Fishing
IL: High school fishing finals continue growth
Bloomington, Ill. – Organizers of the 2011 High School Bass Fishing Finals say they are “right on the edge” of adding a 20th sectional to this spring’s event. “We’ve been wrestling with it a lot,
WI: Former NRB member Stepp to lead DNR
Madison – Will the DNR be taking a step forward or backward? That ultimately will be for citizens to judge, but for Gov. Scott Walker, it is “forward,” as he has named Cathy Stepp, a
Handgun Shooting Class Offered For Women Jan. 31
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment is offering an Introduction to Handgun Shooting class through the Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) program. The three-hour class will take place at the Detroit Sportsmen’s Congress in
10 fishing developments tee up great 2011 fishing in Wisconsin
MADISON – Wisconsin anglers can look forward to more great fishing opportunities in 2011 as anglers turn the page on a record-setting 2010, state fisheries officials say. “We realize how critically important fishing is in
DNR, locals set to submerge trees in northern Wisconsin lakes
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, property owners and conservationists are getting ready to add more underwater trees to four northern Wisconsin lakes. Fish, frogs and other aquatic wildlife use submerged
‘Watershed year’ expected for Mexican gray wolves
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Another year has passed and the effort to return the endangered Mexican gray wolf to the Southwest is no closer to marking success than when federal wildlife officials first set out
Hunters Shooting CWD-Positive Bucks in Wisconsin to get Replacement Tag
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is implementing a new policy that will automatically issue replacement Earn-A-Buck stickers to any hunter who harvested a buck that comes back CWD-positive. The DNR will mail each hunter
Conservation advocate, writer Glen Sheppard dies
CHARLEVOIX, Mich. (AP) – Glen Sheppard, a longtime northern Michigan conservation advocate and journalist, has died. He was 74. The Charlevoix resident was editor of The North Woods Call, an outspoken periodical that fought for
Colorado DOW to Draft Regulation Prohibiting Bear Den Hunting
DENVER, CO – The Colorado Wildlife Commission has directed the state Division of Wildlife (DOW) to draft a regulation that would prohibit the hunting of bears in their dens. Commissioners were asked to consider adopting
