Hunting
Shooting victim: No hunting mishap
DuBois, Pa. – Whoever shot Orlando W. Prosper Jr. and his young son, Garrett, on the opening day of spring gobbler season near here was still at large as of Aug. 1, despite a $2,500
Oil spill affecting fish, birds
Battle Creek, Mich – A murky cloud of gloom swirled around the Circle D Wildlife Refuge in Vicksburg late last month. Volunteers and federally licensed wildlife rehabilitators there awaited the arrival of ducks and geese
Hunters can expect a good bear hunt this fall
Lansing – Bear hunters in Michigan can plan for another year of fine hunting in 2010. “Last year was a pretty good year all around,” DNRE bear specialist Adam Bump told Michigan Outdoor News. “We
Algae poses risk to gamefish year-class
Algae overtaking Ohio lakes, ponds Sandusky, Ohio – State fisheries biologists are holding their collective breaths over this year’s walleye and yellow perch hatch in Lake Erie, pending August sampling. A top concern is the
Viral Newcastle disease kills cormorants at LqP
Watson, Minn. – The haze you may have seen rising from the islands of Marsh Lake in west-central Minnesota this week and last might have come from fires ignited by the DNR, blazes created by
Obama administration’s Minneapolis ‘listening session’ draws about 200
Minneapolis – The U.S. Department of Agriculture offers a Forest Legacy program that is meant to protect working forests. As DNR Commissioner Mark Holsten sees it, the problem with it and some other federal programs
Juneau Co. cougar stymies wildlife experts
Elroy, Wis. – The 1,200-pound Hereford beef cow was no match for the predator weighing only a small fraction of its quarry. On July 3, Lester Leatherberry found the cow, killed as the result of
Deer permit sales down even as revenue climbs
Springfield – DNR has sold about 12,000 fewer resident firearms and muzzleloader deer permits so far this year compared to the same point in 2009. But revenue for the permits is up, thanks to the
High-risk Minnetonka site of latest zebra mussel outbreak in Minnesota
Wayzata, Minn. – State DNR officials long have considered Lake Minnetonka to be a high risk for an infestation of zebra mussels. As a result, there has been significant effort aimed at preventing their introduction
