July 28, 2014

Bemidji, Minn. — The discovery in late June of zebra mussels in a Detroit Lakes area lake will, by extension, affect the places where the DNR stocks muskies from a particular rearing pond this fall. But, officials say, dealing with the ramifications of aquatic invasive species discoveries long has played a role in where fish

Madison — State fisheries biologists are revising the long-term fisheries management plan for Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan waters and invite the public to provide input during a second round of review. The new plan will guide Lake Michigan  management the next 10 years. “We listened to what the public said during an initial input session and

Washington — It wasn’t the first and it likely won’t be the last piece of legislation swept away by the current that is election-year politics in our nation’s Capitol. But still, conservation groups expressed disappointment along with disgust in mid-July when the Senate effectively killed the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2014, a measure sponsored by

Traverse City, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is teaming with businesses, nonprofits and others on a five-year, $2.4 billion program that will fund locally designed soil and water conservation projects nationwide, Secretary Tom Vilsack said last month. Authorized by the new farm law enacted earlier this year, the Regional Conservation Partnership Program