TOWN OF OCONOMOWOC - The first day Arnold Groehler set out in March to start trapping muskrats around Okauchee Lake he caught 34 of them. It barely made a dent in the population. As of April 26, ...

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Tom Hardisky believes he knows the reason why muskrats have been on the decline in Pennsylvania. Problem is, there might not be a solution. Muskrat populations have declined over the last 25 years and ...

- The muskrat is about 20 inches long, including its 9-inch tail, and adults weigh 2 to 5 pounds. - Muskrats generally have a reddish-brown upper body with grayish-brown coloration farther down. - ...

The number of muskrats trapped for their fur in Minnesota dropped last year to about 19,000, the lowest on record. Biologists say a number of factors are at play in that drop, including fewer trappers ...

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.

It's happened pretty much every night this spring, Tom Shirek says; his yellow Lab, Theo, makes the rounds of nearby sloughs and returns home with furry, little "presents" he leaves in the yard. Proud ...