Your daily Outdoor Update – June 16th – High Water Safety tips
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June 16, 2014
BWCAW camper and family vows: “We shall return.”
Learning from generals Washington and MacArthur, then letting common sense prevail outdoors so you can camp another day
Water temp is key to locating Great Lakes trout, salmon
If there’s one absolute about how water temperatures affect salmon movement in the Great Lakes, it’s that there is absolutely no magic formula for homing in on the hottest bite.
Revised recovery plan for the pallid sturgeon ready
Carbondale, Ill. — A recovery plan for the rare pallid sturgeon has been released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – and Southern Illinois University’s study of the fish along the Middle Mississippi River is getting recognized. The pallid sturgeon, a bottom-feeding fish considered to be a relic of the dinosaur era, was put
Michiganders supporting wolf hunt file their own list of signatures
Lansing, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan pro-hunting coalition on May 27 turned in 374,000 petition signatures to protect Michigan’s wolf hunt, proposing a law to override two November ballot issues intended to stop wolf hunting. Once the measure backed by Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management is certified – the group needs 258,000 valid signatures –
Lake Ontario chinook fishery looking solid again
Buffalo, N.Y. — Lake Ontario’s alewife numbers – a critical factor in growing large chinook salmon, the lake’s marquee fish – are looking good heading into 2014, according to DEC fisheries officials. Trophy-sized king salmon have become commonplace on Lake Ontario in recent years, and the alewife population is a big reason for that. “The larger
