Hunting
Bear den checkers get a rare ‘double-header’
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Oscoda County, Mich. – Dan Moran was relieved. He’d found the Oscoda County den of the 3-year-old sow bear he’d radio-collared last summer, and heard at least one cub crying
Political muscle is flexed on PGC seat
By Tom Venesky Contributing Writer Wilkes-Barre, Pa. – The seat is vacant, interviews have been completed and names have been sent to Gov. Ed Rendell’s office. Now political wrangling will determine who will represent the
Survey: Majority of voters behind dedicated funding
By Joe AlbertStaff Writer St. Paul – For more than eight years the concept has been in the picture, and a majority of people in the state remain supportive of the idea to use a
Wild hogs being killed around Bradford County
By Tom Venesky Contributing Writer Wilkes-Barre, Pa.- For hours Jack Sorber tracked his quarry through the deep snow in the Bradford County mountains. The tracks were easy to follow, but the animal managed to stay
State rep seeks bump in state rooster limit
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – Denny McNamara was pheasant hunting around Christmas last year, just he and his dog, and within an hour of starting, he had his daily limit of two
Conservation Fund top Summit priority
By Don LehmanContributing Writer Albany – The state’s largest conservation organizations banded together late last month to call for legislative changes that would address dwindling revenue to the state Conservation Fund, crack down on poachers
NRB lends support to December hunt
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison – The somewhat controversial December antlerless gun deer season north of Hwy. 8 will continue in 2007, but Natural Resources Board members made it clear to the DNR that they
VHS threatens the fish of Lake Superior
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Duluth, Minn. – Last summer, the threat of a spreading fish virus forced a federal agency to issue a crackdown on movement of some fish species in several Great Lakes
Former state senator Sams dies at age 54
By Joe AlbertStaff Writer St. Paul – Former state Sen. Dallas Sams, who in recent years championed dedicated funding proposals and other outdoors measures, died Monday at St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Paul. He was
