While trapping seasons vary by species and location, the beaver trapping season runs from Nov. 10 through ... The DEC sends out a survey to 4,500 licensed trappers every spring. The survey asks ...

Beaver and otter trapping were the currency of the day when ... at least one more trapping adventure in our future before next spring. Erin Merrill, an award-winning writer based in central ...

He said the dam at Smith Lake was built about 11 years ago when the DNRC got a grant to replace a splash dam with the earthen berm. Until this year, there had been no beaver activity in the area. ...

27—The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation posted a sign near Smith Lake recently, warning people to stay away and to keep pets away from the area because beaver trapping ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— Conservation groups filed a petition today asking the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to permanently close commercial and recreational beaver trapping and hunting on the state’s ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission today rejected a petition filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, scientists, and other conservation groups to permanently close ...