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DNR to add more COs
Camp Ripley, Minn. – Earlier this year, the DNR had a nearly full complement of conservation officers. Retirements thinned the ranks, but officials say a plan to hire as many as 18 officers next year
The plan: more ducks, better habitat
Madison – More ducks through better habitat and more hunters by having more ducks. That’s the plan. Of course, there is a lot more to the state’s new 10-year Waterfowl Strategic Plan for 2008 to
Poaching bill signed; increases restitution
Columbus – Gov. Ted Strickland gave the DNR Division of Wildlife an early Christmas present Dec. 3 by signing House Bill 238, which revises restitution values of wild animals unlawfully held, taken, bought, sold, or
‘Sentinel’ lakes to be focus of study
St. Paul – State officials are hoping a few select lakes across Minnesota will serve them well as proverbial “canaries in coal mines” in coming years. Twenty-four of the state’s lakes – spread geographically across
Issue threatens to ruin Pa. federation
Altoona, Pa. – Even as one environmental/sportsmen’s group in Pennsylvania comes out in support of a battle against human-caused global warming, another is trying to keep the issue from tearing it apart. Reaction to Trout
Gun harvest rebounds from marginal opener
DNR, Staff Reports Columbus – Two days of rainy weather and strong winds bookended the traditional deer gun season, driving down harvest figures by nearly 8,500 from a year ago. Ohio hunters took 103,195 deer
Catfish record for the taking after Jan. 1
Winchester, Ohio – Those who keep track of Ohio’s fishing records have an early Christmas gift for those who seek catfish. The Outdoor Writers of Ohio’s Record Fish Committee is in the process of including
Newlyweds add to rich history of a deer camp
Lancaster, Pa. – Deer camps are the heart and soul of the Pennsylvania deer-hunting tradition. Another chapter was added to the rich bible of stories recorded inside the Sugar Run and Mill Creek hunting camps
Pittsburgh official: No city hunting
Pittsburgh – The area that was to become Pittsburgh had deer in the 1700s. The area encompassed by the city today still does. For the sake of the people living with them, though, they should
