Fishing
2005 may be N.Y. hunting’s safest
Staff report Albany — Preliminary reports are showing the 2005 deer hunting season to be perhaps the safest in New York history. DEC Sportsmen Education Administrator Wayne Jones reported late last month that 14 deer
Senate to debate ‘age 8’ hunting bill
By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — The youth hunting bill – Assembly Bill 586 – takes one step closer to the governor’s desk this week with a Senate hearing that was to have taken place
Feds won’t appeal gray wolf rulings
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Minneapolis — Federal officials in wolf country around the U.S. have begun the process of wolf delisting, following an announcement by the Department of Justice that it won’t appeal court
State agencies tackle issue of manure runoff
By Judy Nugent Correspondent Madison — The past 18 months saw 52 cases of manure runoff resulting in fish kills and polluted drinking wells in Wisconsin, creating a job for the new Manure Management Task
Tests show no new CWD cases
Staff report Rome, N.Y. — DEC deer biologists and statisticians deal with a lot of numbers each season, but the one they’re most impressed with this year is zero. That’s how many new cases of
Fishing regs proposal formally announced
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany — DEC’s formal unveiling of a series of fishing regulations changes brought no big surprises, largely because the moves have been widely discussed with sportsmen for the past year. The
Efforts continue to delist timber wolves
By Marty Kovarik Correspondent Marquette, Mich. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced it will not appeal U.S. District Court decisions from earlier this year nullifying the service’s reclassification of timber (gray) wolves
Groups plan strategy to revive dove hunting
Bill Parker Editor Lansing — Representatives from some 30 sportsmens organizations from across the state gathered at the Michigan United Conservation Clubs’ headquarters in Lansing late last month to begin working on a strategy to
Federation prez says: Don’t link deer, fees
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Gap, Pa. — Linking the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s desperate need for new revenue with deer management is a dangerous concept that could lead to the agency being absorbed by another government
