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Senate confirms Trump’s pick to lead Bureau of Land Management
The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee the management of a quarter-billion acres of public lands on Monday, as the administration pushes ahead with more mining and drilling while reversing conservation plans.<br

New Minnesota muskie plan puts an emphasis on bettering existing fisheries
A new long-range state muskellunge plan will shift focus from finding new muskie waters to improving existing fisheries.
The Minnesota DNR says the plan will help guide the agency until 2040 through a series

Professor uses underwater drone to study river reef on Monongahela River near Pittsburgh
Skip the sonar and snorkels.
Underwater drones could be the future of monitoring freshwater fisheries. David Argent, a PennWest California University fisheries and wildlife sciences professor, used a drone last year to evaluate aquatic

Tom Venesky: Pennsylvania trout stockings end too early
They say good things don’t last, and that’s true with trout season.
Especially when it comes to stocked trout. I enjoy fishing for stocked fish in Pennsylvania waters. I take my kids out of

Mike Schoonveld: Are you respooling your fishing reels often enough?
As an angler who spends a lot of time on the Great Lakes, I have more fishing reels than most. Accordingly, I spend a lot of time removing old line and respooling with new.

New York Fishing Report – May 15-22, 2026
Inshore brown trout fishing has been going well here.

Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – May 19, 2026
Water temperatures are still in the mid-40s, and the majority of walleye anglers are getting it done with a jig and minnow.

Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Fishing Report – May 19, 2026
According to reports, salmon fishing has been exceptional.

Legacy funding bill passes on final day of Minnesota’s ’26 session
Minnesota legislators passed the Legacy funding bill in both chambers over the weekend as the session wrapped up on Sunday.
Lawmakers reached an agreement Friday on a $191 million appropriations bill that many Capitol