After killing a couple hours nestled into the tall, dry grass bordering a public wetland, the sky turned a cool purple and hundreds of white swans flocked over us. I hunkered down into the boat blind ...

Hunters in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin will begin shooting swans this weekend. Yes, swans -- trumpeter and tundra swans -- those large white waterfowl that are as much a symbol of grace and ...

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is turning to the public for help identifying those responsible for shooting and ...

A struggling population of rare trumpeter swans may be the unintended victims of an ongoing tundra swan hunt in Utah. That’s the word from some anonymous Fish and Wildlife Service biologists, who say ...

WASHINGTON - With 2,000 swan hunters wading into Utah marshes starting Saturday, wildlife advocates are suing to protect the trumpeter swans that the groups say are imperiled. If successful, the ...

The Utah Department of Wildlife Resources has approved a plan to eliminate all legal trumpeter swan harvest for the upcoming waterfowl season. The rule change, which DWR approved at a public meeting ...

Mute swans are not protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as they were introduced from Europe in the ...

The population of trumpeter swans in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho declined sharply this year, but federal wildlife authorities do not believe it is significant enough to call off the annual tundra swan ...

Utah waterfowl hunters continue to shoot down excessive numbers or rare trumpeter swans, prompting wildlife officials to once again close Utah’s swan hunt early. Despite several measures aimed at ...

All Utah swan hunters will likely be required to take a bird-identification course starting next year because too often they are shooting rare trumpeter swans. For the third year in a row, Utah’s swan ...

Hunters in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin will begin shooting swans this weekend. Yes, swans - trumpeter and tundra swans - those large white waterfowl that are as much a symbol of grace and beauty ...