Hunting
Big question: Are fish safe to eat?
Microcystis is the dominant noxious cyanobacteria, widely called “blue-green algae,” present each year in Western Lake Erie and other lakes throughout Ohio.
Federal grant to expand Hunter Access Program
State wildlife officials are again expanding the DNR’s Hunter Access Program with the help of a $1.23 million federal grant, and will be enrolling new private lands this fall.
Wanted: state’s feral swine
Federal wildlife officials are ramping up efforts to locate, test, and kill feral swine in Michigan.
Record duck numbers; liberal 2014 duck season
It’s dangerous to gauge the coming waterfowl seasons by asking die-hard duck and goose hunters what they think.
7 more CWD deer found
Prevalence is high on game farm in Jefferson County
PGC still undecided on launching predator study
A divided board of Pennsylvania game commissioners recently took another step toward conducting a fawn mortality/predator study their staff has said is not needed.
PGC moves toward game lands permit
The Pennsylvania Game Commission may soon break down the non-hunters using its game lands into two groups.
Open-water waterfowling in 2014 in Minnesota
Last year, after about 100 years of requiring waterfowlers to conceal themselves in emergent vegetation when hunting on public waters, the DNR allowed hunters on some waters to hunt among the open seas.
Minnesota's pheasant kill in 2013 lowest since 1986
Small-game license sales continued their decline in 2013, and the pheasant harvest dipped to its lowest point since 1986, according to a small-game report the DNR released earlier this week.
