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Nonresident license hike dead for now
It appears that an effort by the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife to raise nonresident hunting fees is dead in the water – at least for now.
Pact could end lake silt dumping
Ohio’s environmental regulators and a federal agency that maintains Lake Erie’s shipping channels will work together on finding new ways to get rid of the tons of silt dredged from a northern Ohio harbor and

Obermiller named chief of state parks
Gary Obermiller, chief of the Ohio DNR Division of Watercraft, will become deputy director over Ohio State Parks and Watercraft. He will also serve as chief of Ohio State Parks, the DNR has announced.
Ohio Cuffs & Collars – June 20th, 2014
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • While patrolling Delaware Wildlife Area, state wildlife officer Chad Grote, assigned to Marion County, noticed a car parked in a group of trees just off a parking lot.

Concerns raised on gun use
Natural Resources Commission members delayed action on a proposal that would allow the use of firearms to fill deer management assistance permits during the archery season to give user groups time to resolve concerns about
Michigan Cuffs & Collars – June 20th, 2014
DISTRICT 1 CO Marvin Gerlach reports that a subject convicted of taking a deer without a valid license during the 2013 deer season paid $1,000 in restitution and $450 in court costs and fines. The

Wisconsin hunters get positive news from spring grouse drumming counts
Count is down 1 percent statewide, but that’s good news considering the Wisconsin grouse cycle is in its downward swing

Looks like merger is going nowhere
If state lawmakers have a burning desire to merge the Pennsylvania Game and Fish & Boat commissions into one agency, they’re hiding it well.

Unique poaching ring is broken up
Three Westmoreland County butchers await arraignment June 30 on a slew of charges relating to the alleged illegal sale of venison.