Hook and Bullet
Congress passes Farm Bill; Bush keeps word with veto
Washington – The margin by which the nearly $290 billion Farm Bill passed in mid-May in both the House (318-106, on May 14) and the Senate (81-15, on May 15) nearly ensured an override of
Mille Lacs tribal harvest eclipses 87,500 pounds
Aitkin, Minn. – Spring tribal netting of Mille Lacs Lake walleyes effectively was wrapped up prior to the May 10 state fishing opener, and officials say the harvest by the eight bands that net the
Charges expected in deer-trapping case
Chippewa Falls, Wis. – A Lake Holcombe man is expected to face charges for using an automatic garage door opener to close a gate in his deer farm fence after luring wild deer into the
Wisconsin, Iowa event gets kids out-of-doors
Prairie du Chien, Wis. – The Upper Mississippi River Festival “Celebrating a River of Life” gets students outside in hopes of opening doors to the world of natural resources. The festival has been held each
Pawlenty signs legislation focusing on VHS into law
St. Paul – Legislation aimed at safeguarding the state from a deadly fish virus was approved by Gov. Tim Pawlenty during the final week of the ’08 session. The bill’s primary focus is the movement
Crappie regs proven effective in six lakes
Delaware, Ohio – It was one of those perfect May days when the afternoon melted into the evening on the water of Delaware Lake, just north of the city of the same name in central
Session finds funds for Vermilion park
St. Paul – Minnesota is a step closer to its first state park since the 1970s. As part of session-ending negotiations and deal-making, the Legislature approved $20 million for a new state park on the
Weird white bat fungus shows up in the state
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Game Commission is working with several states and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to sort out what is killing bats in New York and New England. Although white-nose syndrome (WNS)
Half million steelhead stocked into streams
Conneaut, Ohio – Small by even a Pennsylvania trout stream’s standards, the smolts released last month into five northeast Ohio rivers represent the future of steelheading. The DNR Division of Wildlife stocked these streams –
