The Minnesota House of Representatives voted April 27 to remove the sunset on crossbow use, allowing them to remain legal during archery season statewide.
The bill, SF1251, passed 133-0 with bipartisan support. It was presented
Legislation aimed to curb work by cormorants to damage fish populations in the Great Lakes has been filed by a Michigan congressman.
Rep. Tim Walberg, R-5th, introduced the Responsible Cormorant Management and Control Act
There might still be some ice floating around on Saturday’s start to the walleye season, but you’ll be opening somewhere along the Canadian border to encounter it.
Even where ice was hanging on early
Michigan United Conservation Clubs is pausing its youth camp and magazines while dealing with financial issues.
“It’s tight right now,” said board President Stephen Dey. In a fundraising email sent in late winter, his
Several key changes to Michigan’s elk hunt are in play as the 2026-27 season application period moves forward.
DNR began accepting those applications May 1, just three weeks after the Michigan Natural Resources Commission
During April, there is a predictable shift in the fish species present in the Sandusky, Maumee, and other northwest Ohio rivers.
With the record amount of rain in northwest Ohio this spring, those rivers
On May 10, the Ohio River Way will launch its most ambitious challenge to date. Over 23 days, a volunteer crew of paddlers will paddle 488 miles from Huntington, West Virginia, to Evansville, Indiana.
The Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife awarded 10,127 Fish Ohio pins to anglers who reeled in trophy fish among 26 different species in 2025.
Well-known fisheries such as Lake Erie, Alum Creek Lake, Buckeye
May, 2026 is a busy month for Earth’s only natural satellite. Following a full moon on May 1, another one squeezes in at the end of the month. Because it is the second in the
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