
More public acres opened for fracking in Ohio
More than 15,000 acres of public park and wildlife land in eastern Ohio opened for oil and gas drilling (fracking) following action by the state Oil and Gas Land Management Commission on June 27.
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More than 15,000 acres of public park and wildlife land in eastern Ohio opened for oil and gas drilling (fracking) following action by the state Oil and Gas Land Management Commission on June 27.

Each spring, North Dakota Game and Fish Department staff count the number of male sharp-tailed grouse, greater prairie chickens and greater sage grouse dancing on breeding ground “leks,” while also tallying the number of male

Trout and smallmouth waters across southeast Minnesota are receding after a wave of storms dumped anywhere from six to 10 inches of rain ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend, leaving anglers high and dry

Researchers are studying Minnesota’s cold-water fish habitat to better understand how climate change and land use affect lakes and streams, with the goal of helping wildlife managers better protect those ecosystems.
The Protecting Cold

As Minnesota enters mid-July, the walleye harvest on Lake Mille Lacs has reached about 40% of this year’s quota, an increase from the same period last year.
Brian Nerbonne, regional fisheries manager with the

Jaret Stevens of Pioneer, Ohio, broke the state record for green sunfish on May 18. The trophy fish came from a farm pond in Williams County. Weighing 1.35 pounds, the sunfish measured 11.45 inches in

Scientists and wildlife biologists recently joined forces at The Nature Conservancy’s Emiquon Preserve to band juvenile black-crowned night herons, an important step in ongoing efforts to better understand and protect one of Illinois’ state-endangered bird

The state’s gray wolf population declined for the second consecutive year, according to new Wisconsin DNR estimates, adding fresh complexity to one of the state’s most polarizing wildlife management issues.
The DNR estimates Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Turkey Advisory Committee met June 22 and agreed to issue the same number of fall bonus, or leftover, turkey harvest authorizations as in 2025.
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