Hunting
Study: Loss of CRP could prove costly
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington – At a time when the nation’s top conservation program is being threatened by potential federal budget restructuring and increased grain demand from alternative energy development, a new study
Catskill stream work prompts complaints
By Don Lehman Contributing Writer Hancock, N.Y. – Some fisheries advocates are worried that efforts to repair Catskill and central New York streams and creeks heavily damaged during June’s floods may cause more problems than
Grouse survey shows a flush an hour
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany – New York grouse hunters may have had a slightly better season in 2005 than in 2004, if data from the second year of a hunter survey is any indication.
Suffolk range will stay open, but lawsuit lingers
Staff report Yaphank, N.Y. – Suffolk County lawmakers have shot down a resolution calling for the closure of a shooting range here in Southaven County Park. A lawsuit seeking to shut down the range still
Weapons training plan on Erie drawing critics
Cleveland (AP) — Anglers, boaters, and environmentalists are up in arms about the Coast Guard’s proposal to establish weapons training zones on Lake Erie. The Coast Guard wants to establish four areas on the lake,
PGC ponders geese regs changes
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — Although federal wildlife officials this summer removed nearly all restraints on killing resident geese – allowing states such as Pennsylvania to come to grips with nuisance geese problems –
DNR investigating Huron fish die-off
By Bill Parker Editor Alpena, Mich. — A recent fish die-off in northern Lake Huron has resulted in more questions than answers. The good news is that DNR fisheries biologists believe it was an isolated
Outlook is favorable for archery deer hunters
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing — Bowhunters heading afield for the 2006 archery deer season shouldn’t see many drastic differences from last year, when approximately 308,000 hunters combined to kill an estimated 112,000 whitetails statewide,
150 dead deer, 11 convicted in poaching cases
By Mike Moore Editor Xenia, Ohio — On the eve of another deer hunting season, wildlife officers and investigators in southwest Ohio made one of the state’s biggest poaching arrests in history. In all, 11
