[Alabama] To maintain the state’s high-quality catfishing, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has enacted a new regulation allowing anglers to harvest only one catfish longer than 34 inches each day. And for the first time, anglers who fish in the state must limit their catch of flounders to 10 daily, the first creel limit ever on the species.

[Arizona] A new pair of Mexican wolves now roams the White Mountains in Apache National Forest as part of the reintroduction of this endangered species to the region. The male and female, called the Moonshine Pack, join 12 other packs now living in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico.

[California] Superior Court Judge Patrick Marlette approved an agreement between the state, the Pacific Rivers Council and the Center for Biological Diversity requiring the Department of Fish and Game to stop adding millions of hatchery-raised trout to several lakes and rivers. The deal allows stocking in reservoirs larger than 1,000 acres and smaller ones not connected to streams but bans stocking where 16 native fish species and nine frog species are found. The judge found the department’s stocking contributed to declines in the fish and frogs.

[Kansas] The Wildlife and Parks Commission has approved a pilot project to allow floatline fishing (jug fishing) from July 15 through Sept. 15 at Hillsdale, Council Grove, Tuttle Creek, Kanopolis, John Redmond, Toronto, Wilson and Pomona reservoirs. A $2.50 permit will be required.

[Kentucky] Sarah Terry, 14, of Mt. Sterling landed a new state-record 47-pound muskellunge while fishing with her family on Cave Run Lake. The whopper measured 54 inches long and 26.5 inches in girth.

[Michigan] A Department of Natural Resources survey indicates the number of small-game hunters (188,297) is at a record low, having declined 9 percent from 2006 to 2007 and 70 percent in the past 50 years. Pheasant-hunting participation decreased nearly 90 percent from its peak in the mid-1950s.

[Missouri] Since 2002, more than 15,300 acres of quail habitat have been completed in Cass County, making it only the second county in the nation to reach habitat goals set forth in 2002 under the Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative.

[Nebraska] A 97-pound female mountain lion killed when it approached a 16-year-old hunter is only the fourth confirmed female in Nebraska in the last century. Game and Parks Commission lion expert Sam Wilson says the cat’s presence in the state is “significant.”

[New Mexico] The release of five river otters imported from Washington brought back a native absent from the state since 1953. “The release is a positive first step in an effort to return otters to watersheds across the state,” said Department of Game and Fish director Bruce Thompson.

[Oregon] Hunters and anglers can now go online to buy their Oregon hunting and fishing licenses. The Department of Fish and Wildlife has updated its Web site so residents and nonresidents can purchase licenses using credit cards. Visit www.dfw.state.or.us.