Columbus (AP) – The Ohio Senate wants to allow drilling for oil and natural gas in state parks to help pay for maintenance costs as part of the two-year state budget plan. The Republican-controlled Senate introduced the proposal last week among revisions to the budget plan. The Senate Finance Committee voted 9-4 along party lines […]
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Marquette, Mich. – Wildlife officials and deer hunters breathed a sigh of relief as it became certain the end of winter would come early in the western Upper Peninsula. An early onset of winter, below average temperatures, and above average snowfall – combined with a severe winter in 2008 – had much of the Upper
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Lake Erie, Presque Isle Bay – Exceptional catches of smallmouth and largemouth bass were released in both the bay and main lake in early June. Paul Cromling of Floreffe caught a 9-pound walleye in Ohio waters last month. Allegheny River (Warren County) – Walleyes, muskies, northern pike, trout, and smallmouths were hitting in the river
St. Marys – An Ohio DNR project to stock Grand Lake St. Marys with a new generation of sport fish culminated with the release of 23,000 sterile (triploid) saugeye fingerlings on May 29. A saugeye is a cross between a female walleye and a male sauger. The release marked a “first” for the Ohio DNR’s
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Lake Hope (Vinton County) – Located in the Zaleski State Forest region, this scenic lake can be fished from both shore and boat. There is shoreline and boat access near the picnic and shelter areas. Both bluegills and crappies can be caught on minnows or worms. Late evening fishing for channel catfish should be done
Editor Harrisburg – A list of 50 state parks that may close as a result of cuts contained in the $27.3 billion budget bill recently approved by the Senate was unveiled by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, fueling a budget battle between Gov. Ed Rendell and the Republican-controlled body.
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Washington Court House, Ohio – A former regional director of the National Wild Turkey Federation was sentenced to 10 months in prison June 2 for the embezzlement of $72,951. Walter E. Ingram, 48, of Washington Court House, Ohio, pleaded guilty April 2 in Fayette County Common Pleas Court to one count of felony theft of
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Midland, Mich. – Michigan black bear managers have a clearer idea where they’re going – and to a large degree, they’ve been headed in that direction already. At the June meeting of the Natural Resources Commission, which oversees the Department of Natural Resources, DNR Director Rebecca Humphries signed a new Bear Management Plan, updating one
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Wallenpaupack Lake (Pike County) – Hybrid striped bass and true stripers were hitting near shore on stickbaits in early June. Lynn Urban caught a 15-pound striper on a Rippling Redfin. Bomber Long-As also were working. A great walleye bite was reported on Rapala X-raps. Shohola Lake – Crappies were hitting in the coves for anglers
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