Berks County and conservation officials urge fishermen to properly dispose of spent monofilament line and hooks.

Dozens of dead and sick birds are washing ashore on Lake Michigan beaches in Illinois and Wisconsin, suspected of having the bird flu, according to state officials.

Jim focused his binoculars on a great horned owl face down, dead, in the creek. “At first we thought bird flu,” Jim said, “but when I focused the binoculars in a little bit more, I saw the ...