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April 2026

Results from FFS study part of talkers at MN-Fish Summit in Alexandria

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Minnesota’s fishing advocacy organization, MN-FISH, hosted more than 230 people for its 2026 Angler’s Summit last Friday, April 17, with almost eight hours of programming.
It was an opportunity to celebrate fishing in the state, air concerns, learn about fisheries-related research, and discuss the role that anglers play in preserving the state’s fisheries.

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New amendments to deer season regulations get reviewed by Michigan NRC

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Proposed amendments made by Natural Resources Commission members at a meeting this month could dramatically change major modifications to the Michigan deer season that had already been recommended prior to the meeting.
It is now “wait and see” for the state’s hunters.

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Flood project dispute slows progress for conservation projects in Minnesota

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The Minnesota House Legacy Finance Committee failed to advance a funding bill for the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council on April 15 after lawmakers fell short of the required votes, delaying support for future conservation projects.
The committee took up HF3879, authored by Rep. Samantha Vang, DFL-Brooklyn Park, but the bill did not receive enough support to move to the House Ways and Means Committee and was laid over for possible inclusion in a future omnibus bill.

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Tom Venesky: Proposal for July 1 start to Pennsylvania’s ag tag deer season ‘ethically wrong’

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Commissioner Kristen Koppenhafer made a point that every ethical hunter should agree with, yet she was in the minority.
During the April 11 Pennsylvania Game Commission board meeting, an amendment was made to change the start of ag tag season from Aug. 1 to July 1. It was a horrendous idea from a conservation standpoint, and it could’ve erupted into a public relations nightmare for the sport of hunting in general.

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Know when to go quiet in the turkey woods

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I have loved spring turkey hunting ever since I started with my dad in upstate New York in 1975. It was all pretty new back then and we learned it together.
I can’t say that I have been consistently successful in bagging a bird, but I love being in the woods in the springtime. Turkey hunting led directly to bird watching. You don’t always encounter turkeys, but you always hear songbirds.

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Notes off a soiled cuff: Troubling genetics in Pennsylvania’s elk herd?

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At the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s April 10-11 meeting, Commissioner Dennis Fredericks, of Washington County, asked agency elk biologist Jeremy Banfield if he is concerned about a century of inbreeding affecting the elk herd, with no new genes coming in from other elk populations.
“Do you ever worry about genetic diversity?” Fredericks said. “I mean, 1,400 elk, year after year after year after year of breeding … are you concerned at all about it?”

Notes off a soiled cuff: Troubling genetics in Pennsylvania’s elk herd? Read More »

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