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July 2, 2012

Drunk boaters arrested during sweep

Operation Dry Water, a nationwide crackdown on drunk boaters, resulted in 11 arrests on state waterways during the weekend of June 22-24, according to the Ohio DNR’s watercraft division. Watercraft officers also issued 85 citations for other alcohol and boating violations during the weekend, including nine drug-related violations. Ironically, watercraft officers investigated two alcohol-related incidents, […]

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Nature at Night

A decade or so ago, my older sister and I would band together to fight our impending bedtime with television programming from “Nick at Nite,” broadcasted after 8 p.m. on the Nickelodeon channel. “Nick at Nite” featured old sitcoms such as “Gilligan’s Island,” “Happy Days,” “I Love Lucy” and “The Brady Bunch.” Classics. While I

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Boat limits: Let's make the rule comply with the practice

When the Ohio Wildlife Council considers rescinding the controversial, questionable new rule requiring that a skin-patch be left on fish fillets for identification, it instead should consider fashioning one that makes legal the widespread practice of keeping boat limits. As it stands now, for example, a daily summertime limit of six Lake Erie walleye is

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New law give Fish & Boat Commission needed licensing flexibility

Recently, the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission was given the green light to get creative. Senate Bill 1049 was signed into law by Gov. Corbett. The legislation gives the agency the ability to issue multi-year licenses, group licenses (family, for example)and even offer promotional discounts. It’s not yet known what exactly the commission’s board will

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