The latest count from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries - through its LA Creel surveys - shows Louisiana's recreational fishermen have taken 709,595 pounds of red snapper through July 16. That number is near 300,000 pounds shy of the self-imposed state quota of 1.04 million pounds allotted for the 39-day season, which continues to run Fridays through Sundays. This latest number came after an estimate of 655,603 pounds hauled in through July and represents the increased participation for recreational anglers in this season, which followed the shortest-ever June 1-3 season announced earlier this year by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council through the National Marine Fisheries Service.

This April 18, 2008 file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife shows a grey wolf. A federal report says gray wolves killed a record number of livestock in Wyoming in 2016, and wildlife managers responded by killing a record number of wolves that were responsible.

In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a Mexican gray wolf leaves cover at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, N.M. The Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, lifted a preliminary injunction that had prevented the Fish and Wildlife Service from releasing more Mexican gray wolves. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Environmentalists are concerned that a proposed spending plan for the U.S. Interior Department calls for a study to determine whether Mexican gray wolves are a genetically distinct subspecies.

A grizzly bear roams near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., July 6, 2011. Native American tribes, clans and leaders from seven states and Canada say the U.S. government's recent decision to lift protections for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park area violates their religious freedom.

Preliminary observations from necropsies performed on a Norway, P.E.I. beach on three North Atlantic right whales suggest that two of the marine mammals sustained blunt trauma and a third was a victim of chronic entanglement. A joint news release issued late Monday by the Canadian Wildlife Health Co-operative - Atlantic Veterinary College and the Marine Animal Response Society, outlining some of the initial findings.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the agency is moving forward with a rule to rescind the 2015 Clean Water Rule. The Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed, led by New Jersey Audubon and National Wildlife Federation, and its partners are deeply dismayed by this action.

FBI Director James Comey pauses as he testifies in March on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Comey's appearance Thursday before the Almost six in 10 of voters said they opposed Trump's withdrawal from the deal, while just 24% said they agreed with the decision, the latest Politico / Morning Consult survey found.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have announced the closure as of Thursday of the Marion Reservoir. That does not include Marion County Lake.

Marcos Antonio Huete, 31, was on his bicycle in Key West when he was reportedly hit by a pickup truck on his way to work. A police officer called to the scene approached to ask for his immigration status before offering him medical care.

Beginning this month, a flapping-winged drone will become the first UAV in the world tasked with the job of scaring off birds from runways at an international airport. The Robird, which mimics the flight of a real falcon, will patrol Canada's Edmonton International Airport daily, chasing away seagulls, Canada geese and starlings that gather in flocks and pose a hazard to planes landing and taking off.

Iowa agricultural producers interested in developing more habitat for Monarch butterflies by adding additional soil and water conservation practices to their land have until May 19 to sign up at their local USDA Service Center for planning and funding assistance. A sampling of eligible conservation practices through USDA's Monarch Butterfly Habitat Development Project includes: brush management, conservation cover, field borders and upland wildlife habitat management.

Parents seeking to adopt children in Texas could soon be rejected by public or private agencies with religious objections to them being Jewish, Muslim, gay, single, or interfaith couples, under a proposal advancing... Parents seeking to adopt children in Texas could soon be rejected by public or private agencies with religious objections to them being Jewish, Muslim, gay, single, or interfaith couples, under a proposal advancing in the Republican-controlled Legislature. San Diego police have shot and killed a 15-year-old boy they say pulled a gun on them in a high school parking lot.

Parents seeking to adopt children in Texas could soon be rejected by public or private agencies with religious objections to them being Jewish, Muslim, gay, single, or interfaith couples, under a proposal advancing... Parents seeking to adopt children in Texas could soon be rejected by public or private agencies with religious objections to them being Jewish, Muslim, gay, single, or interfaith couples, under a proposal advancing in the Republican-controlled Legislature. San Diego police have shot and killed a 15-year-old boy they say pulled a gun on them in a high school parking lot.

Just days after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved the final permit needed for the demolition of the Ballville Dam, the Sierra Club announced plans to dismiss its federal lawsuit over the project. Jen Miller, director of the Sierra Club's Ohio chapter, said the group planned to dismiss the suit Monday before a midnight deadline to decide whether to proceed or drop the suit.

New artificial reefs will be built off Ocean County's Manasquan Inlet and in Delaware Bay as part of the NJ Artificial Reef Network. A reef to be built off Ocean County's Manasquan Inlet is part of a compromise the Christie Administration reached between recreational anglers and commercial fishermen over reef access.

SMYRNA, Del . - In celebration of Earth Week, Governor John Carney announced the new Aquatic Resources Education Center, the extension of Delaware's Bayshore Byway and an outdoor interpretive area.

Donald Trump jnr will be targeting more than just Montana's Republican voters on Friday and Saturday when he helps Greg Gianforte campaign for an open US House seat. A prairie dog hunt is also on the agenda for the four-city tour for President Donald Trump's son and Gianforte, a technology entrepreneur up against Democrat Rob Quist in the May 25 election for the seat vacated by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

Donald Trump Jr. will be targeting more than just Montana's Republican voters on Friday and Saturday when he helps Greg Gianforte campaign for an open U.S. House seat. A prairie dog hunt is also on the agenda for the four-city tour for President Donald Trump's son and Gianforte, a technology entrepreneur up against Democrat Rob Quist in the May 25 election for the seat vacated by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

A judge has lifted his hold on a proposed irrigation dam and fish passage that U.S. officials say is the best hope to save an endangered ancient species of fish in the Yellowstone River. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris on Wednesday sided with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation , despite arguments from wildlife groups that question whether the 125 wild pallid sturgeon in the river would use the fish passage.