Hook and Bullet
By Bill Parker Editor
Newberry, Mich. — Michigan bear hunters eyeing the Sept. 10 start of the 2005 season have plenty to get excited about. Wildlife managers expect a harvest close to last years, which was the second highest
NRC approves 60-day ’05 waterfowl season
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Midland, Mich. — Michigan waterfowl hunters will enjoy relatively liberal waterfowl hunting regulations this year – similar to last year’s, with a few adjustments. The Natural Resources Commission, which oversees
Agency director fields lawmakers’ questions
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg — Pennsylvania residents can keep roadkills. Farmers in the state’s southeastern corner need help controlling deer. And Game Commission employees do get sued on occasion, though it’s rare for
S.S. number flap hitting PGC hard
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — Already facing a fiscal crisis that has resulted in nearly $10 million in program cuts and a continuing firestorm of hunter and politician anger over its much-maligned deer-management program
The Classic was great; only the fishing wasn’t
By Deborah Weisberg Contributing Writer Pittsburgh — Fish were few and far between but fans were everywhere at the recent record-setting CITGO Bassmaster Classic on western Pennsylvania’s Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers, where Kevin VanDam
BWCAW blaze continues; some blowdown burning
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Ely, Minn. — A fire in the Boundary Waters Area Canoe Wilderness of northeastern Minnesota continued to burn near the Canadian border Tuesday, when a light rain in the morning
Goose hunt opens Labor Day weekend
State’s second mourning dove hunt opens Sept. 1 Staff Report Madison — For the first time since the state has offered an early Canada goose season, state goose hunters will be able to shoot geese
CRP faces new challenges
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington — Farm Bill 2007 is a couple years away, but conservation leaders already are promoting the continued need for the famed Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), a set-aside program for
State conservation leader passes away
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Frank Schneider Jr. was the Outdoor News 2001 Man of the Year St. Paul — A conservation giant in Minnesota has died. Frank Schneider Jr. passed away on Monday, Aug.
