Fishing
Parks targeted to close revealed
Editor Harrisburg – A list of 50 state parks that may close as a result of cuts contained in the $27.3 billion budget bill recently approved by the Senate was unveiled by the Department of
Despite Kentucky success, don’t look for elk in Ohio soon
Columbus – While our brethren to the south have rebuilt their elk population to a sizable herd, don’t look for the species to return to Ohio anytime soon. Kentucky’s elk repopulation program has been well
Senate seeks gas/oil drilling in state parks
Columbus (AP) – The Ohio Senate wants to allow drilling for oil and natural gas in state parks to help pay for maintenance costs as part of the two-year state budget plan. The Republican-controlled Senate
Grand Lake saugeye project capped by release of 23,000
St. Marys – An Ohio DNR project to stock Grand Lake St. Marys with a new generation of sport fish culminated with the release of 23,000 sterile (triploid) saugeye fingerlings on May 29. A saugeye
Landowner interest in RIM/WRP signup good
St. Paul – It doesn’t appear as though there will be any trouble in Minnesota getting landowners to sign up for the Reinvest in Minnesota/Wetlands Reserve Program. After an April 20 to May 5 sign-up
Construction finally starts on lavish elk-viewing center
Benezette, Pa. – The largest elk-watching and conservation-education center in the eastern United States has finally begun to take shape.
Deer audit may be done by fall
State College, Pa. – If some hunters are expecting the audit of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s deer-management program to provide an exact count of the state’s deer, they are going to be disappointed, warns the
Ruffed grouse numbers take a big jump in state
Grand Rapids, Minn. – Ruffed grouse drum counts in the state have risen dramatically this year, following three consecutive years of moderate increases. Statewide drum counts saw a 43-percent increase from last year, and counts
Unallotment means more cuts for DNR
St. Paul – Right back where we started from isn’t necessarily a good thing. The state DNR’s operating budget faces another 2.25 percent reduction in state general funds following Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s “unallotment” on Tuesday.
