Fishing
Final rules for Erie netters in Gov. Strickland’s hands
Task force finishes review of industry Columbus – With its fifth and final meeting, a task force given the job by the Ohio legislature of evaluating Lake Erie fish management practices finished its work Dec.
Bogus Tioga DCNR signs: ‘Spare does’
Wellsboro, Pa. – A clever hoax involving the posting of bogus signs just before deer season urging hunters not to kill does in state forest in Tioga County was foiled when rangers on patrol discovered
Judge rules for property owners in lakefront suit
Painesville, Ohio – One of the defendants in a lawsuit that sought to grant expanded rights to Lake Erie shoreline property owners is hardly furious with the Dec. 11 landmark ruling by Lake County Common
The plan: more ducks, better habitat
Madison – More ducks through better habitat and more hunters by having more ducks. That’s the plan. Of course, there is a lot more to the state’s new 10-year Waterfowl Strategic Plan for 2008 to
DNR to add more COs
Camp Ripley, Minn. – Earlier this year, the DNR had a nearly full complement of conservation officers. Retirements thinned the ranks, but officials say a plan to hire as many as 18 officers next year
American Indian use of bird feathers reviewed
Minneapolis – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is in the process of reviewing comments received on a proposal to develop a system of distributing protected migratory bird feathers and other parts to American Indian
State loses dedicated conservationist, Dan Trainer
Stevens Point, Wis. – Wisconsin lost a dedicated conservationist Dec. 8, when Dan Trainer Jr. passed away. The 81-year-old retired dean of the College of Natural Resources at UW-Stevens Point had helped to begin wildlife
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
‘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
