By RAAM WONG Journal Northern Bureau McAllister Lake probably won't be a hot spot this Labor Day weekend.

By RAAM WONG Journal Northern Bureau McAllister Lake probably won't be a hot spot this Labor Day weekend.

More than 60,000 antlerless deer gun licenses are still available. Applications for hunters who want to apply for a first, second, third or fourth license are now available online at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department Web site, http://gf.nd.gov.

By ROSALIE RAYBURN Journal Staff Writer Nearly a year after a state Environment Department investigation traced duck mortality to a form of botulism likely caused by water conditions at Chamisa Hills Golf and Country Club, ducks are still dying.

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is hosting a public meeting in Bismarck on Thursday regarding boating issues in the Bismarck-Mandan area on the Missouri River. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at NDGFD headquarters, 100 N. Bismarck Expressway.