Fishing
Buck Club plans big 50th celebration
Columbus – Ohio’s Buckeye Big Buck Club is accustomed to working with large racks from white-tailed deer killed in the state, but this year it will also be working with large numbers of people at
Wild boar possession likely to be banned
Columbus – As promised by the DNR Division of Wildlife in April, it is likely to soon be illegal for private hunting preserves to possess wild boars. Division of Wildlife Administrator for Management and Research
State to lease 74,000 acres for gas drilling
Harrisburg – One of Appalachia’s largest landowners, Pennsylvania’s state forestry agency, wants in on any windfall from drilling a potentially lucrative natural gas formation. More than 74,000 acres, or more than 115 square miles, in
Carp bowfishing record broken for second time in two years
Sandusky, Ohio – Rich Cady shot what he believed was the next state record carp about midday on May 28 but he had to wait a bit longer to get the big fish to the
Ten more days for doves this year
DNR, Staff Reports Columbus – The early waterfowl season dates and bag limits were approved by the Ohio Wildlife Council, but the biggest news of the night was stolen away by mourning doves. Ohio hunters
Flyway council focus: scaup and cans
Bemidji, Minn. – While duck hunters likely will have a 60-day season with a six-duck daily bag (including four mallards), still unclear is exactly what the scaup and canvasback seasons will look like. For each
New proposal could reduce forest travel
Park Falls, Wis. – The U.S. Forest Service is seeking public input on a project that will close 55 percent of the existing roads and trails on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest to motorized vehicles. Under
Judge set to rule on CRP haying, grazing lawsuit
Washington – Given a federal judge’s unenthusiastic response to USDA action regarding the Conservation Reserve Program and a penalty-free haying and grazing option, some in the conservation community believe a CRP “early out” option –
Agencies investigate cormorant die-off
St. Paul – Officials from several state and federal agencies are investigating the cause of a die-off of nearly 700 double-crested cormorants, as well as about 40 pelicans, some ring-billed gulls, and a great blue
