Fishing
New live bait rule: ‘too much justice?’
Madison – Long-time Eagle River guide and sport shop owner George Langley says the new rule requiring anglers to kill all unused bait before leaving any water body statewide is a case of hitting a
DNR on deer firearms hunt: not a bad year
St. Paul – Records won’t fall, but deer hunters are on pace for another high harvest. Firearms hunters so far are about 3 percent off last year’s total (183,000 this year compared with 189,000 last
Cold stops EHD: 10 counties affected
Harrisburg – By the time prolonged sub-freezing temperatures frosted most of the Northeast in early November – presumably killing the biting midges that spread epizootic hemorrhagic disease that killed thousands of deer – EHD had
Hopes fade for 2007 Farm Bill in Senate
Washington – Without agreement on several aspects of the 2007 Farm Bill, it appears likely the U.S. Senate won’t pass its version of the far-ranging bill that includes a number of conservation programs, until 2008
VHS to hurt fishing in unforeseen way
Harrisburg – A fish disease that was originally identified as a potential threat to trout in commercial hatcheries in Europe, then later caused widespread die-offs of freshwater drum, white bass and yellow perch in the
Cinnamon phase bears rare here
Greensburg, Pa. – Pennsyl-vania has a bear season, one for black bears in particular. That’s just what Chuck Williams shot on opening day of the 2006 season, too. You’d never know it, though, not to
Another ‘typical’ year for anxious ice anglers
St. Paul – How much longer will ice anglers be left on shore holding the bucket? The National Weather Service, in its most recent outlook released Nov. 15, predicted warmer than average temperatures across Minnesota
Report: Ohio ranks top among water polluters
Columbus – Ohio ranked first in the nation in the number of times its major factories and cities released an unauthorized amount of harmful chemicals and untreated sewage into waterways, according to a report released
Hunter ranks are being shored up by women
Pittsburgh – When Brianne Stewart, 12, of West Newton, shot her first deer this fall, she joined a small sorority of hunters who are bucking a nationwide trend. She is one 304,000 girls – 19
