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Lake Michigan chinook may be finding balance
Chicago – For Lake Mich-igan chinook, there is good news to be found in numbers big and small. Although the 2009 annual lake survey showed the alewife population – those are popular forage fish for
Doyle vetoes bear-hunting bill
Madison – Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed the controversial “bear bill” on May 19, citing potential conflicts between hunters, landowners, and other outdoor enthusiasts if Assembly Bill 371 was signed into law. “Citizens have spoken, via
DNR, HSUS partnership causes stir
Madison – Jaws dropped and eyes grew wide recently when a Wisconsin DNR press release announced the agency had “joined forces” with the Humane Society of the United States to “educate Wisconsinites about the importance
District 1 – Baudette area
CO Ben Huener (Roseau) monitored area angling activity on the Roseau River, Lake Bronson, and Lake of the Woods. Two trespass complaints were handled on private land and on a WMA. CO Huener investigated three
Turkey hunters, again, eclipse harvest record
Madelia, Minn. – Sure as winter turns to spring, and spring becomes summer, turkey hunters this year killed a record number of birds. Indeed, record springtime turkey harvests have become a common refrain, as this
Fish bill: Protecting fish, or denying shore anglers?
St. Paul – Portions of a Legislature-approved bill – now awaiting Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s approval or veto – are aimed at protecting spawning fish in parts of the Mississippi River and its tributaries in the
Weekend start boosts early gobbler take
Albany -_New York state’s spring gobbler season opened on a weekend this year, and that has fueled higher harvest reports through the first two weeks of the monthlong season. While DEC biologists are predicting a
Jordahl’s conservation values timeless
Madison – Harold “Bud” Jordahl Jr., one of the giant’s in Wisconsin’s conservation world, died May 11 at the age of 83. Jordahl was instrumental in influencing state conservation programs both big and small. He
Klobuchar, Oberstar weigh in on timber wolf delisting
Washington – Two months after the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist federally protected timber wolves in those states, members of Congress from Minnesota have offered their
