DNR Report Columbus – There is no greater tradition in Ohio hunting circles than the week long firearm season for deer. This year’s season is Nov. 30 to Dec. 6 statewide. Hunting should be best in southeast and southwest Ohio where liberal bag limits have helped reduce the population of antlerless deer. Again this year, …
Traverse City, Mich. (AP) – Michigan’s program that shields bogs, marshes, swamps, and other wetlands from overdevelopment remains on shaky ground even after surviving the most serious challenge in its 30-year history. Eight months after Gov. Jennifer Granholm called for handing over protection of Michigan’s wetlands to the federal government as a cost-cutting measure, she
St. Paul – It’s hard to say what the weather will be like for the opening of the firearms deer season on Saturday, but this much is clear: Hunters who hunt in agricultural areas can expect to encounter more corn than usual. As of earlier this week, just 12 percent of the state’s corn had
St. Paul – The Minnesota Board of Animal Health last week announced depopulation testing of an elk herd in Olmsted County had been completed. Three more elk from the herd of 558 tested positive for chronic wasting disease. In January, a cow elk from the herd tested positive for the disease, prompting the depopulation of
Ortonville, Minn. – After 30-some years of working for DNR Fisheries, Norm Haukos is refining a new skill this fall: freeing department vehicles lodged in mud. “I’ve never had a year when we’ve had to pull out more trucks,” said Haukos, the DNR Fisheries supervisor in Ortonville. The trucks to which he refers are used
St. Paul – Pheasant and duck population surveys earlier this year showed numbers of both species had dropped since 2008. So far this year, the number of hunters targeting them also has dropped. As of last week, duck stamp sales were down about 6 percent from last year; pheasant stamp sales were down 12 percent;
Harrisburg – If critics have their way, the folks who process pink envelopes will instead be handed pink slips when it comes to issuing doe tags.
Harrisburg – Jay Delaney wants to take an idea that seems to have worked and expand it.
Lansing – Most outdoor groups agree that merging the Michigan DEQ with the DNR makes sense, given the current economic conditions and inherent overlap between the agencies. But some believe Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s executive order to do so will distance outdoorsmen from the resources policies that affects them. “We want to stress we do support
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