Growing gun popularity causing FOID backlogs
Good news: More people in the state have apparently become gun-friendly.
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Ice mostly soft, but some perch are being pulled from holes
The fishing and hunting report is compiled using reports from conservation officers, hunting guides and fishing guides. North Lake Michigan: According to fishing correspondent Cory Yarmuth, the harbors have ice but caution should be used if you head out. Most fishermen have been fishing from the docks instead of walking out onto the ice. There
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No ‘hole sitting’ at high school fishing finals
The Illinois High School Association’s popular bass fishing program continues to grow.
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Lead-vs.-eagles stories miss the habitat factor
The deer seasons have been over now in most parts of the country for a month or so and now we have to put up with articles popping up all over about eagles dying from lead poisoning due to these majestic birds swallowing bullets as they feast on the old gut piles. There are a
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Hunting license sales stable
Hunting license sales in New York were relatively stable in 2011, although a regulations change did boost sales of junior archery licenses.
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Topsy turvy weather stalls ice fishing in most of state
Western New York Lake Ontario and tributaries: There was no hard-water action going on locally at last check, and the Second Annual Wilson Ice Fishing Derby was postponed until next year. As far as streams flowing into Lake Ontario, Eighteen Mile Creek is still your best bet. There was good water flow and the color
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More ECO salary shifts onto Conservation Fund
Just weeks after shifting the salaries of 20 environmental conservation officers onto the state’s Conservation Fund, budget officials have moved 65 more ECOs over to the same account – one that’s composed primarily of sporting license fee revenues.
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A last shot to comment on deer plan
DEC’s five-year deer management plan has been finalized, but the document contains some regulations changes that need to go through the state’s formal rulemaking process.
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Seize the opportunity: Separate the basins
With an engineering background, I can well understand the axiom that goes “it seemed like a good idea at the time.” After all, the construction of the 363-mile-long Erie Canal was a marvel of 19th Century ingenuity. As was the building of the massive dam works along both the Columbia and Colorado rivers during the
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