Fishing
Why minority members avoid our woods, waters
Greensburg, Pa. — Houston Graves remembers the first time he saw a hunter.
Dairy operators plead not guilty in manure spill into creek
London, Ohio – The youthful Dutch operators of a southern Madison County mega-dairy entered not guilty pleas on Wednesday, May 19, to charges they violated the terms of their state permit and polluted a local
Scientists trying to gauge, boost bog turtle numbers
Allentown, Pa. — Penn State wetlands biologist Gian Rocco hoists himself over a pasture gate while a herd of curious cows looks on..
Spring turkey harvest: state’s second best on record
Columbus – The recently completed spring turkey season was the second best on record in Ohio, according to the DNR_Division of Wildlife. Hunters checked 21,909 wild turkeys during Ohio’s four-week, statewide season that ended May
State oil and gas lease auction sets record for revenue
DNRE Report Lansing — An oil and gas lease auction of state-owned parcels netted $178 million in bonus payments for the state – far exceeding the previous auction record of $23.6 million set in 1981.
State seeks input on trout regulations changes
Lansing – The long-awaited draft plan of recommendations for gear restrictions on some Michigan rivers and streams has been released by state fisheries biologists. It’s available for review at www.michigan.gov/dnr. The lengthy 81-page document is
Weekend start boosts early gobbler take
Albany -_New York state’s spring gobbler season opened on a weekend this year, and that has fueled higher harvest reports through the first two weeks of the monthlong season. While DEC biologists are predicting a
DNR investigates fish kill caused by chemical
South Elgin, Ill. – DNR biologists and state environmental officials spent several days this month looking at a case of illegal dumping of an acid-based chemical that caused a fish kill in parts of the
DNR, HSUS partnership causes stir
Madison – Jaws dropped and eyes grew wide recently when a Wisconsin DNR press release announced the agency had “joined forces” with the Humane Society of the United States to “educate Wisconsinites about the importance
