWEST
-Wisconsin: Elk reintroduction could begin next year
-Wisconsin: Summer action on a trout stream? Plenty hot
-North Dakota: A new rule about establishing presence
-Minnesota: Guide has a line on people and fish
-South Dakota: Division over grasslands shows up in Washington, D.C.
-South Dakota: State expands search for chronic wasting disease
-Indiana: River otters make a comeback
-Ohio: The fishing is friendly on Lake Erie
-Michigan: Sen. Jason Allen begins work on new moose hunting season
-Kansas: $35.7 M for refuge acquisitions and grants for migratory birds
-Kansas: Resident elk, deer permit applications due
WEST
-Alaska: Bear danger creates dispute over trail status
-Washington: You’re likely to catch it all at Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir
-Colorado: Bear attacks man in east Vail
-Colorado: Upper Colorado named sixth most endangered in the country
-California: Striped bass: Delta villains?
-Utah: Island hunt still drawing fire
-Wyoming: Take a kid fishing Saturday
-Montana: High water closes access
-Oregon: Wallowa Lake yielding monster fish with new unofficial world-record
SOUTH
Florida: Sea creatures gather near shore to avoid oil
Florida: Hot weather means getting out early, or going out at night
Louisiana: House overwhelmingly OKs bill to allow firearms in state parks
Arkansas: Elite Series Bass Tournament set for Arkansas River
Kentucky: State to take over Otter Creek Park
Kentucky: Weather makes fishing hazardous
Texas: Man found not guilty of harassing hunters
EAST
-Delaware: Fishing report
-Massachusetts: Governor backs lawsuit over fed fishing rules
-Vermont: Guilty plea, sentencing in stray bullet death
-Maine: NOAA mapping bottom of Cobscook Bay
-Maine: Sportsmen face dwindling access to land
-Connecticut: Funds open for Long Island Sound and Candlewood Lake
-Teaser photo by Jerry Davis