Ever since, I’ve had an appreciation for their diversity. The body shapes, colors, feeding strategies, and life histories of panfish reflect not only their evolutionary history but also their more recent adaptation to North American lakes, rivers, and wetlands.
Panfish diversity and their ancestral roots Read More »
Citizens in Michigan are much more supportive of hunting and trapping than the general public in other states.
Fishing also gets an enthusiastic “thumbs up.” Yet oddly – or maybe not so oddly – nonsportsmen and women here tend to be more supportive of those particular outdoor activities than they are of the hunters, trappers and anglers who participate in them.
Survey shows that folks in Michigan favor hunting more than they do hunters Read More »
Across the Midwest, conservation has long rested on a careful balance between public oversight, science-based wildlife management, and the principle that fish and wildlife are held in trust for all citizens.
Illinois Senate Bill 2924, Indiana House Bill 1003, and Michigan House Bill 4445 each undermine that balance in different ways. Taken together, they represent a broader shift away from conservation as a public good and toward deregulation, political convenience, and private advantage.
About 10 years ago, the Louisiana Department Wildlife and Fisheries sent an April Fool’s email to stakeholders announcing a new sportsman’s group. Called ‘The Black Surface Society’, the goal of the society was to pave over most of the wetlands north of I-10 (and drain the rest). The reason was to encourage ducks to fly past the rest of the Mississippi Flyway during the fall migration.
To the department’s surprise, it was inundated with calls from constituents who wanted to join.
Commentary: Warmer winters delaying duck migration Read More »
The rapid expansion of data centers is one of the least visible but fastest-growing land-use changes associated with the quickly advancing digital economy.
Not surprisingly, advocates frame centers as clean infrastructure. Left unmentioned is that they are anything but green. Left unchecked by the conservation community, centers will have significant effects on fish and wildlife.
Commentary: Conservation needs a voice in the data centers conversations Read More »
Hunting, trapping, and angling have a diversity problem. Not the kind you’re probably thinking but the sort on the bumper stickers I used to see as a kid: “You Bet Your Dupa I’m Polish.”
Ask any hunter, angler, or trapper how they see themselves, and the response is rarely generic. Chances are they’ll self-identify as deer hunters, fly-fishers, waterfowlers, beaver trappers, grouse hunters, or predator callers. I suspect you get the drift.
Concerns over the effects of spent lead ammunition prompted federal resource agencies in the United States and Canada to phase in a ban on lead shot shell ammo for waterfowl hunting starting in 1987. Now, the focus is shifting towards the effects of spent lead centerfire ammunition. Wildlife veterinarians, bird advocacy organizations, animal rights activists, and even some wildlife biologists assert that it’s “common knowledge” that lead is bad from a population perspective.
One might ask: What’s the evidence?
Commentary: What does science say about population effects of lead in wildlife? Read More »
From a wildlife perspective, management of chronic wasting disease (CWD) boils down to prevention, surveillance, and suppression. Eradication is unrealistic, just as it is for other wildlife diseases.
Most likely, CWD eventually will spread to most (if not all) cervid populations and drive changes to the size and age composition of herds. Said another way, the disease is going to do whatever it “wants” to do regardless of natural resource agency interventions. Luckily, minimizing human exposures to CWD is more manageable.
Russ Mason: Privatization of CWD testing could help minimize human exposure, save money Read More »
Health experts advise archers and other hunters to be extra vigilant for ticks this year, with the lone star tick (a female lone star is pictured at right) expanding into Michigan and other northern states. Photos by Adobe and Graham Hickling/University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Lone star tick expanding its range; here’s what hunters should know Read More »
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