Fishing
Newlyweds add to rich history of a deer camp
Lancaster, Pa. – Deer camps are the heart and soul of the Pennsylvania deer-hunting tradition. Another chapter was added to the rich bible of stories recorded inside the Sugar Run and Mill Creek hunting camps
Pittsburgh official: No city hunting
Pittsburgh – The area that was to become Pittsburgh had deer in the 1700s. The area encompassed by the city today still does. For the sake of the people living with them, though, they should
Ice status: firm in the south, slushy up north
Willmar, Minn. – Although it’s been a slow process, ice conditions are improving in Minnesota. Strangely enough, some of the best ice conditions are taking hold in the southern half of the state. With less
CRP, other programs in Senate Farm Bill
Washington – Passage of an updated federal Farm Bill took a step forward last week when the Senate passed a bill that would support U.S. agriculture, provide funding for nutritional programs, and continue a number
Potential Saturday firearms opener for ’09 in discussion
Columbus – A new attendance record could very well be set at the DNR Division of Wildlife’s district open houses next March. The open houses, held annually for hunters, anglers, and trappers to express their
Poaching bill signed; increases restitution
Columbus – Gov. Ted Strickland gave the DNR Division of Wildlife an early Christmas present Dec. 3 by signing House Bill 238, which revises restitution values of wild animals unlawfully held, taken, bought, sold, or
‘Sentinel’ lakes to be focus of study
St. Paul – State officials are hoping a few select lakes across Minnesota will serve them well as proverbial “canaries in coal mines” in coming years. Twenty-four of the state’s lakes – spread geographically across
Issue threatens to ruin Pa. federation
Altoona, Pa. – Even as one environmental/sportsmen’s group in Pennsylvania comes out in support of a battle against human-caused global warming, another is trying to keep the issue from tearing it apart. Reaction to Trout
Locked bucks saved from watery peril
Richfield, Wis. – A group of Washington County DNR employees saved two trophy bucks from a watery death on Friday, Nov. 16, the day before the gun deer season began. DNR Conservation Warden Bob Lee
