Hook and Bullet
Deer debate drags on – even in agency
By Mark Nale Northcentral Correspondent State College, Pa. — The 6-2 vote cast by the Pennsylvania Game Commission Board of Commissioners in April reduced antlerless allocations in some management units, but kept the deer seasons
Oak research yields big surprises
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor University Park, Pa. — After more than a decade of closely monitoring regeneration of oak trees on forest tracts around Pennsylvania, researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences have begun
Changes in store for antlerless permits
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing — Michigan hunters will see several changes this fall in the allocation of and requirements needed to purchase antlerless deer permits. Regulations proposed by the DNR Wildlife Division and approved
Fishing license sales spike through spring
Staff, DNR reports Columbus — It appears plenty of people are taking the “Fish Ohio” message to heart this spring, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. Fishing license sales have been brisk with anglers
OWO: Fish records serious business
By Mike Moore Editor Winchester, Ohio — Records were made to be broken but they only became such in Ohio due to the work of an outdoors writers group and the DNR Division of Wildlife.
Compact halts ‘state shopping’
By Don Lehman Contributing Writer Albany – Poachers and others who violate state game laws face hunting and fishing bans in 21 other states under an agreement New York has entered into that officials hope
New strategy and a new name: LCCMR
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — Change is afoot for the way conservation projects in the state are funded. In one of their final orders of business, lawmakers passed legislation to retool and
House trims funding for federal wetland program
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington — Conservationists this week encouraged members of the U.S. Senate to consider full funding of the Wetlands Reserve Program following House action that could mean a 25-percent decrease in
