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March 8, 2024

‘Pretty good’ spring season expected for Michigan hunters with turkey numbers holding steady

Michigan turkey hunters can expect a spring hunting season very similar to last year according to DNR Turkey Specialist Adam Bump.

Although the Department of Natural Resources’ 2023 turkey harvest report was not yet available at press time, Bump said he didn’t expect much of a change in the harvest or hunter participation than that of the 2022 season. In 2022, 76,547 spring turkey hunters combined to kill as estimated 32,461 bearded turkeys for a 42% success rate  according to the DNR’s report from that season.

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Michigan man convicted in murder of Rose Lake State Park hunter from 2018 shooting

A jury convicted a mid-Michigan man of second-degree murder and a weapons charge  late last month in the fatal 2018 shooting of a Lansing-area hunter.
The Clinton County jury found Thomas Olson, 35, of Grand Blanc guilty in the slaying of Chong Moua Yang, 68, at Rose Lake State Park in Bath Township, northeast of Lansing, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced.

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Bill Hilts, Jr.: New York’s Erie Canal System is a fishing secret

In 2025, the Erie Canal will be celebrating a milestone of historic significance. It will be the 200th Anniversary of the continuous operation of “Clinton’s Ditch,” a manmade marvel in its day that focused initially on commercial transportation operations.
It has become a different kind of outdoor wonder today.  The Erie Canal is now a recreational byway that transects New York State from Buffalo to Albany for 363 miles, with a special attention on historical tourism, boating, and, yes, even fishing. 

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New report notes pollution concern in Ohio River basin

Toxic pollution. Sewage contamination. Flooding. These are some of the concerns people in the 14-state Ohio River region have about local waters, according to a new report, released in mid-February by the Ohio River Basin Alliance and the National Wildlife Federation (NWF).
The report’s findings stem from 31 community listening sessions held in 2022 and 2023 for residents in the 14-state Ohio River Basin that includes Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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Disease Surveillance Area in north-central Ohio likely to expand into Allen County

Proposed modifications to rules governing the area of north-central Ohio where chronic wasting disease (CWD) is prevalent are “process oriented,” according to Mike Reynolds, administrator of wildlife management for the Ohio Division of Wildlife.
Four proposed rule modifications will allow the division to more easily add territory to the current Disease Surveillance Area (DSA) and simplify life for hunters who kill deer there, Reynolds added.

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