Fishing
Claysburg bear fiasco makes global news
Deborah Weisberg Southwest Correspondent Claysburg, Pa. – Their judgment and marksmanship under fire, local police in this Blair County community are taking a public mauling over their killing of a black bear, which they say
July brings several changes to waterway boating laws
DNR Report Columbus – Horsepower limitations on several Ohio lakes changed as of July 1, according to the DNR. Boats with motors greater than 10 horsepower will be allowed on Knox Lake in Knox County,
State making certain hatcheries are clean
Columbus – Now that viral hemorrhagic septicemia has been found for the first time outside of the Lake Erie drainage, the key is to keep it out of Ohio’s fish producing hatcheries. Factors that could
Supreme Court affirms guns for self-defense
Washington (AP) – Silent on central questions of gun control for two centuries, the U.S. Supreme Court found its voice last week in a decision that affirms the right to have guns in the home
PGC again considering use of crossbows in archery seasons
Harrisburg – Two of the last topics discussed at the most recent Pennsylvania Game Commission meeting might prove to be the most controversial. First, at the urging of commissioner Russ Schleiden, the agency will look
PF&BC pondering always-open trout
Bellefonte, Pa. – The more Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners learn about the agency’s trout program, it seems the more questions they have. During discussions at a fisheries committee meeting near here in mid-June, some
Court says Unified lawsuit can go on
Harrisburg – A panel of three Commonwealth Court judges issued a decision June 16 saying a lawsuit filed by the Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania challenging the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s deer management can proceed. The court
Fishing licenses down; officials not worried
Columbus – Hooked by a slow-growth economy and rapidly escalating fuel prices, Ohio’s fishing license sales are lagging behind last year’s figures. Still, the DNR Division of Wildlife believes that weather is more of a
