Fishing
Cox continues fight to keep Asian carp out of Great Lakes
Grand Rapids, Mich. – Although the U.S. Supreme Court denied Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox’s request for a preliminary injunction to temporarily close the locks on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to keep Asian
PGC introduces extended and youth rabbit seasons
Harrisburg – Lions and tigers and bears, oh my? Not quite. But January’s meeting of the Pennsylvania Game Commis-sion – an event usually dominated by talk of white-tailed deer, as if that was the only
DCNR forestry chief blasts PGC plan
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s decision to cut back on doe-hunting seasons in four management units might make many hunters happy, but it didn’t please the state’s top forester.
Battle brews over control of deer herd
Columbus – Legislation introduced in the Ohio General Assembly to transfer authority for deer farms and deer preserves to the Ohio Department of Agriculture is opposed by both the Ohio Departments of Natural Resources and
Wolf-poaching cases spike in U.P.
Marquette, Mich. – A series of recent wolf-poaching incidents across the Great Lakes region has raised concerns of officials at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A dramatic increase in wolf killings in the Upper
Another $78.5 million to be spent on carp: too little too late?
Locks and gates in Chicago-area waterways may be opened less frequently than usual in an effort to keep Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes, federal officials said after a carp confab in Washington on
Letter from senator stirs NRB deer discussion
Madison – A letter to the Natural Resources Board from Sen. Russ Decker threw board members into a fervent discussion about the need for more deer research and the possibility of using federal money to
Wis. youth turkey hunt open to kids as young as 10
Madison, Wis. (AP) – State wildlife officials say hunters as young as 10 will be allowed to participate in a youth turkey hunt this spring. The state Department of Natural Resources says the move is
DEC taking another survey step
Albany – DEC’s wildlife biologists will develop a five-year deer management plan this year that will blend the state’s management needs with public priorities. The goal, according to DEC officials in a Web site posting
