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Ode to a dibble bar: a tree-planting, habitat-improvement weekend in southeast Minnesota
A rite of spring for decades in the author’s family, three generations hand-plant oaks and crabapples for wildlife – game and nongame alike

Search for ‘magic’ deer number in Pennsylvania goes on
Game commissioners trying to sooth angry hunters, protect forest habitat

The science behind catch and release
I recently had the privilege to attend a lecture on the science of catch and release by Dr. Steven J. Cooke, who is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair of Environmental Science and Biology

Sleeper walleye lakes for the Minnesota fishing opener
In a two-part blog, the author pitches runner-up angling ideas for walleyes, pike, and crappies come May 9.

Brushed in for the spring gobbler season
Even with wild turkey hunting it can be necessary to camouflage a blind when conditions call for it.

Another case of CWD found
A Millersburg, Ohio, deer farm owner has been ordered to destroy a second captive deer herd after tests on a dead white-tailed deer from one of Daniel Yoder’s two breeding farms was confirmed positive for

Kasich signs algae bill
Ohio’s efforts to slow the spread of toxic algae in Lake Erie will soon force some farmers to change how they handle livestock manure and require more testing for pollutants at the state’s largest wastewater
Ohio Cuffs and Collars – April 24th, 2015
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • State wildlife officer Chad Grote recently attended a hunter education class in Marion County. While at the class, he went outside to retrieve prizes for students who answered

Groups sue to overturn SFWCA
The recently enacted Scientific Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act is under attack.