By Bill Parker Editor Lansing – Sam Washington has resigned as executive director of the Michigan United Conservation Clubs, the state’s largest conservation organization, effective Feb. 16. ‘I just felt it was time to move on,’ Washington told Michigan Outdoor News in a phone interview. ‘I’ve had other offers to do some other things in […]
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By Deborah Weisberg Contributing Writer Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission is about to find out if a costly new system for filtering fish waste shows promise in helping hatchery water meet state environmental standards. It may be the first return in the agency’s $23.5 million effort to modernize 10 of its 14
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Frigid temperatures put much of the state into the deep freeze in recent weeks, and afforded anglers late-season ice-fishing opportunities on most lakes. The Allegheny River in western Pennsylvania froze for the first time in almost a decade, shutting down walleye fishing. Anglers are reminded to exercise extreme caution when venturing onto ice. For safety
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By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – Dedicated funding’s push through the Legislature took another step forward Monday, when it passed out of its second Senate committee. Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller’s bill, SF 6, left the State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Committee virtually unscathed, though changes were made to the council
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By Mike Moore Editor Put-In-Bay, Ohio – Bucking a warm weather trend over the past couple of years, winter is shaping up to be what it’s supposed to look like in Ohio. For the Buckeye State’s cold weather anglers, that means there’s fair opportunity out there for some ice-fishing. Ice guides around South Bass and
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By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – Arguing the DNR decided in an arbitrary manner to deny a petition to start a process to make alternative shoreland standards mandatory, the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy filed suit last week against the agency. As part of a five-county project to develop updated shoreland standards, a
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If you’ve been fishing in the Buckeye State in the past couple of weeks, it’s been of the ice-fishing variety. Now, it’s just a question of how long good ice is going to last with some guides predicting a mid-March thaw that will again open up portions of Lake Erie and inland waterways around the
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Editor’s note: Anglers are urged to use extreme caution. Always test the ice as you go since lakes can freeze unevenly. Wear a life jacket and carry ice picks. Beware of potential thin ice around river mouths, currents, springs, and docks SOUTHERN LOWER St. Joseph Area Boat anglers on the St. Joseph River are catching
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