Fishing
Summit set to renew efforts for sportsmen
By Don LehmanContributing Writer Albany – Leaders of the state’s four biggest conservation groups will meet in September as they continue the summit on sporting issues they began last year. This time, though, they hope
License fee hike a hot topic
By Steve PiattEditor Pompey, N.Y. – A hunting license fee hike may not be on the horizon, but it may be the best way to help bring the cash-strapped Conservation Fund back in the black.
Outlook favorable for hunters
By Tom Watts Correspondent Lansing – Small-game hunters can expect a pretty good season when the action begins in mid-September. Ruffed grouse populations are making their predictable 10-year cycle surge and probably will peak within
Comments sought on Michigan’s wolf plan
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing – Michigan farmers could receive depredation permits to legally protect their livestock from wolves under a proposed wolf management plan, which was presented to the state Natural Resources Commission at
Federal judge upholds state ballast water law
By Yvonne Swager Correspondent Lansing – A federal judge has confirmed that oceangoing ships will have to continue to comply with Michigan’s new law regulating ballast water discharge. A lawsuit brought by members of the
Expanded goose hunt won’t pass this year
By Mike MooreEditor Columbus – A proposal for 70 days of goose hunting in Ohio was rejected before it ever reached the state’s rule-making authorities. The DNR Division of Wildlife this summer devised a plan
Emerald shiner crunch a bit tighter this year
By Dave Golowenski Contributing Writer Port Clinton, Ohio – Lake Erie perch jerkers likely will be scrambling for preferred bait in the weeks ahead. ‘The crunch is coming. It’s definitely coming,’ said A.J. Goehring, owner
Sportsmen numbers down even as public support up
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg – When biologists, conservationists, hunters and others gather at a special session of the North American Wildlife Conference next March, they’re going to talk about the future of hunting.
