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New Southwick report shows hunters, anglers spend billions
Recent reports from the American Sportfishing Association and the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation show that hunting, target shooting and recreational fishing generate billions in retail sales, job creation, and conservation funding.
The newly released series
New York Mixed Bag: DEC holding Great Lakes sub-basin work group meetings April 29 – May 6
DEC is poised to host a series of Great Lakes Action Agenda Sub-Basin Work Group Meetings in late April and early May. The Great Lakes Program invites the public to take part in the sessions

Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Don’t shoot a deer first, buy a license second
Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from the DNR. These reports are from the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.

Here’s what to know about the status of Minnesota’s ‘Great Eight’ walleye lakes ahead of opener
Assuming there it a normal ice-out year, Jensen suspects that anglers can get some catch-and-release action on the northern sand areas of the lake. Even though he isn’t sure why they group up in that

A case for fishing the Minnesota River — where ‘you never know what you may hook into’
Along its 332-mile journey beginning in Big Stone Lake at the Minnesota-South Dakota border, the Minnesota River bends and snakes its way through farms, forests, fields, and swamps until it meets the Mississippi River south

New DNR leader, Hyun, speaks to Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
Newly appointed Department of Natural Resources Secretary Karen Hyun made an appearance before Wisconsin Wildlife Federation (WWF) directors and affiliate representatives at the group’s annual meeting in early April, stating she was grateful for the

Notes off a soiled cuff: What is limiting the growth potential of Pennsylvania’s elk herd?
Living part time in Pennsylvania’s elk range for awhile, not long ago, I became enamored and fascinated by the majestic animals. With so much good habitat for them to spread out in the Northern Tier,

Commentary: Wisconsin outdoors users want to see Nelson-Knowles Stewardship Program continue
Wisconsin is fortunate to have a rich sporting heritage, with hundreds of thousands of sportsmen and women taking advantage of our public lands each year. That tradition continues to thrive, in part, due to the

Can nature be nonpartisan in 2025? New nonprofit aims to make it so
Benji Backer wants to bring political conservatives back into the environmental conversation.
The 27-year-old from Seattle recently launched a nonprofit called Nature is Nonpartisan. He did it from Belle Fourche, S.D. – the self-described