Hunting
WI: Black bear kill tags up from 2010
Madison – The Natural Resources Board approved a harvest quota of 5,235 bears for the 2011 hunting season, which is the same as in 2010, but kill tag numbers will be up a bit from
WI: NRB eyes state land lead ban
Question on ballot for 2015 ban Madison – Sportsmen will be asked on April 11 if they support the banning of lead shot and slugs in shotguns for hunting on state land starting in 2015.
WI: Record number of spearers seek sturgeon
Oshkosh, Wis. – Increased harvest caps and a state record fish helped lure a record number of sturgeon spearers to buy licenses for the 2011 Lake Winnebago system season, which begins Saturday. Ron Grishaber, of
NY: Rifle bills return to Albany
Cortland and Wyoming, parts of Ontario and Chautauqua counties Albany – A group of bills that will, if approved, allow rifles in additional parts of the Southern Tier for big-game hunting have resurfaced in the
NY: Cuomo budget: No DEC layoffs
Albany - Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s belt-tightening 2011-12 budget proposal calls for the layoffs of up to 9,800 state workers, but none within the DEC. That news, however, comes with an important qualifier. Cuomo’s draft budget,
Agencies getting tough with ship ballast dumping
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – After decades of delay, government officials are beginning to crack down on cargo ships that allow foreign invasive species to hitchhike to U.S. waters, where they have turned ecosystems upside
IL: Muskrat hunt, park fees are under debate
Springfield – A lawmaker wants to allow hunters in the state to have an open season on the lowly muskrat. There is sizeable opposition – and it’s not coming from muskrat rights activists. Opposers to
IL: CPO’s recall of deer case leads to major drug bust
Rock Island, Ill. – It started out like any other day for DNR Conservation Police Officer Tony Petreikis, who routinely looks after the southern portion of Rock Island County and all of Mercer County. But
IL: Muskie status report shows progress on Chain
Yorkville, Ill. – An FBI profiler couldn’t paint a clearer picture of the exploding muskie population swimming throughout the Fox Chain O’ Lakes. And thanks to the Illini Muskie Alliance’s annual status report, here’s what
