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MI: Baiting citations still high
Lansing – Illegal deer-baiting violations initially skyrocketed in 2008 when the state banned deer bait in the Lower Peninsula in response to a captive deer found with chronic wasting disease. But reported baiting violations and
MI: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 9
DISTRICT 1 CO Mark Leadman is following up on a minnow dealer who failed to renew his license from 2009 despite being warned about this last year. CO Trey Luce has been getting more and
MI: USFWS announces plan to delist wolves in Midwest
Minneapolis – At a time when the matter of gray wolf management has moved from U.S. courtrooms to the floors of Congress, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has again announced a proposal to “delist”
PA: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 9
NORTHWEST REGION Butler County WCO Christopher J. Deal filed citations in several cases for unlawful possession of wildlife or their parts this past month. Forest County WCO Frank E. Leichtenberger recently had two bears with
PA: Farm Bureau to PGC: No Sunday hunting!
Harrisburg – It wasn’t ugly, but it was tense. That’s perhaps how best to describe the back-and-forth that went on between Pennsylvania Game commissioners and a representative of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau on April 11.
PA: PGC to sell more doe tags this year
Harrisburg – The length of doe season is changing. The number of doe licenses to be available is changing. Antler restrictions are changing. The Deer Management Assistance Program is changing. Other than that, this year’s
PA: Coal reps slow down wild-trout waters OK
Harrisburg – Two years ago, when Fish & Boat Commissioner Bill Worobec announced his plan to have colleges and universities help the agency assess potential wild-trout streams, it was the Marcellus shale drilling industry he
Dangerous animal order in Ohio to be reexamined
Columbus – The Ohio DNR plans to “start from scratch” in developing regulatory policies for possession and sale of wild dangerous animals in Ohio. The announcement coincides with Gov. John Kasich’s administration decision to allow
OH: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 9
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • State Wildlife Officer Brad Kiger had an odd day in March with several strange calls. Kiger had two phone calls about some black bear tracks that were found
