Fishing
State covets revenue from forest gas wells
Harrisburg – State lawmakers here are casting hungry eyes at Pennsylvania’s state forests these days. Specifically, they’re looking to share in – or perhaps more rightly claim – the wealth that’s already being generated by
PGC says the deer harvest is up 4%
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s recent announcement that hunters harvested an estimated 335,850 deer in the state’s 2008-09 seasons – 4 percent more than the agency’s estimate for the previous year – was greeted
Get Ready for Spring Gobbler Season
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages hunters to get their gear ready for the upcoming spring gobbler hunting season. The four-week season opens Monday, April 27, and closes on Saturday, May 23,
Bear sightings are steady in 2008
DNR Staff Reports Athens, Ohio – One hundred-five black bear sightings were reported in 21 Ohio counties last year, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. Of that number, state wildlife personnel confirmed 38 sightings,
Va man convicted of baiting, killing bears
Roanoke, Va. (AP) – A Pembroke man has pleaded guilty to baiting and killing bears at a popular Giles County recreation area. Merrill Conley pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to illegally baiting bears in
Hope still exists for deal to secure Vermilion land
St. Paul – Nearly a year ago, the Legislature authorized $20 million in bonds to purchase a new state park along the shores of Lake Vermilion. Proponents of the northern Minnesota facility hailed the move,
Ice still fishable in northern Minnesota
Garrison, Minn. – The calendar says it’s spring, but you wouldn’t think so based on all the ice fishing opportunities that still exist in the northern half of Minnesota. Generally speaking, anglers will find open
Go now to catch Erie’s biggest steelhead of year
Erie, Pa. – The temperatures are finally on their way back up, winter is over and Easter is on its way. That can only mean one thing. Steelhead season is here. At least what is
2009 moose lottery to be held in Fort Kent
Augusta, Maine (AP) – Maine’s moose permit lottery is coming to the St. John Valley for the first time. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife announced Tuesday that the drawing will take place June
