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New York State acquiring Follensby Pond in the Adirondacks

Nature Page & Night Sky, New York, News /

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Feb. 13 announced an agreement with The Nature Conservancy to acquire more than 14,600 acres in the Adirondacks through two conservation easements and a research consortium initiative with New York State.
The agreement permanently protects the Follensby Pond watershed and habitat that is situated in Haudenosaunee and Abenaki homelands and served as the base of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Philosophers’ Camp.”

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Wisconsin’s Day, English lakes have unusual 28-inch muskie size limit

Lake Profile, Lake Profile, Wisconsin /

Day Lake and English Lake are two Wisconsin waters that carry an unusual muskie size limit in that anglers are encouraged to keep muskies longer than 28 inches. Both lakes are in Ashland County near the small town of Clam Lake. Four other 28-inch muskie lakes are also in the same area, Mineral, Potter, Spillerberg, and East Twin.

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New York DEC projects duck hunting season dates for 2024-27

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, New York, News /

Barring potential changes at the Federal level, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced duck hunting season dates for the 2024-2025 through 2026-2027 waterfowl hunting seasons.
To select the season dates in each zone that may work best for most hunters, DEC needed to understand what is important to hunters and pair those values with actual data on duck abundance, migration, and recent weather patterns.

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New York hunters, anglers, trappers get added flexibility for purchasing licenses

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced that beginning with the 2024-25 sporting license year, the paper used for state sporting licenses and carcass tags will change from special stock synthetic paper to plain paper.
Also, DEC will allow hunters, trappers, and anglers to print their licenses and tags from home, including carcass tags for deer, bear and wild turkeys.

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