Fishing
MN: DNR tests 1,180 deer and no CWD
St. Paul – It’s official: None of the deer killed in the Pine Island area during the past two months tested positive for chronic wasting disease. After the DNR announced in late January that an
MN: Invasive species efforts advance
St. Paul – A bill to prevent the spread of zebra mussels and other aquatic invasive species has cleared its second committee in the House, and was set for its first hearing Tuesday in the
MI: DNR considers increasing antlerless tag limit
Lansing – Deer hunters in the Upper Peninsula (Zone 1) and northern Lower Peninsula (Zone 2) would be able to purchase up to five antlerless deer permits per year under a proposal being considered by
MI: Conservation groups claim proposed cuts inequitable
Washington – Just as President Barack Obama earlier this year unveiled a vision for the nation’s outdoors based largely on full funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, House Republicans as a budget-slashing measure
MI: Walleye limit to increase on Erie
Lansing – Walleye anglers fishing in the Michigan waters of Lake Erie will be able to keep six fish per day, beginning May 1. The new daily creel limit was announced by the DNR earlier
PA: Biologist says PGC deer numbers are deceptive
State College, Pa. – An independent wildlife scientist who has been sharply critical of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s deer-management program has issued a document questioning 2010-11 harvest estimates recently released by the agency. In the
PA: Hog’s Hole entices angler for 60 years
Boiling Springs, Pa. – Cletus Starner saw his 60th trout opener in the same spot along the Yellow Breeches Creek on April 2, the first day of the 2011 trout-fishing season in the southeastern and
PA: Trout opener less special than past
Pittsburgh – While trout season debuted slowly in the southeastern part of the state, folks hope it will pick up steam by April 16, which is opening day for most of Pennsylvania. License sales were
OH: Bat-killing fungus found in Ohio limestone mines
Ironton, Ohio – A cold-loving fungus that has killed more than a million hibernating bats in the eastern United States has been confirmed on the muzzle of at least one Indiana bat and on a
