Staff report Albany — DEC’s Conservation Fund, the major budget source of the Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources, is facing a $7 million “structural deficit” that has officials scrambling for ways to generate additional revenues. Director of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources Gerald Barnhart said they’re currently looking at ways to address the …
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — DNR officials have “serious concerns” about a bill introduced in the Senate they say would strip the agency of much its ability to protect aquatic vegetation along lakeshore. The bill, authored by Sen. Gen Olson, R-Minnetrista, mandates the agency must grant all permit requests to control submerged
By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — Two conservation groups are clawing to gain recognition by the governor’s office in hopes of opening more land to hunting and trapping, and to then better manage that public land. This verbal battle has been playing out during the past month within the halls of the state Capitol as
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany — A series of bills geared toward lowering New York’s minimum big game hunting age of 16 has resurfaced in the state Assembly and Senate this year. Whether the proposals die a natural death in the legislative process as they have in the past remains to be seen. But there’s
BIG SIX LAKE MILLE LACS East – The Agate Bay area is producing perch in 30 feet of water. Jigging spoons and minnows have worked best. Walleye action is limited mainly to big fish on the mud and gravel areas in 26 to 30 feet. The best bite of the day continues to take place
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor St. Paul — Two key U.S. senators have introduced legislation that would extend a program that provides landowners’ tax benefits while conserving land. The voluntary land conservation initiative became more favorable to landowners last summer when the incentives increased greatly. Now, Sens. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, say
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison — Hunters, anglers, and anyone with interest in the outdoors will have their special “lobby” day at the state Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The free event is sponsored by the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters. It is meant to encourage people who care about the outdoors, natural resources, and
By Kevin Naze Correspondent Minneapolis — Calling them an “icon of wilderness,” Deputy Interior Secretary Lynn Scarlett said gray wolves have exceeded recovery goals in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountains. Scarlett, via a telephone news conference Jan. 29, announced the removal of Great Lakes’ wolves from the federal list of threatened and
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