Fishing
Four counties considered for rifle hunting
Albany – A pair of legislative bills would expand New York’s rifle hunting zone into four more counties – Cortland, Wyoming and parts of Ontario and Chautauqua. The bills are currently held up in the
ECOs, forest rangers awaiting arbitration
Albany – New York’s environmental conservation officers, state park police, forest rangers and SUNY campus police may reach a contract settlement through binding arbitration later this year. That’s the good news. The bad news is
Cormorant cull on Lake Erie ongoing
Oak Harbor, Ohio – DNR authorities continue to cull cormorants from a trio of Lake Erie islands. The DNR_Division of Wildlife manages the birds on Lake Erie through a Public Resource Depredation Order issued by
Spinning-wing decoys banned at Shiawassee
Lansing – The state Natural Resource Commission voted earlier this month to ban the use of spinning-wing decoys at the Shiawassee River State Game Area, but postponed until its July 8 meeting a vote on
Anglers in the know are worried about the Mon
Pittsburgh — Recent news that the Monongahela River made American Rivers’ “Most Endangered Rivers” list didn’t come as a shock to muskie angler Dave Myers, but it fueled his sense of dread.
Big fines handed down in smallmouth bass poaching case
DNR Report Sandusky, Ohio – Three Tennessee men and three Georgia men appeared in Ottawa County Municipal Court in Port Clinton in early June for sentencing for taking 141 more than the legal limit of
Lake Erie wind farm plans set in motion by G.E. Co.
Cleveland – General Electric Co. announced in late May that it plans to harness the power of winds blowing across Lake Erie by developing the world’s first freshwater wind farm several miles offshore from downtown
Gulf oil to cut duck numbers here
Wyoming resident Mike Podwicka had no idea of the monstrocity that loomed in front of him.
State reminds anglers about bait restrictions due to VHS concerns
DNRE Report Lansing — Now that most fishing seasons are open, anglers are reminded that the use of salmon eggs or minnows for bait is restricted in some waters as part of a strategy to
