Hunting
New York’s Erie County Federation celebrates area sportsmen
New York’s Erie County Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, representing 45 conservation/sportsmen’s groups in the county, held its annual banquet at Kloc’s Grove in West Seneca on March 21 to honor the leaders of the outdoors
Commentary: Proposed USFS changes will harm forest resources nationwide
Two weeks ago, the Trump administration announced many changes for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The plan would move the USFS headquarters from our national seat of federal government in Washington D.C. to
Dan Ladd: New York’s Northern Zone deer management permits part of legislation discussion
On April 21, the New York State Assembly’s Environmental Conservation Committee approved (reported) A10633/S09462. The bill, if passed, will permit DEC to expand the ability to issue antlerless deer permits in the Northern Zone.
Wisconsin’s Star Prairie sporting goods store burglarized; $10,000 reward offered for information
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), in partnership with the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of
New York Mixed Bag: Habitat work at French Creek WMA in Jefferson County helps grouse, woodcock
Staff from DEC’s Bureau of Wildlife spent a day in early March working together to improve habitat for wildlife at French Creek Wildlife Management Area in Jefferson County.
Dean Bortz: Wisconsin’s Vilas County showcases strong DNR team during spring hearings
It was almost like the good old days on Monday, April 13, in Vilas County when 103 citizens poured into the St. Germain Elementary School for Wisconsin’s annual spring fish and game hearings proctored by
Events coming up in New York designed to teach women outdoors skills
Upcoming events this spring will help women develop a variety of outdoors skills.
These will include the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) Bowhunting 101 Workshop, which takes
Tom Pink: Cacophony or euphony? Sounds of the turkey woods
Turkey hunters use a variety of words to describe the sights and sounds of morning arriving in the woods and fields. Hushed. Peaceful. Beautiful. Inviting. Exciting.
How about this word: cacophony or cacophonous. That’s
Neil Payne, Bill Lunney enter Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame
Neil Payne, retired UW-Stevens Point wildlife professor, and the late Bill Lunney, an advocate for wetlands and public parks, were inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame April 21.
Payne conducted research on
