Fishing
Gas meetings draw support, opposition
Binghamton, N.Y. (AP) — Rep. Maurice Hinchey told a federal hearing last month that the Environmental Protection Agency must regulate hydraulic fracturing, the natural gas extraction process that he said has contaminated water near drilling
Fall turkey hunting seeks own glory
Springfield — Turkey hunting is still hot, and Illinois’ turkey population appears to be quite healthy – so why aren’t more turkey hunters participating in the state’s fall shotgun season? The answer has little to
Weather or not, N. Zone season opens
Elizabethtown, N.Y. — If you hear Northern Zone deer hunters uttering the phrase, “let it snow, let it snow, let it snow,” they’re not dreaming of a white Christmas. A white November – or even
Fish passage project breaks ground on Friday
Rock Island, Ill. – The Waubonsie Creek Restoration Project will break ground with a ceremony scheduled for Friday. The $1.35 million construction project will create fish passage from the mouth of Waubonsie Creek at the
Let them eat carp: New DNR program builds on annual deer meat donations
Springfield – Be it a deer burger or a carp filet, hunters and anglers in Illinois are being cast as an important source of food for the state’s needy. DNR Director Marc Miller is even
Acting chief set to retire
Columbus – In an e-mail statement sent to the employees of the DNR Division of Wildlife, acting agency chief Jim Marshall stated: “All; I will be retiring from the Division of Wildlife on Sept. 30,
Fisheries Division sets plan for reg changes
Lansing – An additional 73 miles of gear-restricted waters are being proposed for designated trout streams across the state. The proposal, which authorities say will be presented to DNRE Director Rebecca Humphries at the Oct.
August trawls turn up better hatch on Erie
Sandusky, Ohio – The August surveys of the 2010 Lake Erie walleye hatch have caused Ohio fisheries biologists to revise their assessment upward, meaning that the year-class may be better than thought initially and the
Duck hunt is on the horizon
Lansing – It’s been several years since waterfowl hunters have been faced with gloomy forecasts for the coming seasons. Yes, weather conditions have been dry some years, and the late 1990s were better years for
