Fishing
DNR: Grouse numbers rise in parts of state
Madison – Wisconsin’s ruffed grouse population appears to be on the upswing for a fourth year in a row, according to data that state wildlife managers collected during spring drumming counts. “The central and northern
NRB approves changes for turkeys, bobcats, and more
Baraboo, Wis. – The state Natural Resources Board has passed a number of DNR-proposed rule changes that lengthen the fall turkey season, change the bobcat season beginning in 2010, and clarify the definition of “open-water
Colorado wildlife agency juggling fish to strike balance
Gunnison, Colo. (AP) – State wildlife officials plan to move some fish out of Blue Mesa Reservoir to protect Colorado’s primary producer of kokanee salmon. The Colorado Division of Wildlife says there are too many
VHS on the radar; bass tests positive
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. – DNR Bureau of Fisheries Management Director Mike Staggs is urging Green Bay, Lake Michigan, and Lake Winnebago system anglers and boaters to follow preventive steps to avoid spreading the sometimes-deadly fish
Biologists want to poison remote creek in CA
Walker, Calif. (AP) – Government biologists are again pushing a plan to help preserve one of the country’s rarest trout by first poisoning a remote Sierra stream to kill other fish, and critics are again
Elk tags hit new high
Deadline is July 24 Bemidji, Minn. – Hunters in Minnesota will see their odds of obtaining a once-in-a-lifetime elk-hunting license improve this year. Thirty tags are now available for the northwest part of the state,
CWRA passes key Senate committee
Washington – Conservation groups last week celebrated the first major victory for federal legislation they say could protect millions of acres of wetlands in the United States left susceptible by Supreme Court decisions earlier this
Heritage Council approves DNR plan for Partners Grant Program
St. Paul – If all goes according to plan, local sportsmen’s clubs and other groups will access their share of dedicated funding by the end of the year. The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council last week
St. Louis River offers good bowfishing for carp
Duluth, Minn. (AP) – The carp materializes like a brass dirigible, suspended in the murky backwaters of the St. Louis River. That’s all bowfisherman Ken Alto needs to see. In less than two seconds, his
