Hunting
August goose season is an option for states
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington — A new rule that would allow states to set a Canada goose-hunting season as early as Aug. 1 – but perhaps not until 2008 – is now official.
DEC forecasts ’06 deer take increase
Staff report Albany – New York’s deer hunters should harvest slightly more whitetails this season, ending a trend of declining harvest totals over the past several years, DEC deer biologist Jeremy Hurst says. DEC officials
‘Quiet’ bowhunting season set to begin
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany – If there’s one word that may describe New York’s upcoming 2006 archery season, it’s quiet. Certainly much quieter than last year, when proposed alterations to the Southern Zone archery
Groups say state should retain control of WMAs
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — The DNR should not give up its authority to manage wildlife management areas, according to a letter signed by representatives of 10 conservation groups and sent to
Boomer retirements looming at the DNR
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor St. Paul — In the next five years, nearly one in four (24 percent) of those who work in the DNR’s Division of Fish and Wildlife are eligible to retire.The
Tilapia discovery shows invasive fish problems
By Deborah Weisberg Contributing Writer Pittsburgh — The rivers here may be a dumping grounds when home aquarists clean their tanks, but tilapia in the Monongahela River this summer were a fish of a different
Sparring continues in mourning dove bout
By Bill Parker Editor Lake Orion, Mich. — Legal action and other objections have moved to the forefront in the battle to protect dove hunting in Michigan. Earlier this year, the Committee to Restore the
River’s demise now seems exaggerated
By P.J. Reilly Southeast Correspondent What a difference a year, and some decent rainfall, makes. Last year at this time, the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission was issuing news releases about bacteria in the Susquehanna
Outlook for bear hunt considered very good
By Bill Parker Editor Roscommon, Mich. — Michigan hunters have killed more than 2,000 black bears each of the past five years, and there are no indications that trend will end this fall. The season
