Hunting
Will natural gas boom ease PGC cash crisis?
Harrisburg ’Äî The discovery of huge natural gas reserves under much of Pennsylvania, and the resulting spike in gas-lease prices, could solve the Pennsylvania Game Commission’Äôs financial crisis. With 1.4 million acres of state game
Spring duck numbers jump up in Minnesota
Bemidji, Minn. ’Äî The number of mallards nesting in Minnesota rose this year to 298,000, up 23 percent from last year’Äôs spring survey count of 242,000 birds, according to Steve Cordts, DNR waterfowl specialist. The
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House panel OKs Rockview land deal
Harrisburg ’Äî A state House committee on June 9 approved changes to a bill that would transfer 1,124 acres of Rockview prison property to Penn State and 400 acres to Benner Township, Centre County. The
Trout wars? PF&BC plan worries some
Harrisburg ’Äî The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission will tackle the future of trout stockings and other issues when it meets June 17 in State College to begin planning how it will execute its new
Commission approves $4M for Glacial Ridge
Erskine, Minn. ’Äî The state has lost nearly all the tallgrass prairie it once had, but funds approved by Migratory Bird Conservation Commission members last week will help stem the loss. The commission approved $4
Thanks to VHS, stocking of saugeyes may be over
Harrisburg ’Äî One of the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission’Äôs fears is apparently coming true. Last fall, staff within the agency pointed out that regulations meant to prevent the spread of VHS ’Äì or Viral
BWSR, NRCS preparing to roll out RIM/WRP combo program
St. Paul ’Äî Wetland restoration in the state is about to kick into higher gear. Later this month, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources will begin signing landowners
Green Bay must rely on muskie spawning
Peshtigo, Wis ’Äì If the number of Great Lakes muskies is going to continue to grow in Green Bay and the Fox River, the fish are going to have to do most of the heavy
