More than 9,000 deer checked during Ohio’s two-day gun season
And opportunities to harvest more deer still await.
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December 19, 2016
Paying homage to the Minnesota sharp-tailed grouse
While upland bird hunting a WMA, the author finds peace, solitude, and conservation inspiration in the leks that sharpies inhabit.
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Southeast Wisconsin ice conditions quickly improving with cold weather
There is fishable ice, but use caution when venturing out
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Now is the time for Wisconsin sportsmen to review CWD committee’s progress on disease response plan
Online public comment on committee’s work open from from Dec. 20 through Jan. 3, 2017
Tracking a banded Canada goose on the Mississippi
As late migration winds down, birders and wildlife watchers can locate multiple species of waterfowl and raptors where open water still exists.
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Spill results in deaths of 25,000 aquatic animals
By Mary Motz Contributing Writer Bucyrus, Ohio — A July ammonia spill was responsible for a fish kill on the Little Scioto River, according to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and the Ohio DNR’s investigation into the event continues. DNR Division of Wildlife investigators tallied the deaths of about 25,000 fish and aquatic animals during
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Another exotic zooplankton found in Great Lakes
By John Hageman Contributing Writer Toledo, Ohio — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has confirmed the presence of another exotic species of zooplankton, called Thermocyclops crassus, in western Lake Erie. The EPA cites its significance as being the first invasive species detected in the Great Lakes since the bloody red shrimp was confirmed in 2006.
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Minnesota DNR announces CWD zone, deer-feeding ban
DNR Report St. Paul — The Minnesota DNR has announced it will focus actions to slow and perhaps eliminate the spread of chronic wasting disease in southeastern Minnesota within about a 10-mile radius of Preston and include a deer-feeding ban in the five adjoining area counties. “This 370-square-mile disease-management zone is the area of greatest
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