Fishing
Decker ‘uncased gun’ idea might reach budget bill
More liberal group deer-hunting law to follow Madison – A bill that would give hunters up to one hour to tag a “group-killed” deer, allow them to carry an uncased firearm in a vehicle, and
Coming to a town near you: Lessard-Sams council
St. Paul – The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council is set to hit the road. Council members will be in Alexandria next Tuesday for a business meeting, and in Fergus Falls on Wednesday to hear from
Is JFC action an access threat?
Madison – Sportsmen rallied last week to a call to arms, so to speak, from conservation leaders who claim that recent Joint Finance Committee action jeopardizes hunting, fishing, and trapping access to some future public
Committee to look at EAB alternative
Baraboo, Wis. – If legislative hearings on the deer season in April and the DNR’s decision to cancel earn-a-buck rules for 2009 were the death knell for EAB, the nail in the coffin could be
Additional DEC layoffs on hold?
Albany – Additional layoffs within DEC – including the Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources – haven’t yet occurred for a variety of reasons. The chief factor is that the payroll and staffing issues
Lake Powell to require mussel inspections
Page, Ariz. (AP) – Boaters on Lake Powell will now have to have federal inspectors check their craft for zebra or quagga mussels before they’re allowed onto the water. The new rules announced on Wednesday
Conservation groups hope support of administration helps move CWA
Washington – Conservation groups were quick to praise the Obama administration’s support for the proposed Clean Water Restoration Act last month, a federal bill that is said to restore waters protections awarded by the 1972
State finalizes agreement to protect 187,000 acres of forest
St. Paul – More than 187,000 acres of industrial forest land in north-central Minnesota will be protected under an agreement signed last week by the DNR and Blandin Paper Company. The tract, which will be
Despite tough winter, so far, so good for pheasants in ’09
Madelia, Minn. – Pheasants in Minnesota did a good job of weathering a winter that proved to be more like winters of old, and till now, have had a spring conducive to pulling off a
