Hunting
Duncan named 2010 TIP Officer of the Year
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Kipp Duncan of Duluth was named the 2010 Turn in Poachers (TIP) “Joe Alexander” Conservation Officer of the Year during the annual TIP banquet held Feb. 7 in
MN: Tribal take up for Mille Lacs in 2011
Aitkin, Minn. – The safe allowable walleye harvest has been set for Lake Mille Lacs in 2011, and while American Indian tribes’ allocation went up and that of state anglers went down, state officials say
MN: DNR sets CWD sampling goals
St. Paul – The DNR last week began issuing shooting permits to landowners in the area where a wild deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease. As of earlier this week, it had issued more
MN: Landwehr names ‘leadership team’
St. Paul – Former state Sens. Dennis Frederickson and Bob Lessard were among two of the DNR leadership appointments Commissioner Tom Landwehr announced Tuesday. Shortly after his appointment by Gov. Mark Dayton, Landwehr made Dave
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
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
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,
