Fishing
Trout wars? PF&BC plan worries some
Harrisburg ’Äî The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission will tackle the future of trout stockings and other issues when it meets June 17 in State College to begin planning how it will execute its new
Will natural gas boom ease PGC cash crisis?
Harrisburg ’Äî The discovery of huge natural gas reserves under much of Pennsylvania, and the resulting spike in gas-lease prices, could solve the Pennsylvania Game Commission’Äôs financial crisis. With 1.4 million acres of state game
Commission approves $4M for Glacial Ridge
Erskine, Minn. ’Äî The state has lost nearly all the tallgrass prairie it once had, but funds approved by Migratory Bird Conservation Commission members last week will help stem the loss. The commission approved $4
House panel OKs Rockview land deal
Harrisburg ’Äî A state House committee on June 9 approved changes to a bill that would transfer 1,124 acres of Rockview prison property to Penn State and 400 acres to Benner Township, Centre County. The
Spring duck numbers jump up in Minnesota
Bemidji, Minn. ’Äî The number of mallards nesting in Minnesota rose this year to 298,000, up 23 percent from last year’Äôs spring survey count of 242,000 birds, according to Steve Cordts, DNR waterfowl specialist. The
Northwest refuges may have new hunts this fall
Middle River, Minn. ’Äî Two years after litigation foiled hunt expansion plans, two federal refuges in northwestern Minnesota may see an increase in hunting activity. Agassiz and Hamden Slough national wildlife refuges are two of
Green Bay must rely on muskie spawning
Peshtigo, Wis ’Äì If the number of Great Lakes muskies is going to continue to grow in Green Bay and the Fox River, the fish are going to have to do most of the heavy
NRB adopts spring hearing fish, wildlife rule changes
Milwaukee ’Äî Bobcat population goals, fall turkey hunting with dogs, a longer raccoon season, and limited paintball activity on state lands are just four of the rule changes adopted by the Natural Resources Board at
NWTF names Keck’Äôs replacement
Edgefield, S.C. ’Äî A retired agribusiness executive has been hired as the new chief executive officer of the National Wild Turkey Federation. George C. Thornton replaces longtime CEO’ÄàRob Keck, who resigned in March and whose
