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February 23, 2026

Balancing wildlife and agriculture the topic at Pennsylvania town hall meeting

In a continuing joint effort to provide solutions to crop damage by deer, the state Department of Agriculture, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and Hunters Sharing the Harvest held a town hall meeting Feb. 11 at the Great American Outdoor Show.
During the session, officials from those organizations shared updates, including more opportunities for hunters, landowners, and farmers to work together.

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Wisconsin’s Hannah Stolz, sister of U.S. gold medalist Jordan Stolz, has talent of her own with taxidermy

Hannah Stolz of the town of Wayne, Wis., in Washington County was judged to have the best mount at the 2023 National Taxidermists Association Convention held July 20-23 in Sioux falls, S.D.
The convention had 103 competitors from 25 states who entered a total of 245 mounts in the competition. Those numbers were better than the 2022 convention that had 85 competitors and 189 mounts. Stolz’s mount of a grey crowned crane, a species native to Africa, received awards for Breakthrough Best of Show, Best Bird in the Masters and North American Champion.
Stolz has practiced taxidermy for seven years. She is basically self-taught.

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Iron County bear among oldest ever harvested in Michigan

A half-mount of an average-looking adult black bear was just added to the walls of Luckey’s Sport Shop in Iron River, Mich.
But the story behind that mount is far from average. The adult female bear shot by local resident Kevin Adams was 27 years old, making it one of the oldest bears bagged in Michigan during the past two decades.

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Robert Ford named manager for Ohio Division of Wildlife in northwest

Robert (Bob) Ford was recently appointed manager of the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife’s District Two in northwest Ohio.
A Guernsey County native, Ford’s appointment caps a 30-year career in the district that began soon after he graduated from Hocking College in 1995 with a degree in fish and wildlife management.

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Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission is monitoring ‘forever chemicals’ at hatchery

The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission is monitoring the fish produced at its state hatcheries for levels of forever chemicals, and the matter has caught the attention of state lawmakers.
During the Feb. 4 House Game and Fisheries Committee meeting with the agency’s Executive Director Tim Schaeffer, Rep. Dave Maloney, R-Berks, asked about the situation at the Benner Spring hatchery.
“I understand that there’s a tremendous concern, at least out at one of the hatcheries, with forever chemicals,” said Maloney.

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New assistant commissioner joins Minnesota DNR leadership

The Minnesota DNR has a new assistant commissioner as the current administration tackles its final year in charge of the 3,000-person agency.
Katie Smith, director of DNR’s ecological services division since 2021, moved up earlier this month to the commissioner’s office at 500 Lafayette Road in St. Paul to serve as one of three assistant commissioners. She replaces Shannon Lotthammer, who retired from the DNR on Feb. 2.

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