Fishing
Hunting license sales decline by 5 percent
Staff report Albany – Hunting license sales in New York dipped by about 5 percent last season, affected more by a sharp decline in available Deer Management Permits than the discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease
Bass virus found, but no impact yet in New York
By Don Lehman Contributing Writer Albany – A virus that has killed thousands of largemouth bass around the U.S. has been found in New York waters, but scientists say it doesn’t appear to have caused
Feds announce wolf delisting proposal
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week announced a new plan to remove the gray wolf from federal protection under the Endangers Species Act in Wisconsin, as
Dove hunt not likely, says DEC
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany – New York State is one of few states outside of New England that doesn’t allow dove hunting, and that’s not likely to change in the near future. Perhaps the
Maps showing huntable private land nearly ready
By P.J. Reilly Southeast Correspondent Harrisburg — The Pennsyl-vania Game Commission has thousands of acres of private lands enrolled in public-access programs. But the only way to locate them in recent years has been to
Deer harvest No. 2 in record book
By Mike Moore Editor Columbus — While the shotgun and muzzleloader harvest for whitetails dipped a bit during the 2005-2006 hunting season, a productive youth hunt and archery kill pushed the overall numbers into near
PGC seems headed to deer compromise
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — It looks like the Pennsylvania Game Commis-sion is heading toward a compromise on deer-management. The agency’s deer-management biologists have been directed to present commissioners with a range of options
CSI Ohio: Deer DNA helps bust poachers
By Frank Hinchey Contributing Writer DNA evidence is a tool commonly used in today’s modern law enforcement community to help solve murders and other violent crimes. But, forensic science is not exclusive to the human
Groups want more coaster protection
By Marty Kovarik Correspondent Marquette, Mich. — Spurred by a proposed mining effort, the Sierra Club has teamed with the Huron Mountain Club to petition the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the coaster
