Hook and Bullet
Hunters can expect a good bear hunt this fall
Lansing – Bear hunters in Michigan can plan for another year of fine hunting in 2010. “Last year was a pretty good year all around,” DNRE bear specialist Adam Bump told Michigan Outdoor News. “We
Ohio Cuffs & Collars – Issue 17
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • On a warm and humid July evening, wildlife officer Steve Harvey was working sport fish enforcement at Alum Creek Reservoir. Harvey stopped at a popular fishing access when
Algae poses risk to gamefish year-class
Algae overtaking Ohio lakes, ponds Sandusky, Ohio – State fisheries biologists are holding their collective breaths over this year’s walleye and yellow perch hatch in Lake Erie, pending August sampling. A top concern is the
Viral Newcastle disease kills cormorants at LqP
Watson, Minn. – The haze you may have seen rising from the islands of Marsh Lake in west-central Minnesota this week and last might have come from fires ignited by the DNR, blazes created by
Obama administration’s Minneapolis ‘listening session’ draws about 200
Minneapolis – The U.S. Department of Agriculture offers a Forest Legacy program that is meant to protect working forests. As DNR Commissioner Mark Holsten sees it, the problem with it and some other federal programs
MN Cuffs
District 1 – Baudette area CO Ben Huener (Roseau) attended a tracking class at Norris Camp along with other local, state, and federal agencies. CO Keith Backer (Blackduck) monitored area experimental regulation lakes and lake
Deer permit sales down even as revenue climbs
Springfield – DNR has sold about 12,000 fewer resident firearms and muzzleloader deer permits so far this year compared to the same point in 2009. But revenue for the permits is up, thanks to the
USDA makes good on its earlier CRP pledge
Washington – For those who administer the conservation program known as CRP, the latest announcement by the USDA’s Farm Service Agency might require them to do some brushing up on Conservation Reserve Program rules. For
Dove stats show state ranks high
Springfield – What seemed like an ordinary dove season last year was actually a chart-topper for Illinois. Hunters here took home an average of 23.2 doves, which may not sound all that impressive – until
