Fishing
Modified gas lease proposal finalized
Staff report Albany – A modified – and much-delayed – final plan to lease natural gas and oil exploration rights on several state-owned tracts will not include the Bear Swamp State Forest. That portion of
Feds approve N.Y.’s conservation outline
Staff report Albany – New York’s bulky Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, an 1,100-page document outlining efforts to manage 544 species, has received federal approval. DEC Commissioner Denise Sheehan announced last month the plan – designed
Deer debate drags on – even in agency
By Mark Nale Northcentral Correspondent State College, Pa. — The 6-2 vote cast by the Pennsylvania Game Commission Board of Commissioners in April reduced antlerless allocations in some management units, but kept the deer seasons
Changes in store for antlerless permits
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing — Michigan hunters will see several changes this fall in the allocation of and requirements needed to purchase antlerless deer permits. Regulations proposed by the DNR Wildlife Division and approved
Fishing license sales spike through spring
Staff, DNR reports Columbus — It appears plenty of people are taking the “Fish Ohio” message to heart this spring, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. Fishing license sales have been brisk with anglers
Oak research yields big surprises
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor University Park, Pa. — After more than a decade of closely monitoring regeneration of oak trees on forest tracts around Pennsylvania, researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences have begun
PGC head: Money crisis deepening
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg — The Pennsyl-vania Game Commission is an old agency, having been around for about 111 years now. Two events — one in the near future, another just a bit
OWO: Fish records serious business
By Mike Moore Editor Winchester, Ohio — Records were made to be broken but they only became such in Ohio due to the work of an outdoors writers group and the DNR Division of Wildlife.
Fewer cormorants, more perch, in Les Cheneaux
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Alpena, Mich. — The number of bird-eating cormorants goes down. The number of tasty yellow perch in anglers’ coolers goes up. Are the two linked? It’s a little early for
