Fishing
Continental duck counts show increase over ’05
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Minneapolis — The number of breeding mallards in Michigan declined this year, but that doesn’t reflect what’s happening in the rest of their range. The number of mallards on prairie
DNR crossing fingers on turkey hatch
By Jeffrey L. Frischkorn Contributing Writer Athens, Ohio — With fingers crossed and a breathed sigh of relief, Ohio’s forest game biologists are hopeful about this year’s wild turkey hatch. It wasn’t that way just
U.P. one-buck limit is shot down by NRC
By Bill Parker Editor Big Rapids, Mich. — By a split 3-3 vote, a proposal to limit the buck harvest in the Upper Peninsula failed to gain approval of the state Natural Resources Commission at
Drought to floods: Experts blindsided
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor University Park, Pa. — It seems like it hasn’t quit raining since Bryan Swistock voiced worries in mid-April about an impending groundwater drought in Pennsyl-vania. After the floods at the end
VHS virus confirmed in Lake St. Clair fish
DNR Report Mount Clemens, Mich. — The DNR has confirmed that viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), a virus that causes disease in fish but does not pose any threat to public health, is present in several
NRB OKs update of Wisconsin wolf plan
By Tim Eisele Correspondent River Falls, Wis. — The Natural Resources Board has approved an update of the state wolf plan, but members want to review the plan every year. “We’d like the (DNR) to
Sporting bills fizzle in N.Y. Legislature
By Don Lehman Contributing Writer Albany – A proposal to create a late archery season for antlerless deer in the Northern Zone failed to get out of the state Legislature this spring, one of a
GLIFWC request: 40 ducks, baiting
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Odanah, Wis. — The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission is proposing off-reservation duck regulations on portions of its ceded territory that would raise the daily limit to 40,
Rivers gone wild: Flooding hits hard
By Steve Piatt Editor Roscoe, N.Y. – Widespread flooding in New York that claimed lives, destroyed homes and caused millions of dollars in damage also affected some of fly fishing’s most famed waters. In fact,
