
Michigan’s turkey population a fine example of conservation at work
With more than 200,000 wild turkeys and an annual harvest of 30,000 birds, Michigan is one of the top states in the country for spring turkey hunting.
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With more than 200,000 wild turkeys and an annual harvest of 30,000 birds, Michigan is one of the top states in the country for spring turkey hunting.

Meanwhile, biologists throughout Lake Erie have been implanting acoustic transmitters in walleye to understand fish movements and how they relate to fishing effort and harvest.

Often organized by a handful of dedicated volunteers, these banquets raise money not only for the organization itself, but often to support funding for local programs and projects.

It’s the only weekend in which anyone 16-years-old or older doesn’t need to obtain a fishing license.

Two times in the last four years, hunters from the northern Pennsylvania camp have harvested 10 black bear.

Ice not completely gone, but enough of it has retreated and broken up to allow careful angler to search for perch while dodging icebergs.

Fish could face a potentially lethal problem in spillways at dams where increased nitrogen in the water can cause tissue-damaging gas bubble trauma.

The money comes from the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment approved by Minnesota voters in 2008.

It pits bait shops blocked from importing the minnows and fisheries managers who say the ban is a critical defense against fish disease and invasive carp.
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