March 26, 2024

Iowa’s Prairie Chicken Festival is April 6

Featured, Iowa, Nature Page & Night Sky, News / DNR Report

The unique courtship of Iowa’s prairie chickens will be on full display at Iowa’s Kellerton Grasslands Bird Conservation Area on April 6, during the annual Prairie Chicken Festival, in Ringgold County.
The festival will be held at the Kellerton viewing platform, two miles west and one mile south of Kellerton. There is ample parking and the viewing platform is accessible for those with limited mobility.

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Iowa DNR investigates tree and fire vandalism at Big Creek State Park

Featured, Iowa, Nature Page & Night Sky, News / DNR Report

On March 15 around 10:30 p.m. several local law enforcement agencies were called to Big Creek State Park to extinguish an illegal bonfire at the east boat ramp, which was allegedly set by a party of youths. When officials arrived on scene, the youths dispersed. No arrests have been made.

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Minnesota’s statewide fishing report on March 26, 2024

Fishing Reports, Fishing Reports, Minnesota / Staff Report

Return to winter-like weather puts fishing on hold. A look at the Minnesota fishing report from across the state on March 26, 2024.

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Minnesota’s Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council approves $12.1 million for Mississippi River carp barrier

Featured, Featured, Fishing, Fishing, Home Page News, Minnesota, National Fishing, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News, News, Wisconsin / Brian Mozey

The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council on Tuesday approved a motion to fund a carp barrier on the Mississippi River. Dollars were available for the project based on the February 2024 budget forecast, which showed an additional $12.1 million in the Outdoor Heritage Fund.

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Boardman Lake in Michigan’s Grand Traverse County is in transition – but still producing fish

Lake Profile, Lake Profile, Michigan / Bill Parker

The DNR conducted a Status of the Fishery Survey of Boardman Lake in 2021. That survey included a habitat assessment of the shoreline and documented three large docks, 15 small docks, and 49 home sites around the lake.

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Michigan’s Outdoor Calendar

Calendar, Michigan / Staff Report

A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Michigan published in the March 29, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.

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Michigan Cuffs & Collars: Missing angler found deceased on Pere Marquette River

Cuffs & Collars, Michigan / Staff Report

Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from Michigan DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the March 29, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

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Tom Venesky: Trespassing bill in Pennsylvania would restore private property rights as it pertains to retrieving hunting dogs

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, Opinion, Pennsylvania / Tom Venesky

A bill recently introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate addresses the issue of trespassing and even includes dogs in the mix.
But will it be more bark than bite? Senate Bill 1087 was drafted by Sens. Greg Rothman and Elder Vogel as part of a package of crop-damage bills. It establishes stronger penalties for trespassing on private property while hunting or furtaking.

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Walleye eggs collected in Michigan’s Muskegon River

Fishing, Michigan, News / DNR Report

Muskegon River anglers should be on the lookout for Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel collecting walleye eggs below Croton Dam this spring. Collections with electrofishing boats will conclude by April 12.

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Minnesota’s statewide fishing report on March 26, 2024

Minnesota’s Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council approves $12.1 million for Mississippi River carp barrier

Boardman Lake in Michigan’s Grand Traverse County is in transition – but still producing fish

Michigan’s Outdoor Calendar

Michigan Cuffs & Collars: Missing angler found deceased on Pere Marquette River

Tom Venesky: Trespassing bill in Pennsylvania would restore private property rights as it pertains to retrieving hunting dogs

Walleye eggs collected in Michigan’s Muskegon River

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