Session ends with lack of action
Staff Report
June 23, 2016
State lawmakers were poised to leave town last week at the close of a session that could only be called unproductive.
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Spring turkey kill up 11 percent
Larry Polenske
June 23, 2016
Spring turkey hunters killed 45,496 birds this year, according to preliminary information compiled by the DNR.
Slow year is good year on invasive carp front
Javier Serna
June 23, 2016
While the Minnesota DNR’s invasive carp-monitoring effort hasn’t found anything of note this spring, a pair of bighead carp have turned up on the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi River.
Electronics aren’t just for kids
Cory Yarmuth
June 22, 2016
Catching fish requires finding fish, and the author stresses the importance of electronics on his fishing boat — along with learning how to use those electronics
Oak Brook Trout Unlimited chapter continues effort to introduce state’s youth to trout
Ralph Loos
June 21, 2016
Thousands of Chicago students have learned about fish biology and conservation — as wells as lessons on fly fishing and environmental care
In June, a young man’s fancy turns to walleyes
Tom Pink
June 21, 2016
Walleyes move into shallow water in June and jig fishing can be easy and productive.
Time is Sporting Enemy #1 for hunting, fishing dads
Tyler Frantz
June 21, 2016
Finding time to enjoy the outdoors is Pennsylvania hunting and fishing’s greatest detractor
Careful release of little walleyes help them grow to be big walleyes on Lake Erie
Steve Pollick
June 21, 2016
Fish in the just-short range are plentiful on the big lake right now
Judge puts cormorant management on hold
Victor Skinner
June 16, 2016
A recent federal court ruling has vacated depredation orders for double-crested cormorants in 24 states, including authority to cull the birds in areas of Michigan where they’ve negatively impacted the environment and fish populations.
