Fishing
Concerns emerge over ‘supplanting’ funding
St. Paul – With the passage of the constitutional amendment to dedicate funding to natural resources, there now are two bodies charged with making recommendations to lawmakers regarding spending on outdoors issues. The Lessard Outdoor
Feds make wolf ‘relisting’ official; delisting pending
Washington – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made official last week the “relisting” of gray wolves in the Midwest, including Minnesota, where they’d been removed from the Endangered Species List just a year and
Promising fur market fizzles out
New London, Wis. – When trapping season began in October, Bryce Larson set a goal of 200 raccoons. Like many Wisconsin fur harvesters, the veteran trapper from Kiel set extra traps this fall to take
DNR considers options for big budget-crunch
St. Paul – The state of Minnesota’s current economic hard times likely won’t affect the DNR much – at least not yet, according to officials. Last week, state leaders were mulling how to deal with
Goose hunter call-in compliance improves
Madison – Wisconsin has the most stringent Canada goose harvest reporting requirement in the United States. But the system, which requires hunters to call in each goose within 48 hours of the kill, is also
Wolf River speed limits, use issues now hot topic
Oshkosh, Wis. – The Wolf River may be frozen now, but things are heating up when it comes to Wolf River usage, proposed no-wake zones, and the potential for a speed limit on the Wolf
State’s deer harvest takes 21-percent dip
Madison – A 21-percent decline in the gun buck harvest from last year has generated a firestorm of sorts for the DNR that includes calls from hunters for the agency to cancel the Dec. 11-14
Moose Summit examines the declining population
Grand Rapids, Minn. – Minnesota’s declining moose population was the topic of a Moose Summit held in Duluth on Monday. Biologists from Minnesota, as well as nearby states and provinces, shared information about their own
Hunter access survey shows work is needed
Columbus – A small sample of southeast and southwest Ohio farmers said they continue to experience problems related to deer damage, but the majority of those same farmers said they weren’t interested in a formal
