Fishing
Pawlenty signs legislation focusing on VHS into law
St. Paul – Legislation aimed at safeguarding the state from a deadly fish virus was approved by Gov. Tim Pawlenty during the final week of the ’08 session. The bill’s primary focus is the movement
Alternate funding bill gets look
Pittsburgh – The pheasant propagation at Pike Run has been such a success that program partners are ready to spread their wings and fly to other parts of Pennsylvania. But while swapping turkeys for pheasants
Session finds funds for Vermilion park
St. Paul – Minnesota is a step closer to its first state park since the 1970s. As part of session-ending negotiations and deal-making, the Legislature approved $20 million for a new state park on the
Half million steelhead stocked into streams
Conneaut, Ohio – Small by even a Pennsylvania trout stream’s standards, the smolts released last month into five northeast Ohio rivers represent the future of steelheading. The DNR Division of Wildlife stocked these streams –
Crappie regs proven effective in six lakes
Delaware, Ohio – It was one of those perfect May days when the afternoon melted into the evening on the water of Delaware Lake, just north of the city of the same name in central
Weird white bat fungus shows up in the state
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Game Commission is working with several states and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to sort out what is killing bats in New York and New England. Although white-nose syndrome (WNS)
No gobblers, but governor’s hunt puts spotlight on sport
Nashport, Ohio – What a dream it would be to experience turkey hunting as a youngster with a professional hunting guide and a NFL star or Governor Ted Strickland by your side. This dream came
Southeastern lakes to get new launch sites
Milwaukee – Anglers in southeastern Wisconsin soon will find improved access to three lakes – Elizabeth Lake in Kenosha County and Little Friess and Friess lakes in Washington County. The DNR has partnered with two
Feds not protecting Superior, suit says
Tim Spielman Associate Editor Duluth, Minn. – Groups in northeastern Minnesota and Wisconsin recently sued the federal government in U.S. District Court in an attempt to force two agencies to immediately better protect the Great
