Fishing
IL: Finally some good news for Lake Michigan
Chicago – The latest survey of Lake Michigan’s forage base, conducted by the Great Lakes Science Center revealed the alewife biomass (total abundance lakewide) had doubled in 2009. The good news is there are more
WI: Early gun deer kill tally tops take of 2009
Madison – Preliminary 2010 gun deer season harvest numbers in Wisconsin totaled 218,381 deer. This includes 102,205 bucks (an increase of 17 percent over 2009 preliminary numbers) and 116,176 antlerless deer (a 6-percent increase over
NY: 2010’s top story still unfinished
Elizabethtown, N.Y. – Chances are you can pencil in the top New York Outdoor News story of 2010 as one of the top stories of 2011 as well. That’s because New York is showing little
IL: ‘Tis (almost) the season for Illinois sport shows
Collinsville, Ill. – If it’s Christmas in Illinois, that means the sports show season will start before many of the trees and decorations get put in the attic. The season anglers and hunters look forward
Center for Biological Diversity to Push for Wolves in all Lower 48
The Center for Biological Diversity has announced that it will push for a plan to recover gray wolves in all of the lower 48 United States. CBD has indicated it will sue the federal government
Fish the Dominant Species
It might sound obvious, but it’s a good idea to target abundant fish. Attention to detail serves us well, in many areas of our lives. When it comes to ice fishing, there is a ‘small
Federal Court Of Appeals Ruling Deals Blow To Wildlife Conservation
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling which protected active wildlife conservation efforts on National Wildlife Refuge lands. In 2007, environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and
38 Colleges Receive NSSF Grants To Build Target Shooting Programs
NEWTOWN, Conn. – The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has awarded 38 grants, a record number, totaling $190,000 to help both new and existing collegiate target shooting programs flourish. Only two years old, NSSF’s Collegiate
Scientists urge veto of Michigan moose hunting bill
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – A group of scientists mounted a last-ditch effort Monday to derail legislation that could lead to moose hunting in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, contending too
