Fishing
Stewardship group considers access
Madison – Shepherding the new committee for the new Stewardship Access Rule may be a little like “herding cats” because of the diverse and strong interests represented, but if the group comes to a consensus,
DNR aims to provide additional ATV trails
Columbus – Whether you call them ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) or APVs (all-purpose vehicles), one thing is clear – off-roading is a growing outdoor pursuit in Ohio. And officials at the DNR are taking that fact
Details emerge in eagle-killing case
Isle, Minn. – Federal and state officials kept mum for more than a week about an October 2007 eagle killing that led to a guilty plea by Katherine Tramm and a $2,500 fine. The story
Fantasy fishing’s $1 million winner is from St. Michael
Minneapolis – When Irwin Jacobs revealed plans to create a fantasy fishing league and award $1 million to the winner, even the folks in his office looked at him like he was crazy. Look who’s
PGC says no game lands gas windfall
Harrisburg – At a time when the natural gas industry, landowners, local governments and other state agencies are bracing for an economic boom from an unprecedented wave of natural-gas drilling, Pennsylvania Game Commission officials recently
Public urged to attend fall sessions on regs
Columbus – For the first time, the DNR Division of Wildlife will hold open house comment sessions for the public this year in the fall. The fall sessions, scheduled for Sept. 13 at all five
Few lawmakers at license fee hearing
Cambridge Springs, Pa. – Well, at least hotel space wasn’t an issue. State lawmakers have been saying for three years that if the Pennsylvania Game Commission wants them to increase the cost of hunting license
Early goose season to kick off Sept. 6
St. Paul – Aside from a few localized areas of low water, and other locations where cool spring air and rain may have influenced brood sizes, there’s little reason to expect anything less than a
Deep-well natural gas poses big risks
University Park, Pa. – Reminiscent of Pennsylvania’s halcyon days of oil production and coal mining early in the last century, the current boom in natural-gas well drilling poses a risk to the state’s streams and
