Fishing
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.
Oakland County archer arrows 200-class buck
Sylvan Lake, Mich. – Brian Hughes knew he was in trouble. The object of three years of hunting – a 200-class white-tailed buck – was somewhere nearby and Hughes just couldn’t bring himself to climb
Nuisance geese could be taken out with rifle under law
Columbus – There’s good news for Ohio’s grain farmers as state wildlife officials propose the use of both rifles and shotguns to kill the Canada geese that are eating field crops. The DNR Division of
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
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
GF&P writes pheasant management plan
Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The state Game, Fish and Parks Department has drawn up a five-year management plan for pheasants that puts special emphasis on protecting and developing habitat. Other goals involve research, providing places
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
Poison floated as solution to stop Asian carp
The Associated Press Chicago – Members of Congress say they’ll seek $20 million to study using poisons to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. Securing the money was among several steps agreed on
Stewardship lands access rule passes
Madison – A rule that allows limits or bans on hunting, fishing, and trapping on public lands bought with taxpayer money received unanimous support from the seven-member Natural Resources Board on Tuesday, Jan. 26. The
