Fishing
Proposed license fee increases under review
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing – Bills that would gradually increase the cost of hunting and fishing licenses in Michigan over the next six years have been introduced in the state Legislature. License fee increases
Erie water keeper: Fish lost to power plant ops
By Deborah WeisbergContributing Writer Maumee, Ohio – Although Lake Erie’s shallow western basin is one of the fishiest spots in the Great Lakes, it loses millions of walleyes, perch, bass, shiners, shad, and other species
P&Y Club makes history in state
By P.J. Reilly Southeast Correspondent Lancaster, Pa – For the first time in its 46-year history, the members of the oldest bowhunting organization in North America met in the eastern United States. Nearly 2,000 members
Little chance for a license hike seen
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg – Nobody is sure how deer-management actions taken by Pennsylvania game commissioners at their April meeting here will affect the forested habitat they say they’re trying to protect. But it
One-walleye limit in place for five lakes
By Kurt Krueger Correspondent Eagle River, Wis. – Reduced walleye bag limits on 271 lakes in Wisconsin’s ceded territory in response to tribal declarations includes five lakes with a one-walleye limit – Lac Vieux Desert
Two groups sparring over Delaware release plans
By Don LehmanContributing Writer Hancock, N.Y. – Two conservation groups are trading words over their beliefs that their proposals for water releases into the Delaware River’s branches are most appropriate for the river. The competing
Groups file suit over federal wolf delisting
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Minneapolis – Just over a month ago, federal wolf delisting took effect for the Great Lakes states of Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin, where about 4,000 wolves reside. More recently, three
Midwest leads in new hunters, anglers
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington – The good news for conservation boosters is this: The rate of the decline in new hunter and angler recruitment and retention in the United States has slowed, and
Rifle bills resurface for 4 more counties
Staff report Albany – Legislation that would allow rifle use for big game in Steuben, Yates, Chemung and Chautauqua counties has resurfaced after not being approved last year. Bills have been introduced in both the
