After years of speculation, the 2026 spring and early summer smallmouth bass season on Green Bay waters is catch-and-release only for the first time ever.
A controversial change that came about after years of
Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved an emergency order allowing anglers to harvest more round gobies from Lake Winnebago at the board’s May 27 meeting.
Kari Lee-Zimmermann, fisheries regulations and policy specialist for the
Wisconsin’s elk herd is expected to total more than 600 animals this spring, and the fall hunt includes new subunits in the hunting zones.
The Natural Resources Board (NRB) received the update on the
New York State’s commitment to conserving 30% of its lands and waters by 2030 is getting closer to fruition.
With the recent release of the final 30×30 Strategies and Methodology, the New York State
Junior hunters age 12 and 13 years old can now legally hunt deer with firearms and crossbows in New York’s Erie County after the Erie County Legislature overrode County Executive Mark Poloncarz’s veto of the
Fisheries biologists for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were collecting paddlefish for a study this spring when a large and rare fish for Nebraska showed up in the net.
A 70-pound lake sturgeon
Due to continued dry conditions and wildfire danger conditions, the Superior National Forest is issuing an Emergency Forest Order for campfire restrictions effective June 6, 2026 at 12:01 a.m. within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center and The Nature Conservancy have announced a conservation easement that will permanently protect 928 acres of forest, lakes and streams along Minnesota’s North Shore.
The protected land has high-quality
Three fawns were caught on camera at the same time in the summer of 2025 during ongoing research in northeast Minnesota designed to learn more about deer densities in areas of old growth forest.
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