Michigan DNR: It’s a family thing
Michigan DNR
April 10, 2017
The agency has plenty of second- and even third-generation representatives of families who have followed the family tradition.
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In North Dakota, touting habitat projects designed for wildlife
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
April 10, 2017
Over a 10-year period, approximately $19 million in federal funds from the Farm Service Agency will be used to provide annual rental, incentive and cost-share payments for filter strips, riparian buffers, or pollinator and honeybee
Talking Saginaw Bay walleyes with Hall of Fame angler Mark Martin
Michigan DNR
April 10, 2017
The class will take the novice angler through rod and reel selection, rigging and presentation techniques, and natural history tips about walleye in Saginaw Bay.
In New Jersey, precautions for potential encounters with black bears
Staff and News Reports
April 10, 2017
Black bears have been sighted in all 21 counties, but their population is densest in the northwestern part of the state, including Sussex, Warren, Passaic and Morris counties.
Results of 7-year catch-and-release trout study on Vermont’s Dog River set to be unveiled
Associated Press
April 10, 2017
In response to trout decline, Fish and Wildlife implemented an experimental catch-and-release or “no-kill” restriction for the lower eight miles of the river. Adult anglers were also restricted to artificial flies and lures.
South Dakota limiting access to ‘private’ lakes
Associated Press
April 10, 2017
March decision that neither outdoors enthusiasts nor private landowners have the right to the water has reintroduced uncertainty into an already complex problem of how South Dakota’s non-meandered lakes should be used.
Wisconsin birch trees being axed by thieves
Associated Press
April 10, 2017
Cutting the trees down negatively affects the environment — those trees are home to a variety of species, and many animals use the bark as nesting material, forest ecologist says.
With Wisconsin DNR magazine on cutting block, subscribers lash out
Associated Press
April 10, 2017
Even though it is sustained entirely by subscribers, Gov. Walker’s proposed budget would end it next February. Governor argues that the state shouldn’t be in the publishing business and that the DNR can reach more
Sturgeon research begins on South Dakota lake
Associated Press
April 10, 2017
Getting a good idea of just how well shovelnose sturgeon are faring in Lake Sharpe is one of study’s goals.
