Fishing
Suffolk range will stay open, but lawsuit lingers
Staff report Yaphank, N.Y. – Suffolk County lawmakers have shot down a resolution calling for the closure of a shooting range here in Southaven County Park. A lawsuit seeking to shut down the range still
Catskill stream work prompts complaints
By Don Lehman Contributing Writer Hancock, N.Y. – Some fisheries advocates are worried that efforts to repair Catskill and central New York streams and creeks heavily damaged during June’s floods may cause more problems than
Mon shrimp finding puzzles scientists
By Deborah Weisberg Contributing Writer Pittsburgh — A creature you’d expect to find in the Louisiana Delta appears to have taken up residence in the Monongahela River near Pittsburgh. Shrimp – not the jumbo kind
PGC ponders geese regs changes
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — Although federal wildlife officials this summer removed nearly all restraints on killing resident geese – allowing states such as Pennsylvania to come to grips with nuisance geese problems –
DNR investigating Huron fish die-off
By Bill Parker Editor Alpena, Mich. — A recent fish die-off in northern Lake Huron has resulted in more questions than answers. The good news is that DNR fisheries biologists believe it was an isolated
Outlook is favorable for archery deer hunters
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing — Bowhunters heading afield for the 2006 archery deer season shouldn’t see many drastic differences from last year, when approximately 308,000 hunters combined to kill an estimated 112,000 whitetails statewide,
Solon looks to thin deer herd again
Solon, Ohio (AP) — This Cleveland suburb is again seeking ways to thin its deer population after a sharpshooting program killed more than 1,000 animals the past two years. The city’s safety and public property
Feds to allow August goose hunt
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Lansing — A new federal rule that would allow states to set a Canada goose-hunting season as early as Aug. 1 is now official. The rule – similar in ways
Weapons training plan on Erie drawing critics
Cleveland (AP) — Anglers, boaters, and environmentalists are up in arms about the Coast Guard’s proposal to establish weapons training zones on Lake Erie. The Coast Guard wants to establish four areas on the lake,
