Hunting
Public education at heart of new Michigan bill
It’s no secret – to hunters and anglers – that hunters and anglers foot most of the bills for conservation of natural resources used by nearly all Michiganders.
‘Bottom-up’ dynamic is hurting the food chain of Great Lakes
A comprehensive study of Great Lakes data supports long-held suspicions by fisheries managers that changes in lakes Michigan and Huron are driven mostly by the lower end of the food chain
Fee increases, trophy bucks top ’13 stories
From record-setting bucks and trophy muskies to a fee increase for hunting and fishing licenses and citizen-initiated referendums, there was no shortage of news stories surrounding the outdoors in Michigan in 2013.
Coyote hunts starting soon
At least 20 organized predator hunts are scheduled for this winter.
PGC will try to market its hunting licenses
Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission announced it was launching a marketing campaign, with a goal of getting back to selling one million fishing licenses annually.
Study: Wild brook trout do suffer from stocking
Recent research conducted by the U.S. Geologic Survey in New York shows that stocking brown trout into streams harboring wild brook trout is harmful to the native trout populations.
Deer harvest 2013: lowest since 1990s
Through Friday, Dec. 27, the total statewide kill was 171,422 deer, which is down about 7 percent from the same time last year.
State’s second wolf season comes to a close
Wolf hunters and trappers may have gotten off to a slow start to the late season, which began Nov. 30, but they finished with a flurry.
CRP falling, but popularity of CSP grows in ag country
The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service calls CSP “an important Farm Bill conservation program that helps established conservation stewards with taking their level of natural resource management to the next level
