Fishing
The director’s take on fee increases, budget
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing – The financial hardships that have hit the DNR due to stagnant user fees and reductions in allocations from the state general fund have resulted in cuts in personnel and
Wild pheasants released in east
By Dennis Scharadin Contributing Writer Greenwood Valley, Pa. – The thermometer read 14 degrees with a wind chill close to zero as the group huddled around the truck filled with cardboard boxes. They were braving
Spearers take four sturgeon during Black Lake season
By Yvonne Swager Correspondent Onaway, Mich. – Anne Marie Archambo, of Cheboygan, is two for two in lake sturgeon spearing attempts on Black Lake. She has only registered for the lake’s spearing season twice, was
Anti-pollution devices set for trout hatcheries
By Deborah Weisberg Contributing Writer Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission is about to find out if a costly new system for filtering fish waste shows promise in helping hatchery water meet state
Anglers get chilly lesson in ice safety
Two survive icy plunge into Turkeyfoot Lake By Mark Tuscano Contributing Writer Akron, Ohio – You’ve been out on the ice so many times before that it seems just routine: You’re cozy in your shanty,
New regs helping build big sturgeon
By Dean Bortz Editor Oshkosh, Wis. — DNR fish biologist Ron Bruch spent the first six days of the Winnebago system sturgeon season looking for a familiar face – not a pretty face, just a
Fish virus turns up at Connetquot hatchery
Staff report Oakdale, N.Y. — A virus discovered at the Connetquot River State Park Preserve’s fish hatchery may force officials to destroy all 25,000 trout. The disease – Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis (IPN) – was discovered
NRB enters Stewardship Fund discussion fray
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison — The Natural Resources Board has created a special Stewardship Fund subcommittee to help the DNR referee talks on Gov. Jim Doyle’s proposal to renew the fund at a rate
