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April 2026

Center of Science and Industry in Columbus educates public on state’s watersheds

Featured, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News, Ohio /

Adults and children of all ages can learn the importance of maintaining pollution-free rivers and streams in Ohio and elsewhere from a new interactive exhibit at the Center of Science and Industry (COSI) in Columbus.
Project: Ripple Effect opened April 3 with a ribbon cutting by COSI President and CEO Frederic Bertley, Ph.D, and Mary Mertz, director of the Ohio DNR (ODNR).

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Here’s what not to forget on the walleye opener

Featured, Features, Fishing, Gear & Gadgets, Home Page News, Minnesota, National Fishing /

Opening day of the walleye season in Minnesota – Saturday May 9, 2026 – is an important day for anglers who have been craving the opportunity to get into a boat on open water and chase some of this state’s favorite fish, the walleye.
Because it is a significant day there are many things you should never forget on the Minnesota opener.

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Sharpshooting program suspended by Illinois DNR after three counties added to CWD list

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, Illinois, National Hunting, National News, News /

Three new counties have confirmed cases of CWD in deer, pushing the Illinois DNR to upend its unpopular sharpshooting program and once again refocus its approach to managing the expanding disease.
Effingham, Scott, and Stark join 25 other counties in the state with at least one confirmed case. More alarming, Effingham and Scott counties follow Adams County as having the first documented cases outside of the CWD “hot zone” – formally known as the  northern Illinois CWD endemic region.

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Alaska-based soldiers injured in encounter with brown bear during training exercise

National News, Nature Page & Night Sky /

Two U.S. Army soldiers have been injured after encountering a brown bear in a mountainous training area in Anchorage, the military said Friday, April 17.
The incident happened Thursday as the soldiers were participating in a “land navigation training event” in Arctic Valley, part of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s training area.

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Minnesota DNR to host public meeting for Mille Lacs fisheries management

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Minnesota, National Fishing, National News, News /

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resource invites anyone interested in fisheries management of Lake Mille Lacs to an informational meeting on the Thursday evening before fishing opener.
The in-person meeting is scheduled to discuss the status of the fishery, background on the creel survey program and 2026 results, species population modeling, and the process of setting regulations.

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89-year-old Michigan hunting and fishing group may shut doors soon

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Hunting, Michigan, National Fishing, National Hunting, National News, News /

If Michigan United Conservation Clubs doesn’t raise $100,000 by May 1, “we will be forced to close our doors,” President Stephen Dey said in an email sent to members and supporters Monday.
According to Dey, it’s been a long time coming. “Over the last 20-plus years, we’ve been selling all of our major assets to operate on,” he told Bridge Michigan on Tuesday, April 21.

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Push is on for Erie County to opt-in on New York’s pilot youth hunting program

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, New York, News /

Sportsmen and women from Erie County turned out in solid numbers on Wednesday, April 22, when the Erie County Legislature called a public hearing on a local county law that would allow 12- and 13-year-old junior hunters to pursue deer with a firearm while accompanied by a fully licensed adult, as part of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Pilot Junior Hunting program.
Jack Coad, president of the Erie County Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, had been urging sportsmen to attend the public hearing on this issue since April 16 when it was first announced.

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Mike Raykovicz: Leased land a contributing factor to the decline in hunting license sales

Blogs, Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, New York, Opinion /

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting excited about New York’s upcoming turkey season.
Things are getting harder, though. Like many others I know I’m feeling the pressure of being shut out of some great hunting spots. A few years back, I was politely told one of the Tioga County farms I hunted for years was now leased to a hunting club.

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