New York Fishing Report – January 19-26, 2024
Steelhead numbers have generally improved in the Lake Ontario tributaries thanks to recent high-water events.
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January 24, 2024
Minnesota’s statewide fishing report on Jan. 24, 2024
After cold snap, more vehicle options for anglers. A look at the Minnesota fishing report from across the state on Jan. 24, 2024.
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Minnesota DNR report shows wetland gains made during past 15 years
From 2006 to 2020, Minnesota saw a net gain of 43,000 acres of wetlands, most of which were emergent wetlands found in the past six years in agricultural areas that tend to show up after periods of higher precipitation.
That’s one of the key findings of the Wetland Status and Trends Monitoring Report released recently by the Minnesota DNR. The report, DNR officials say, suggests the state’s Wetland Conservation Act – a law enacted in 1991 requiring no net loss of wetlands – is serving its intended purpose.
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Goal for northeast Minnesota elk reintroduction is 2026
A vision turned plan to reintroduce elk to northeastern Minnesota has progressed for about a decade, and attendees at the DNR’s Roundtable last weekend were told the current goal is to begin moving elk – modest numbers at a time – beginning in February 2026.
The elk would come from the state’s only elk herds – three herds of varying sizes in northwestern Minnesota.
It’s a project jointly pursued by the state DNR and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The Red Lake Nation, too, has been involved in relocation discussions.
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WI Daily Update: Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame’s 2024 class announced
The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame recently announced its 2024
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Why are gray fox numbers dwindling in states like Illinois, Iowa? Studies aim to find out
How rare is it to see a gray fox in Illinois these days? The statewide survey that asks archery deer hunters to report sightings of bobcats, coyotes, red foxes and gray foxes during the bow season offers a surprising, yet not so surprising, answer.
Which is: very rare.
MN Daily Update: Partial drawdown of Clear Lake in Sibley County
The Minnesota DNR is planning a partial drawdown of Clear
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New York DEC’s summer camps registration begins March 24
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced that online registration for DEC’s 2024 Summer Camps program will open Sunday, March 24, at 1 p.m.
Now in its 77th year, the DEC Summer Camps program offers week-long adventures in conservation education for children ages 11-17.
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Will 2024 be the year you go electric on the water?
You don’t have to look too far into the past to find a time when anglers who wanted to move their boats quietly on the water either drifted with the wind or used paddles to propel them.
The advent of the electric trolling motor, and then its widespread use, changed that, providing anglers the opportunity to quietly power their boats from the bow or stern. Perhaps it all makes sense, then, that the next step in the evolution of watercraft is electric-powered boats.
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