As the waterfowl hunting season persists, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is reminding hunters to know their target, especially as wild swans are a protected species. According to ...

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Wildlife Council has voted to remove the trumpeter swan from the state’s threatened species list following a 28-year effort by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) to ...

The intent is to reduce the population of the non-native mute swan, a large, voracious and territorial bird that competes for resources with native waterfowl and other wetland species. Most of them ...

Mute Swan credit: CDFW October 27, 2025 - State legislation signed into law earlier this month will allow invasive mute swans to be taken or possessed at any time by those with a valid California ...

Hunters will soon be allowed to kill mute swans as part of an effort to cull the "destructive, non-native" species statewide, ...

The trumpeter swan has been removed from Ohio’s threatened species list after nearly 30 years of the state working to restore its population. Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Natural Resources ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 25, 2024 (ENS) – Ohio is celebrating the recovery of the state’s trumpeter swans as a conservation success story. The Ohio Wildlife Council, an eight-member, bipartisan group of ...