By Bill Parker Editor Big Rapids, Mich. — By a split 3-3 vote, a proposal to limit the buck harvest in the Upper Peninsula failed to gain approval of the state Natural Resources Commission at its meeting earlier this month in Big Rapids. One commissioner, Gerald Hall (Argentine Township), was ill and did not attend […]
U.P. one-buck limit is shot down by NRC Read More »
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Minneapolis — The number of breeding mallards in Michigan declined this year, but that doesn’t reflect what’s happening in the rest of their range. The number of mallards on prairie breeding grounds, at about 7.3 million this year, is slightly above the count last year, and on par with the
Continental duck counts show increase over ’05 Read More »
Aug. 4: Save the Lakes Golf Tournament & Dinner. 11-9 p.m., Long Prairie Country Club. Tickets avail., Hub Supper Club, 320-285-4318. Aug. 10: Fergus Falls Fish & Game Club, Steak Fry Fundraiser, 5 p.m., Ottertail County Fairgrounds. For more info call Mike Rheault, 218-736-2581. Aug. 11: Elk River Goldeneyes DU Banquet, Blackwoods Restaurant , Otsego.
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DNR Report Mount Clemens, Mich. — The DNR has confirmed that viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), a virus that causes disease in fish but does not pose any threat to public health, is present in several fish species in Lake St. Clair. The virus also has been detected in fish in the past year in Lake
VHS virus confirmed in Lake St. Clair fish Read More »
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing — Gov. Jennifer Granholm last week signed a pair of bills that lessen the restrictions on youth hunters in Michigan. The bills are part of the Families Afield program, initiated by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance, and National Wild Turkey Federation in an effort to recruit
Youth hunting bills are signed into law Read More »
By Steve Pollick Contributing Writer Port Clinton, Ohio — The state’s three-year Lake Erie yellow perch racketeering investigation “raises serious questions about the future of commercial fishing on the lake,” Gov. Bob Taft said here on June 26. The governor stopped short of getting on board with the recently introduced House Bill 609, which proposes
Taft doesn’t endorse commerical buyouts Read More »
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Rochester, Minn. – Lack of water flow through Pool 5 of the Mississippi River has caused officials to at least temporarily abandon an attempt to draw down the pool, and most doubt the drawdown will resume. The pool was drawn down last year in an attempt to restore vegetation in
Low flow means no go for big river drawdown Read More »
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