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Commentary: Pennsylvania must manage deer before feds get involved
The article concerning the feds taking over deer management from the states is alarming and should be a wake-up call to every sportsman out there.
As a one-time offshore fisherman, I saw some of

Jeffrey Frischkorn: Can the freshwater drum get some respect?
When you consistently find yourself in last place as a popular sport fish, it’s a tough spot to be cheered by Lake Erie anglers. Even if you are a biological hero in your own right.<br

Tom Venesky: Farming for a solution to CWD in Pennsylvania
The deer farming industry has often taken much of the blame for the spread of chronic wasting disease to wild deer in Pennsylvania.
Whether the blame is accurate or the industry is unjustly being

Outdoor Observations: Who should be considered a “nonresident” when it comes to Michigan hunting, fishing licenses?
My friend, Mark, lived and worked in Michigan most of his life. He owned multiple homes here, and back in the 1990s he bought a piece of property in Kaleva that he converted into a

Jefferson County judge’s navigable water ruling faces likely appeal from Wisconsin DNR
A Jefferson County judge’s recent ruling that forbids boaters, anglers and other water-borne recreationists from entering flooded private lands can’t be enforced outside the county and faces a likely appeal by the Wisconsin Department of

Notes off a soiled cuff: Will the recent consistent high heat negatively impact Pennsylvania brook trout?
The week before this issue went to press included six consecutive days with high temperatures exceeding 90 degrees in the central part of Pennsylvania. Can’t help but wonder how the prolonged heat affects our thermally

Streams of Thought: A level-headed discussion about wolves
It was likely in 1999 that I first wrote about gray wolves in Minnesota. Numerical goals regarding wolf populations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan had been reached, and talk was of removing wolves from the

New York DEC expands sponsored pheasant hunt program
A little more than a year after the avian flu devastated the Richard E. Reynolds Game Farm – the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s sole pheasant raising facility – the agency is eager

Collaboration key to Sanborn Lake Wildlife Management Area addition in southeastern Minnesota
Ducks Unlimited last Saturday hosted a dedication ceremony for Sanborn Lake Wildlife Management Area on a sunny and breezy morning. Sanborn Lake is located just north of Montgomery in southeastern Minnesota.
The 361-acre shallow