June 27, 2003

Some priorities for these funds include projects that demonstrate a secured funding match at a minimum of 1:1 ratio; projects that provide an improved or new public access to Lake Superior or the St. Louis River; among other things. Eligible applicants must be public entities that can hold properties or easements for public use or […]

Wisconsin DNR upland game ecologist Keith Warnke said hunter success has been “pretty stable” around 25 percent, but the turkey range has continued to grow. Turkeys were reintroduced to Wisconsin in 1976; the population had grown to about 200,000 by 2000. The 2003 spring season set a high mark for hunter safety, Wisconsin officials said.

Editor Walker, Minn. A Cass County judge ruled in favor of cervidae owner Gary Tank earlier this month on the charge of not having a game and fur farm license. Judge Jay D. Mondry had been deliberating on the case since a hearing on April 3, 2003, and ruled in favor of the defendant on

The hunting season previously had been scheduled to open on Sept. 1, 2001, but was halted by an injunction issued by Judge Daniel Moser. The appeals court subsequently removed the injunction allowing the season to open this year. It’s not likely that the Supreme Court will issue a decision until after this fall’s dove hunt,

Associate Editor St. Paul For the first time in more than a decade, the number of breeding mallards counted in Minnesota dropped below 300,000, state DNR officials said this week. However, the estimated 281,000 mallards counted remains 29 percent above the average since the waterfowl survey began in 1968. Jeff Lawrence, DNR wetland wildlife populations

Marchel won first place awards in the Conservation/Environment category and the Fishing category. In addition, he won a second place award in the Small Game Hunting category and two third place awards in the Fauna category and the Flora category. Marchel’s photography can be viewed at: www.billmarchel.com.

Netting a fish at the boat is one of those things that sounds easy. After all, what can be so hard about scooping up a fish that is thrashing around in the water right at the side of the boat, right? But like a lot of things in life, netting a fish is not as