Hunting
Deal in the Northwoods to protect 51,000 acres
By Tim SpielmanAssociate Editor St. Paul – The contribution by the state and private groups of about $12 million will be used in Koochiching and Itasca counties to protect more than 51,000 acres of forest
Revised trapping regs face more comments
Staff report Albany – Emergency trapping regulations are in place to help avoid the accidental capture of dogs in body-gripping traps. But trappers are hoping the regulations might be softened a bit more after a
Summit will again push bill for youth
By Don LehmanContributing Writer Herkimer, N.Y. – The conservation organizations that have renewed their summit on sporting issues have plotted a new course of action that may see help from an unlikely source. The organizations
Split duck season begins on Sept. 22
All hunters must have stamp in ’07 By Dean Bortz Editor Madison – Wildlife experts believe a combination of consecutive mild winters and improved grassland and wetland habitat are responsible for increased pheasant numbers that
Legislators tackle cormorant control
By Yvonne Swager Correspondent Alpena, Mich. – Recent attempts to control double-crested cormorants in the state have worked, officials say, but not fast enough for some legislators. Bills recently enacted require the DNR to be
Senate continues to mull 2007 Farm Bill
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington – Members of the U.S. Senate may not pass a far-ranging Farm Bill before the current five-year plan expires at the end of this month, but many conservation groups
Outlook good for kick-off of 2007 waterfowl season
By Joe AlbertAssociate Editor Bemidji, Minn. – After two years of four-bird limits, duck hunters this year can shoot six birds a day, beginning Saturday with the opening of the waterfowl season. Whether or not
Watershed says ‘no’ to fish structure
Bag limits unlikely to change in ’08 By Mike MooreEditor Sandusky, Ohio – It says a lot about how fish reproduction has gone on Lake Erie over the past several years when there is cause
Lehigh River trout fishery has awesome potential
By Ad Crable Contributing Writer White Haven, Pa. – Could the the Lehigh River be one of the best trout-fishing destinations in the East? Could it be a 40-mile-long ribbon of gorgeous big water with
