Ohio’s 2025-26 deer hunters ‘successful as they’ve ever been’ outside of areas impacted by EHD
Jeff Frischkorn
February 24, 2026
Athens, Ohio — The conclusion of Ohio’s 2025-2026 needs to include an asterisk.
National News
Conestoga named River of Year in Pennsylvania’s annual contest
Deborah Weisberg
February 24, 2026
The Conestoga River is Pennsylvania’s 2026 River of the Year, the result of statewide voting in an annual competition sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
The 61-mile waterway flowing through
Minnesota DNR adds new catch-and-release bass season as part of 2026 regulation changes
DNR Report
February 23, 2026
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ fishing regulations for 2026 include a new catch-and-release season that makes fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass open all year on inland waters.
These changes for bass fishing
Faster action is sought for lead-tainted Blue Hole Creek in Pennsylvania
Deborah Weisberg
February 23, 2026
A once-pristine southwestern Pennsylvania trout stream has been dropped from the state stocking schedule because of lead contamination from a nearby shooting range, as environmentalists call for faster enforceable action against the polluter.
Balancing wildlife and agriculture the topic at Pennsylvania town hall meeting
Staff Report
February 23, 2026
In a continuing joint effort to provide solutions to crop damage by deer, the state Department of Agriculture, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and Hunters Sharing the Harvest held a town hall meeting Feb.
Wisconsin’s Hannah Stolz, sister of U.S. gold medalist Jordan Stolz, has talent of her own with taxidermy
Larry Polenske
February 23, 2026
Hannah Stolz of the town of Wayne, Wis., in Washington County was judged to have the best mount at the 2023 National Taxidermists Association Convention held July 20-23 in Sioux falls, S.D.
The convention
Iron County bear among oldest ever harvested in Michigan
Richard P. Smith
February 23, 2026
A half-mount of an average-looking adult black bear was just added to the walls of Luckey’s Sport Shop in Iron River, Mich.
But the story behind that mount is far from average. The adult
Robert Ford named manager for Ohio Division of Wildlife in northwest
Jane Beathard
February 23, 2026
Robert (Bob) Ford was recently appointed manager of the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife’s District Two in northwest Ohio.
A Guernsey County native, Ford’s appointment caps a 30-year career in the district that began
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission is monitoring ‘forever chemicals’ at hatchery
Tom Venesky
February 23, 2026
The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission is monitoring the fish produced at its state hatcheries for levels of forever chemicals, and the matter has caught the attention of state lawmakers.
During the Feb. 4
