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June 13, 2025

Michigan DNR says Lake Erie walleyes in ‘sweet spot’

The walleye fishery in Lake Erie is in “excellent shape” and should continue to provide fantastic fishing for the foreseeable future. Perch fishing also remains strong and is expected to continue that trend. That’s the word from Jim Francis, the Michigan DNR Lake Erie Basin coordinator.
“We are still experiencing some of the best walleye fishing ever on Lake Erie,” Francis told Michigan Outdoor News.

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Student-athletes compete in largest youth trap shooting championship in Iowa

Athletes from 118 teams across Iowa converged on the Iowa State Trapshooting Homegrounds, north of Cedar Falls, from June 2-8, for the 2025 Scholastic Clay Target Program State Trap Shooting Championship. 
Nearly 3,000 athletes from fourth grade through high school shot more than 771,000 clay targets for the week, competing in three different competitions; singles trap, doubles trap, and handicap trap.

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Outdoor groups condemn Senate proposal to sell up to 3 million public acres across 11 western states

Outdoor organizations on Wednesday, June 11, rebuked a provision in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s reconciliation proposal that would mandate the sale of public land in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming under the pretense of providing more affordable housing. 
The proposal is led by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, chairman of the committee. 

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Iowa project will track juvenile movements of threatened turtle species

A central Iowa wetland is now home to 32 young Blanding’s turtles that were released Wednesday as part of a joint project to give the threatened species a jump on life. These hatchlings were part of four clutches that were incubated and hatched at Blank Park Zoo from gravid females found last summer at the wetland.
This project is a partnership between the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Blank Park Zoo and Iowa State University to better understand Blanding’s turtle’s habitat needs, and then incorporate that information into management practices.

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Fishing regulations to be relaxed at Iowa’s Cold Springs Lake

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will relax the fishing regulations at Cold Springs Lake starting June 15 to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish before the lake is chemically renovated as part of a plan to improve the quality of angling for years to come.
Anglers with a valid fishing license may harvest any size or number of largemouth bass, bluegill, redear sunfish, crappie, channel catfish, and all other fish species from Cold Springs Lake.

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