Fishing
Trout wars? PF&BC plan worries some
Harrisburg ’Äî The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission will tackle the future of trout stockings and other issues when it meets June 17 in State College to begin planning how it will execute its new
BWSR, NRCS preparing to roll out RIM/WRP combo program
St. Paul ’Äî Wetland restoration in the state is about to kick into higher gear. Later this month, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources will begin signing landowners
Will natural gas boom ease PGC cash crisis?
Harrisburg ’Äî The discovery of huge natural gas reserves under much of Pennsylvania, and the resulting spike in gas-lease prices, could solve the Pennsylvania Game Commission’Äôs financial crisis. With 1.4 million acres of state game
House panel OKs Rockview land deal
Harrisburg ’Äî A state House committee on June 9 approved changes to a bill that would transfer 1,124 acres of Rockview prison property to Penn State and 400 acres to Benner Township, Centre County. The
Green Bay must rely on muskie spawning
Peshtigo, Wis ’Äì If the number of Great Lakes muskies is going to continue to grow in Green Bay and the Fox River, the fish are going to have to do most of the heavy
NRB adopts spring hearing fish, wildlife rule changes
Milwaukee ’Äî Bobcat population goals, fall turkey hunting with dogs, a longer raccoon season, and limited paintball activity on state lands are just four of the rule changes adopted by the Natural Resources Board at
Nonresident deer hunters come from around the nation, world
St. Paul ’Äî Hunters from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto’ÄàRico hunted deer in Minnesota during last year’Äôs firearms season, according to the DNR Fish and Wildlife Division. Residents of 17 other
New consumption advisory suggests eating more fish
St. Paul (AP) ’Äî Minnesotans should eat more fish, the state health department said last week in its annual advisory on consuming fish from Minnesota waters. The updated guidelines say it’Äôs fine for people who
Wet spring may hamper pheasant nest success
Madelia, Minn. ’Äî As another heavy spring rain pelted southern Minnesota last week, DNR pheasant researcher Kurt Haroldson lamented the continuing cold and wet weather’Äôs effect on the state’Äôs pheasant population. ’ÄúWith pheasants, at least,
