By Jeff Mulhollem Editor University Park, Pa. — It seems like it hasn’t quit raining since Bryan Swistock voiced worries in mid-April about an impending groundwater drought in Pennsyl-vania. After the floods at the end of June that caused millions of dollars worth of damage in the eastern part of the state, he’s not sure […]
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By Jeffrey L. Frischkorn Contributing Writer Athens, Ohio — With fingers crossed and a breathed sigh of relief, Ohio’s forest game biologists are hopeful about this year’s wild turkey hatch. It wasn’t that way just a few weeks ago, however. That is when DNR Division of Wildlife biologists were wearing down their worry stones, concerned
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Fishing conditions varied throughout the state this month. Southwestern Pennsylvania was spared the flooding that brought boating and fishing to a halt in the central and eastern parts of the state and forced the closure of public access and state park facilities in 46 counties prior to July 4. Though most launches and beaches have
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By Joe Albert Staff Writer Grand Rapids, Minn. – If it seems like conservation officers in the state are spending more time on wetland violations, it’s because they are. Beginning April 1, the DNR began a stepped-up effort to find wetlands violations, when agency pilots were dispatched to fly over counties across the state. To
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By Joe Albert Staff Writer Duluth, Minn. – In 1983, Lake Bemidji experienced a massive die-off of tullibees, with a total kill of about a quarter-million fish. Given the heat that’s encompassed the state of late – and that began with a sweltering Memorial Day weekend – officials were concerned such an event could happen
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By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – Funding to clean up the state’s lakes and rivers received a $25 million shot in the arm this spring, but advocates already are pushing next year’s Legislature – unknown as it now may be – for more. Lawmakers last spring passed a Clean Water Legacy, the framework
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SOUTHERN LP Lake St. Clair Muskie fishing has been good on Lake St. Clair. Anglers running perch off planer boards report good success off the Belle River Hump, and on the American side of the lake in 12 to 14 feet of water from the mouth of river down to the Nine Mile Tower. Bass
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