Fishing
Despite Kentucky success, don’t look for elk in Ohio soon
Columbus – While our brethren to the south have rebuilt their elk population to a sizable herd, don’t look for the species to return to Ohio anytime soon. Kentucky’s elk repopulation program has been well
Parks targeted to close revealed
Editor Harrisburg – A list of 50 state parks that may close as a result of cuts contained in the $27.3 billion budget bill recently approved by the Senate was unveiled by the Department of
Senate seeks gas/oil drilling in state parks
Columbus (AP) – The Ohio Senate wants to allow drilling for oil and natural gas in state parks to help pay for maintenance costs as part of the two-year state budget plan. The Republican-controlled Senate
Landowner interest in RIM/WRP signup good
St. Paul – It doesn’t appear as though there will be any trouble in Minnesota getting landowners to sign up for the Reinvest in Minnesota/Wetlands Reserve Program. After an April 20 to May 5 sign-up
Grand Lake saugeye project capped by release of 23,000
St. Marys – An Ohio DNR project to stock Grand Lake St. Marys with a new generation of sport fish culminated with the release of 23,000 sterile (triploid) saugeye fingerlings on May 29. A saugeye
Pa. hunting licenses on sale under new system
Harrisburg, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania Game Commission officials say a new automated license system will make it easier – and quicker – for hunters to get ready for deer season. Hunting and furtaker licenses for
Feds declare salmon endangered on 3 Maine rivers
Portland, Maine (AP) – The federal government is listing wild Atlantic salmon as endangered in three of Maine’s largest rivers while designating thousands of miles of rivers and lakes as critical habitat for one of
ND fall turkey season set
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota wildlife officials say 6,805 turkey licenses will be available to hunters this fall, a drop of 17 percent from last year. But an additional 1,300 licenses may be used
ND record buffalo fish caught
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota has a new state record buffalo fish. The state Game and Fish Department says Joshua Bartz of Bismarck landed the 51-pound, 4-ounce buffalo in the Missouri River near Fox
