CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) -- Under a flapping, rusting tin roof, in an aging shed near the marsh, is one of the most curious pieces of machinery in Dorchester County. Almost 100 years old, it is also one of ...

Growing up, in northeast Ohio in the early 1970s, trapping was a huge part of what my father and I did every Fall. And while we didn’t specifically target muskrats, they were our bread and butter. Why ...

For three generations Miller men have been trapping muskrats. "My dad, when we were kids in Montabella a lot of people trapped so it was kind of a natural thing if you were a deer hunter or some other ...

NELSON COUNTY, N.D. -- The mercury had dipped to 9 below zero overnight, and Nat Bornsen's ATV was reluctant to fire up, even though it had weathered the brunt of the cold inside his shed. Nat Bornsen ...

Muskrats are medium-sized semi-aquatic rodents, commonly found throughout the U.S. The Missouri Department of Conservation says muskrats help control populations of plants and small animals they ...

“Over the next few weeks you will see signs at the pond warning that trapping is in progress. We are trapping muskrats which have proliferated over the past few years. These rodents burrow under the ...

LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK TWP. -- A bitter wind cut across Alloways Creek and nearby marshes on a gray morning last week. Just after the day's first light, Charlie Franklin Jr. and his two cousins, Donnie ...

Steve Reinders, president of the Prior Lake Association, remembers when he first became aware of some annoying neighbors of his. “I started noticing them when they started doing damage,” he said.