February 25, 2015

Chicago — Asian carp DNA in the Chicago River does not worry DNR like it used to. They are looking for the entire fish and so far they have been mostly unsuccessful. When the “eDNA” of Asian carp, or DNA found in the water and not on the fish, started showing up near downtown Chicago

Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for 2016 seeks what it calls a $50 million “modest reduction” in a multi-year program to clean up the Great Lakes. The president’s spending plan requests $250 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, down from $300 million appropriated for this year. The program focuses

Montpelier, Vt. — Neighboring Vermont is poised to prohibit the use of deer urine-based attractants by the 2016 hunting season, and to allow crossbows within the state’s archery season this fall. The proposed changes to Vermont deer hunting regulations received an initial vote by the state’s Fish and Wildlife Board last month. A series of

Thunder Bay, Ontario — Hunters are not happy with plans to shorten the moose season in northern Ontario. In response to a declining moose herd, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has proposed creating a two-week hunting season this fall in which both adult and calves could be killed. After that two-week period, only adults