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MN: Shooting to start in CWD area
St. Paul – Landowners in the area where a wild deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease likely will begin shooting animals as early as this week. As that effort begins, the DNR also will
MN: Letter to lawmakers: Don’t fill hole in General Fund with Legacy dollars
St. Paul – As lawmakers stare down a $6.2 billion state budget deficit, there’s concern among conservation and environmental groups that some legislators may be tempted to use money from the Legacy Amendment to make
MN: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 5
District 1 – Baudette area CO Jeff Birchem (Baudette) spent time checking anglers and snowmobilers on Lake of the Woods. He also followed up on a wetlands violation. CO Jeremy Woinarowicz (Thief River Falls) checked
MI: State again set to stock Great Lakes muskies
Lansing – State fisheries officials plan to stock as many as 20,000 native Great Lakes muskies this year after a series of disease-related delays set the program back a decade. Department of Natural Resources and
MI: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 3
DISTRICT 1 CO Brian Bacon and Sgt. Marc Pomroy set up surveillance on two anglers fishing on a remote section of an Iron County lake, and upon checking the fishermen, tickets were issued for fishing
MI: Hunting accidents trending downward
Lansing – The number of hunting-related firearms accidents continued its downward trend in 2010, despite a spike in fatalities, according to a document released last week by the state DNRE. The total number of firearms
MI: Salmon demise bites charters
Harrisville, Mich. – A new study shows the collapse of the chinook salmon fishery in Lake Huron has equated to millions of dollars in losses for charter boat operators and port cities in recent years.
PA: More forest data is needed in state
Harrisburg – Since he retired as head of policy for the state’s largest landowner four years ago, Rick Carlson has been spending more time in Penn’s Woods. After 20 years with the Pennsylvania Department of
PA: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 3
NORTHWEST REGION Mercer County WCO Lawrence R. Hergenroeder reported a deer carcass dumped along a roadway. “The person responsible indicated that it was legal to do so in the state he was from,” he said.
