Hunting
Pheasant season could be extended a week this year
Staff Report Ashley, Ohio — Although official numbers won’t be in until April, a DNR Division of Wildlife biologist said there were likely about 200,000 pheasants harvested during the recently completed season. And there may
PF&BC to track disappearing trout
By Deborah Weisberg Contributing Writer Harrisburg — The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission will begin surveying select streams March 20 to see if a problem with disappearing trout is a northeast region quirk or is
Waterfowlers lose conservation ‘giant’
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Hugo, Minn. — Look at nearly any type of waterfowl management activity that exists today – from annual duck surveys to the way flyway councils function – and it’s likely
Bear study links surrogate sows with orphaned cubs
By Bill Parker Editor Cheboygan County, Mich. — Ron Girard decided to take a walk on the third day of the 2004 firearms deer season. He never guessed he’d stumble into the middle of a
Groups want more coaster protection
By Marty Kovarik Correspondent Marquette, Mich. — Spurred by a proposed mining effort, the Sierra Club has teamed with the Huron Mountain Club to petition the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the coaster
Maps showing huntable private land nearly ready
By P.J. Reilly Southeast Correspondent Harrisburg — The Pennsyl-vania Game Commission has thousands of acres of private lands enrolled in public-access programs. But the only way to locate them in recent years has been to
Supreme Court mulls wetland case decision
Decision unlikely before April By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington — It could be several months before a decision is rendered by the Supreme Court, but conservationists nationwide are hoping for results from two wetlands
Interior Secretary Gale Norton leaving post
By John Miller Associated Press Idaho governor a possible Norton replacement Boise, Idaho (AP) – With Interior Secretary Gale Norton calling it quits, some groups in Washington, D.C., say an informal short list of possible
Capitol committees review resource funding, policies
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Aquatic vegetation targeted in House bill St. Paul – Legislation in the House would require the DNR to grant a permit to any lakeshore owners for control of submerged vegetation
