Fishing
Warm January brings mixed fishing results
Unseasonably warm conditions spark early steelhead runs By Kenny Darwin Correspondent Grand Rapids, Mich. — Michigan’s warmest January in recorded history has created some hot fishing. The unseasonably warm weather highlighted by thawing snow and
Turkey leftovers!
DNR has 40,283 tags for first over-counter sale By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — Turkey leftovers can be a hard sell for the week following Thanksgiving, but the DNR is hoping the same does not
Battle resumes on youth hunting age
By Don Lehman Contributing Writer Albany, N.Y. – State Sen. Betty Little fondly recalls the days with her young sons at hunter education courses, her boys learning how to safely hunt in the Adirondack woods
Pataki’s budget plan offers ‘help’
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany — Gov. George Pataki’s 2006-07 budget proposal provides “some very direct help” to DEC’s Bureau of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources, its director says. Gerald Barnhart called Pataki’s spending plan
NRB says to limit December deer hunt
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison — The Natural Resources Board agreed with a recommendation by the DNR to limit December gun deer hunting north of Hwy. 8 in order to obtain approval from Senate and
Game land infrared deer survey on tap soon
By Mark Nale Northcentral Correspondent Harrisburg — Five state game lands are scheduled to receive deer-counting, infrared aerial surveys this winter, according to Cal DuBrock, director of the Pennsylvania Game Commission‘s bureau of wildlife management.
Killdeer reservoir drawn down nearly 50 percent
By Greg Keefer Contributing Writer Upper Sandusky, Ohio — The water level in the 255-acre above-ground reservoir in the Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area near Upper Sandusky has been drawn down by the DNR due to
NRC officials: License fee hikes appear likely
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Midland, Mich. — How would you solve the DNR’s money problems? That question is being posed to a work group established by the Natural Resources Commission and chaired by NRC
Proposal would make it illegal to ‘eBay’ permits
By Frank Hinchey Contributing Writer Columbus — The Ohio Division of Wildlife will propose new rules this year to discourage profiteering from resale of highly prized permits for the division’s annual controlled hunts. Each year,
