Fishing
Vendor penalized $155,000 penalty for turkey tag fiasco
Madison – The DNR’s leftover license sales vendor will pay the state $155,000 in penalties for problems associated with the sale of over-the-counter spring turkey tags. Hunters who tried to buy leftover tags on March
Fishing license sales drop creates a $1 million hole
Madison – Whether a downturn in fishing license sales was caused by a cold spring, flooding, high fuel prices, or a combination of all three factors, the results are the same for the DNR budget
Duck hunters get 60 days, but not cans
Platteville, Wis. – State hunters will get a 2008 duck-hunting season with a liberal format, just like last year, but with new restrictions on scaup and canvasbacks. The Natural Resources Board adopted DNR recommendations for
No muskies for Gull under DNR fish plan
St. Paul – As discussions about stocking muskies into Gull and Pokegama lakes were under way, DNR officials made at least one promise: They would hold off on making decisions until a long-range muskie and
Potential heritage council members can apply now
St. Paul – A vote on dedicated funding still is months away, but applications already are being taken for a council that would advise lawmakers on how to spend about $91 million a year in
COs called up for RNC
St. Paul – The city of St. Paul will experience an influx of political figures, activists, media, and security workers during the first week of September, when the Republican National Convention comes to town. Among
PGC fires back on deputy issue
Harrisburg – The state senator who recently introduced an amendment to gut the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s deputy conservation officer program has signalled he intends to follow through with his action later this year. Even though
State takes steps toward ballast permitting system
St. Paul – The public comments are in, and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency expects a system of permitting for vessel discharge (ballast water) is likely to be approved sometime in September, prior to the
DNR lodges concerns over waterfowl regs
St. Paul – DNR Commissioner Mark Holsten has reached out to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dale Hall, a sign of how concerned state officials are that waterfowlers will be hurt by restrictive scaup
