Fishing
Forest rangers may get police authority
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany — DEC forest rangers would have police powers under legislation approved by the state House and Senate and set to be signed by Gov. George Pataki. The bill was crafted
Goose hunt opens Labor Day weekend
State’s second mourning dove hunt opens Sept. 1 Staff Report Madison — For the first time since the state has offered an early Canada goose season, state goose hunters will be able to shoot geese
CRP faces new challenges
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington — Farm Bill 2007 is a couple years away, but conservation leaders already are promoting the continued need for the famed Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), a set-aside program for
Mixed results so far for salmon anglers
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Midland, Mich. — Anglers hungry for Great Lakes salmon action are sitting down to the seasonal feast. How they’re faring depends on where they go, and whether they’re after numbers
Early goose season is looking promising
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing — Hunters participating in the early September goose season can expect a pretty good year, perhaps better than last, according to some waterfowl experts. Despite the fact that the population
Weather issues inhibit walleye pond production
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Midland, Mich. — At first blush, losing half your rearing ponds’ usual production of young walleyes sounds like trouble. Coping with an output one-fifth of last year’s sounds catastrophic. But
Drought is cause of concern for the U.P.
By Marty Kovarik Correspondent Marquette, Mich. — The National Weather Service in Marquette reports that a combination of above-normal temperatures and a lack of rain has plunged some of the central and eastern Upper Peninsula
Final aerial survey: Deer numbers vary
Staff Report Harrisburg — Deer numbers vary widely across the state, according to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ final analysis of an aerial white-tailed deer survey of state forestlands done last winter. DCNR
Infection killing bass in Juniata, Susquehanna
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — Ironically, the same very hot, dry weather that finally made the Susquehanna River wadeable for bass fishermen after two frustrating years of extremely high flows, may have created conditions
