June 17, 2005
New plan to reform LCMR on the table
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — State Rep. Dennis Ozment, R-Rosemount, thinks he has a plan to break the legislative logjam that surrounds proposals to reform the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources. The LCMR is a 20-legislator panel that doles out money from the Environmental Trust Fund to pay for natural resource projects.
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Walleyes remain active despite persistent rain showers
BIG SIX LAKE MILLE LACS East – The evening hours are providing consistent walleye action with slip bobbers and leeches on the 18- to 20-foot rock piles and reefs. Slowly presented live bait rigs and leeches are producing walleyes during the day off the edges of the mud flats in 25 to 32 feet of
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Judge tosses out Minnesota lawsuit on N.D. hunting regs
By Dale Wetzel Associated Press Bismarck, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota may restrict out-of-state hunters without violating constitutional protections for doing business between states, a federal judge has concluded. The decision threw out a Minnesota legal challenge to North Dakota’s hunting regulations. “Recreational hunting is not a fundamental right, and states have a legitimate interest
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Fishing license sales flat; gas prices, weather factor
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany — Fishing license sales seem to be holding steady in New York this season, despite high gas prices and some cold, wet weather this spring. Doug Stang, chief of the DEC’s Bureau of Fisheries, said license sales to date — the license year runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30
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Support for deer changes
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Greenbush, Minn. — Clyde Stephens, president of Quality Deer Management, Inc., has been pushing the DNR to alter the way it manages deer in the state, but even he was surprised by the number of changes the agency announced last week. Among them: An antlerless season in mid-October, special regulations
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DEC seeking input on major bass plan
Staff report Albany — DEC’s plan to create an essentially year-round bass season — with some noteworthy restrictions — is moving forward. The proposal, which would allow catch-and-release angling in most waters statewide from Dec. 1 through the day before the traditional third-Saturday-in-June opening day, is in the public comment stage. DEC will be accepting
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Last season’s bear kill NY’s third-highest ever
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany — New York bear hunters harvested more than 1,000 bruins last season, which stands as the third-largest take ever. And that number will likely continue to grow as bears expand their range in many areas of the state, says DEC Big Game Section Leader John O’Pezio. The 2005 harvest will
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