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Early trout season is possible in southwest

Harrisburg – At a meeting of their Fisheries Committee sometime in the next few weeks, Pennsylvania Board of Fish & Boat commissioners will consider a proposal to expand the area of the state having the

PGC changes deer program in 4 units

Harrisburg – Pennsylvania game commissioners have given preliminary approval to a change in the structure of the firearms deer season, based on the promise of a study that it hasn’t started, has no money for,

Court ruling deemed crucial for wildlife officers’ duties

Toledo, Ohio – An Erie County Court decision that could have seriously hampered the ability of state wildlife officers to investigate possible hunting and wildlife violations on private property has been reversed by the Sixth

PF&BC announces major Susquehanna River probe

Harrisburg – With no smoking gun to point to for the die-off of young smallmouth bass in the Susquehanna River in the summers of 2005 and 2007, nor for what appears to be an ongoing

Split perch bag could be in works for Erie

Sandusky, Ohio – Despite emergency efforts to prevent sport-fishing overharvest of yellow perch in Lake Erie last year, sport anglers still took more than their allowed quota, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. Anglers

Makeup of gas drilling board a sticking point

Columbus – Pending legislation that would open Ohio’s state parks and nature preserves to crude oil and natural gas drilling continues to generate controversy and intense debate. Part of that has to do with the

Hog dilemma proves vexing for agency

Harrisburg – For Pennsylvania game commissioners, wild hogs present the worst sort of conundrum. They want the destructive pests destroyed, but they are afraid to ask hunters to kill them. At their quarterly meeting in

Walleye Fishing with Terry Tuma

Terry Tuma’s interview with the Minnesota DNR on Walleye Fishing. Special thanks to the DNR for the permission to post this. (36:36)

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