August 12, 2005
Forest rangers may get police authority
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany — DEC forest rangers would have police powers under legislation approved by the state House and Senate and set to be signed by Gov. George Pataki. The bill was crafted to allow forest rangers to perform police duties and came in response to the varied situations forest rangers encounter, particularly
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Minnesota rep to author Wetlands Loan Act bill
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Maple Grove, Minn. — Hoping to curb the trend of wetland and grassland losses nationwide, conservation group leaders met Tuesday with U.S. Rep. Mark Kennedy, R-Minnesota, in an effort to double the amount of money spent each year on habitat. Kennedy said he would author a bill in Congress to
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DU editor loses his battle with cancer
Petrie was first WON editor Staff Report Woodruff, Wis. — Chuck Petrie, a longtime Wisconsin outdoors writer and one of the leading waterfowl writers in the country, died July 22 at the age of 60 of complications from acute leukemia in a Woodruff hospital. Petrie began working in Madison as a conservation warden for the
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CRP faces new challenges
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington — Farm Bill 2007 is a couple years away, but conservation leaders already are promoting the continued need for the famed Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), a set-aside program for marginal farmland authorized in federal farm aid bills. Leaders from Pheasants Forever and Ducks Unlimited recently attended a Capitol Hill
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Goose hunt opens Labor Day weekend
State’s second mourning dove hunt opens Sept. 1 Staff Report Madison — For the first time since the state has offered an early Canada goose season, state goose hunters will be able to shoot geese during Labor Day weekend. Last year the Natural Resources Board voted to add three days to the early goose season
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Wetlands program gets more funding
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington — A federal program that supplies matching grant dollars for projects that benefit wetlands and associated uplands received a boost recently when Congress approved an increase in funding of about $2 million for next year. The increase in North American Wetlands Conservation Act funding raises to $40 million the
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As water temps take tumble, fishing activity on rise
ALGOMA AREA Chinook salmon are still being taken in good numbers, but they’re still rather small. Mixed bags of rainbow trout, lake trout, and coho salmon also have been taken. Anglers have had the best success in 60-150 feet of water from the surface to 80 feet down. As the sun comes up, follow the
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