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Pennsylvania Fish & Boat doles out grants for 19 educational projects

The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission has awarded $203,527 in grant funding to support 19 education projects in 17 counties that foster interest in fishing and boating in Pennsylvania through its R3 (recruitment, retention, and reactivation) Education Grant Program. 

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Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners change regs on six waters, add to list of protected wild trout streams

Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners, at their quarterly meeting July 22, approved regulations changes for six waters and added many miles to the list of protected wild trout streams.

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Boat from Lake Erie walleye scandal fetches $96,288.50 at auction

The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife said that the fishing boat seized from Chase Cominsky, 37, of Hermitage, Pa., was sold through an online auction on July 23.
Cominsky and Jacob Runyan, 44, of Ashtabula, Ohio, were convicted in May 2023 of felony cheating and misdemeanor animal ownership charges for cheating in a Lake Erie walleye tournament. The forfeited boat, a 22-foot Ranger, was sold in an online auction that closed on July 23.

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Grants available for restoration projects in the Great Lakes Basin

The USDA Forest Service Eastern Region is announcing two requests for applications for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative projects.
Through an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service anticipates that up to $6.2 million will be available for reforestation, ecosystem restoration and forest health improvements on non-federal lands in the Great Lakes basin of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. 

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New name in the south: Largemouth bass become ‘Florida’ bass

Genetics studies have confirmed what many anglers and biologists have believed for a long time: Florida bass are unique. And now, Florida’s most popular freshwater game fish has a new name.
The American Fisheries Society has established the Florida bass as a separate species from largemouth bass.

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Minnesota Mixed Bag: Bear hunters reminded to buy licenses, check regulations

Bear hunters who entered the lottery for bear-hunting licenses should watch their mail to see if they were selected for a license. The Minnesota DNR has mailed postcards to lottery winners.
Hunters may also look on the DNR’s website to see if they were selected. The deadline to purchase a lottery bear license is Thursday, Aug. 1. Unsold lottery-awarded licenses will be available at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 6, to any eligible person.

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Illinois Mixed Bag: Contact with raccoons blamed for illness

DNR and the Illinois Department of Public Health are working with public health authorities in Rock Island and Iowa to investigate an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis, a gastrointestinal disease, in persons helping at a Rock Island County wildlife rehabilitation facility.

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