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PGC changes deer program in 4 units
Harrisburg – Pennsylvania game commissioners have given preliminary approval to a change in the structure of the firearms deer season, based on the promise of a study that it hasn’t started, has no money for,
Split perch bag could be in works for Erie
Sandusky, Ohio – Despite emergency efforts to prevent sport-fishing overharvest of yellow perch in Lake Erie last year, sport anglers still took more than their allowed quota, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. Anglers
PF&BC announces major Susquehanna River probe
Harrisburg – With no smoking gun to point to for the die-off of young smallmouth bass in the Susquehanna River in the summers of 2005 and 2007, nor for what appears to be an ongoing
2007 deer kill: Fourth-highest in state history
St. Paul – For the fifth year in a row, hunters in 2007 killed more than a quarter million deer in the state. The total take: 260,434. That’s fourth-highest in history, and 170 less than
Makeup of gas drilling board a sticking point
Columbus – Pending legislation that would open Ohio’s state parks and nature preserves to crude oil and natural gas drilling continues to generate controversy and intense debate. Part of that has to do with the
Fish tourney rules off to Legislature
Madison – The state Natural Resources Board has approved new fishing tournament rules, which now move to the Legislature for review. The board modified the proposed rules based on public testimony the day of the
Bush budget pitch gets mixed reviews
Washington – It’s been since 1991 that the price of the federal Duck Stamp has increased, but that could change under the 2009 budget President Bush proposed Monday. A $10 stamp increase is just one
Newest WMA to bear the name of ‘Holmes’
St. Paul – Before happily and humbly agreeing to have a state wildlife management area named in his honor, Roger Holmes, the former DNR Fish and Wildlife director, said those who thought him worthy should
