Fishing
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Newsbits
Highlighting IDNR programs and events for the month of March Spring Turkey Permits: Random daily drawings for 2011 Illinois spring wild turkey hunting permits begin March 9. For more information, go to the spring turkey
Turkey Hunting Time in Georgia: Season Opens March 26
Opening day of the Georgia turkey hunting season is Sat., Mar. 26 and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division anticipates that the 2011 season should be fair, with harvest likely down from
DE: Governor announces investment in Delaware Bay jobs and oyster reefs
At one of Delaware’s most picturesque towns along Route 9, the fishing village of Leipsic in Kent County, Governor Jack Markell today announced the state’s plan to invest in habitat that will help restore and
Federal panel adopts lower chinook salmon harvest for Pacific coast
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Anglers fishing along the Washington coast will see a lower catch quota for chinook salmon this year even though the total number of fish expected to return is higher. Three ocean salmon-fishing
Indiana DNR launches iPhone app
People who enjoy any of the Indiana DNR’s wide variety of properties across Indiana and own an iPhone can benefit from a new phone application. The application can be downloaded at no cost to the
WI: Pipe bomb linked to boat fires
Charter captain charged with arson in ’09 explosion that burned three boats in Kewaunee harbor Green Bay, Wis. – A pipe bomb that exploded on a charter fishing boat in Kewaunee’s Salmon Harbor in September
WI: Duck hunters offered three zones
Madison- Should Wisconsin have three duck-hunting zones? That’s a question the DNR will ask hunters at the annual spring fish and wildlife hearings on Monday, April 11. To many duck hunters, it won’t make any
NY: Group demands tougher blackfish enforcement
West Babylon, N.Y. – A conservation group says fisheries managers need to put a halt to the illegal harvest of tautog (blackfish) and adopt harvest limits that will allow blackfish numbers to rebound. Coastal Conservation
NY: Gun registry proposal draws some concern
Albany – Gun owners in New York are used to seeing a laundry list of legislative proposals early each year that would place more restrictions and perhaps even prohibit their ownership of some firearms. Most
