Fishing
Combo deer license survives challenge
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Saginaw, Mich. – We listened, the Natural Resources Commission wanted to tell hunters at its March monthly meeting here. It listened to suggestions that hunters be more restricted in how
Lake Erie netting plan gets redo at statehouse
Proposal would eliminate state’s buyout blueprint By Jeffrey L. Frischkorn Contributing Writer State Sen. Timothy J. Grendell, R-Chesterland, believes he’s found a better way to regulate Ohio’s Lake Erie commercial fishing fleet without making the
More does target of new tag proposal
Special doe tags would allow harvest of up to three more deer in some places Staff, Wire Reports Columbus – Even with Ohio hunters nearly assured to break a harvest record this year, state wildlife
Hatchery repairs price climbs closer to $40M
Staff report Albany – Repairs to the most of the state’s dozen fish hatcheries are slowly getting done, but in the meantime the price tag for the work continues to rise. At one time pegged
NWTF treasurer guilty of embezzlement
Editor’s note: This article appears with permission from the Dodgeville Chronicle. Dodgeville, Wis. – An Avoca woman will spend one year in jail for embezzling at least $19,000 from the Wisconsin Chapter of the National
Conservation Fund top Summit priority
By Don LehmanContributing Writer Albany – The state’s largest conservation organizations banded together late last month to call for legislative changes that would address dwindling revenue to the state Conservation Fund, crack down on poachers
NRB lends support to December hunt
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison – The somewhat controversial December antlerless gun deer season north of Hwy. 8 will continue in 2007, but Natural Resources Board members made it clear to the DNR that they
VHS threatens the fish of Lake Superior
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Duluth, Minn. – Last summer, the threat of a spreading fish virus forced a federal agency to issue a crackdown on movement of some fish species in several Great Lakes
Free licenses drain Conservation Fund
By Don LehmanContributing Writer Albany – Every year, tens of thousands of senior citizens, military veterans and handicapped sportsmen receive free or discounted hunting, fishing and trapping licenses and stamps from the state. Those freebies
