He prefers the role of camp cook.
As we fish for lake trout, he’ll be mashing burgers and preparing them for the fire grate later that evening. Onion is the key, he’ll say. And a good bed of coals from a fire built with cedar collected in the surrounding forest.
“We need a glowing bed of coals,” he demands.
Duck hunters in Minnesota have an opportunity to take part
MN Daily Update: Attend the Minnesota Duck Summit March 27 and 28 Read More »
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Turkey Advisory Committee, composed of Wisconsin DNR staff and conservation partner organizations, met Feb. 9 to review more than 3,000 public responses to a questionnaire that was available in December.
“The whole goal of the public input process was to see if there were any potential management or regulatory action items that we need to add or modify in the next management plan,” said Taylor Finger, DNR game bird specialist.
Survey shows large majority of Wisconsin hunters are satisfied with turkey season Read More »
You are not likely to find anglers along the creek at School Springs Wetland. Cold, clear, and only a few inches deep, the water doesn’t fit the bill for the trophy trout, largemouth bass or muskies that bend rods across Illinois.
But this wetland, long serving as little more than a farm ditch, has found new life, thanks to restoration efforts from the McHenry County Conservation District. Something new lives in this stream.
Threatened fish re-introduced for first time in Illinois Read More »
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) intensified its deadly spread across Wisconsin’s farm country during 2025, with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) documenting a record 2,022 CWD cases in a record 41 counties for a record detection rate of 11.2%.
That marks the fourth straight increase in CWD detection rates, up from 10.3% in 2024, 9.1% in 2023, 8.7% in 2022 and 7.7% in 2021.
CWD rates set a record pace in Wisconsin’s farm country during 2025 Read More »
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently issued an update on the Hudson River’s Atlantic striped bass Juvenile Abundance Index (JAI) survey and ongoing collaborations on management of this important fishery.
DEC’s JAI determined poor reproductive success in the river for the third consecutive year.
Juvenile striped bass production still dropping in the Hudson River Read More »
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board recently approved a 2% hike
WI Daily Update: More bear harvest tags available for hunters in 2026 Read More »
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