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MONTGOMERY – Smoke billows into the sky, visible to nearby residents and motorists as a sign that something is burning in the Alabama forest. It’s a prescribed fire at Oak Mountain […]

Gone fishin': Season opens at Alabama's public lakes

GURLEY — It’s opening day for the state’s anglers as Alabama’s Public Fishing Lakes return to their regular hours. DeKalb County Lake is among most of the state-owned lakes that […]

MONTGOMERY — The number of cases of chronic wasting disease is increasing, with today’s announcement of two more cases in northern Lauderdale County. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural […]

MONTGOMERY – Staying true to its slogan, Alabama State Parks will honor those who help make the visits from millions to the Yellowhammer State a memorable one with the eighth […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is offering a series of trapping education workshops during select weekends this fall and winter. The workshops provide instruction on […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has set testing dates for Chronic Wasting Disease. The mandatory CWD sampling weekends apply to all of Lauderdale and Colbert […]

HUNTSVILLE – No means no. No open fire pits, no lighting piles of brush, no campfires. Outdoor burning is strictly prohibited in Alabama. Even though Gov. Kay Ivey issued a […]

MONTGOMERY — Are you an Alabama or Auburn fan and a white-tailed deer hunter? If so, you are encouraged to show your team spirit and enter the Outdoor Alabama Big […]

Firearms deer hunting season to open soon - twice

MONTGOMERY — There isn’t just one opening day for firearms deer hunting season; there are two in Alabama. For deer hunters, the wait is almost over as the season in […]

MONTGOMERY – A day after the National Weather Service in Huntsville and the Alabama Forestry Commission issued Fire Alerts for north Alabama counties, additional restrictions were placed on all state […]

Additional fire precautions extended for state parks

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is making further fire precautions for all Alabama State Parks due to extended dry conditions. Visitors and overnight guests are […]

HUNTSVILLE — The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is expanding its awareness campaign about two species of invasive carp that pose a potential threat to the state’s native […]

North Alabama has 2 of top 25 bass lakes in SE

A pair of north Alabama lakes have been included in the Bassmaster list of the 25 best bass lakes in the Southeast for 2023. Lake Guntersville is in the five […]

Conservation Advisory Board meets in Huntsville

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Conservation Advisory Board will hold its second scheduled meeting of the year next month in Huntsville.  The meeting is 9 a.m. May 20 at the Randolph […]

Third case of deer disease in Lauderdale County

MONTGOMERY — A third case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a hunter-harvested, white-tailed deer has been confirmed in Lauderdale County, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced. […]