Hook and Bullet
PF&BC to hire help to survey streams seeking wild trout
Harrisburg – Anglers aren’t the only ones looking for trout these days. Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission officials are, too. Following up on an effort begun last year, commission biologists this summer will survey small
Chytridiomycosis fungus killing off Ohio amphibians
Mayfield Village, Ohio – Spring may be growing quieter as a worldwide pandemic fungal disease is killing off entire populations of amphibians: frogs, toads, salamanders and similar creatures. And Ohio is not immune from the
Progress continues in House and Senate on dedicated funding bills
St. Paul – The Senate earlier this week gave preliminary approval to $59 million worth of conservation projects funded by the amendment voters passed in 2008. The projects, all recommended by the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage
Plenty remains on outdoor docket at the Capitol
St. Paul – With less than a month left in the legislative session – and three-day weeks this week and next – there are a variety of unresolved issues. Even if lawmakers had figured out
Michigan joins Minnesota in wolf request as Wisconsin treads water
Madison – The Wisconsin DNR has yet to decide whether to jump on the wolf delisting bandwagon, but the state of Michigan didn’t hesitate to take that leap and has joined Minnesota in petitioning the
Mayday! Gobbler take may dip
Albany – New York’s spring gobbler hunters had a great season in 2009, recording one of the highest harvest totals in the past six years. But back-to-back poor nesting seasons across much of the state
F&W director: Fund solvent
Albany -_DEC’s top fish and wildlife official says it’s the state’s cash flow problems, and not the solvency of the Conservation Fund, that has forced the department to make numerous program cuts. Director of Fish,
DNR expects rebound after fish winterkill
Windom, Minn. – A recent scan of some southwestern Minnesota lakeshore probably had local anglers fearing the worst – that the harsh winter of 2009-10 had decimated fish populations. But while winterkill, brought on by
PETA casting barbs at IHSA
Bloomington, Ill. – Two weeks before hundreds of high school anglers in the state compete in bass fishing sectionals, PETA sent a letter to the Illinois High School Association asking that the sport be eliminated.
