Fishing
Landowners to get new conservation offering
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Lansing – Michigan could gain more than 8,000 acres in cropland set-aside for wildlife conservation under a new provision offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The State Areas for
Biologist: Plenty of jakes, 2-year-olds this season
By Jeffrey L. FrischkornContributing Writer Athens, Ohio – If wildlife biologists’ predictions come true, then thousands of Ohioans will walk out of the woods this spring with their Thanksgiving Day dinners slung over their shoulders.
Some fish stocking suspended for 2007
By Yvonne Swager Correspondent Lansing – Michigan DNR walleye, pike, and muskie production and stocking has been suspended for a year because of a fatal fish disease. The presence of viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), detected
New Web-based licensing system in development
By Jeffrey L. Frischkorn Contributing Writer Columbus – The DNR Division of Wildlife is in the market for a new, efficient Web-based licensing system. The present model is 10 years old, held together with software
Steelhead run is sizzling
By Kenny Darwin Correspondent Wellston, Mich. – State steelhead fishermen are doing back-flips because fishing action across the state has improved with recent warm weather. Further, Michigan has had plenty of rain. ‘All our rivers
Record flathead taken at Blue Marsh
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Boyertown, Pa. – James Shabrach Jr. spends a lot of nights fishing the spillway below Blue Marsh Lake in Berks County, but few of them end up like the night
Deer survey stalls rule change talk
By Don LehmanContributing Writer Syracuse, N.Y. – A survey of deer hunters in parts of Region 7 has prompted the state DEC to put off any talk of antler restrictions or other potential rules changes
Earn-a-buck in ’07 to include 35 units
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison – The number of herd-control and earn-a-buck deer units outside of the CWD zones will increase for the 2007 hunting season to include 60 herd-control units (compared to 54 in
Frustrated Monacchio steps down from CFAB
By Don LehmanContributing Writer Northville, N.Y. – The chairman of the state Conservation Fund Advisory Board (CFAB) announced his resignation March 16, saying the inability of certain sportsmen’s groups to work together had pushed him
