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State College, Pa. — Pennsylvania remains one of the leading states for cases of Lyme disease. Here are the top 10 things you need to know about ticks that spread it, according to one company that makes repellants: 10. Ticks crawl up – they don’t jump, fly or drop from trees onto your head and

Grand Rapids, Mich. — It’s no secret that Michigan has come through one of its coldest and harshest winters in a long time and that it took its toll on the U.P. whitetail herd. The Michigan DNR also released warnings in June alerting anglers to the possibility of finding fish kills on U.P. waters –

Ashley, Ohio — Barn owls are doing better in Ohio. After peaking in the 1930s, only 20 of their nests could be found by the late ‘80s. Two years ago, the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife counted 100 nests – it has put up 400 barn owl nest boxes since 1989. Now, with a Citizen

Windom, Minn. — Quite quietly, actually, and without the usual drama and controversy associated with such things, an electric Asian carp barrier has gone on-line in southwestern Minnesota, DNR officials say. Its significance, they add, is the blocking of invasive fish that might be swimming in the Little Sioux River watershed from getting into the