Hunting
Drought to floods: Experts blindsided
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor University Park, Pa. — It seems like it hasn’t quit raining since Bryan Swistock voiced worries in mid-April about an impending groundwater drought in Pennsyl-vania. After the floods at the end
Youth hunting bills are signed into law
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing — Gov. Jennifer Granholm last week signed a pair of bills that lessen the restrictions on youth hunters in Michigan. The bills are part of the Families Afield program, initiated
Push begins for more clean-water funding
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – Funding to clean up the state’s lakes and rivers received a $25 million shot in the arm this spring, but advocates already are pushing next year’s Legislature
Continental duck counts show increase over ’05
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Minneapolis — The number of breeding mallards in Michigan declined this year, but that doesn’t reflect what’s happening in the rest of their range. The number of mallards on prairie
COs increase enforcement of state wetland violations
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Grand Rapids, Minn. – If it seems like conservation officers in the state are spending more time on wetland violations, it’s because they are. Beginning April 1, the DNR began
Continental duck populations increase slightly
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — The number of breeding mallards in Minnesota may be on the decline, but that doesn’t reflect what’s happening in the rest of their range. The number of
2005 pheasant harvest the highest since 1964
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — The DNR this week confirmed what pheasant hunters knew last fall: the 2005 season was a stellar one. With a kill of nearly 586,000 roosters, the fall
Sporting bills fizzle in N.Y. Legislature
By Don Lehman Contributing Writer Albany – A proposal to create a late archery season for antlerless deer in the Northern Zone failed to get out of the state Legislature this spring, one of a
Rivers gone wild: Flooding hits hard
By Steve Piatt Editor Roscoe, N.Y. – Widespread flooding in New York that claimed lives, destroyed homes and caused millions of dollars in damage also affected some of fly fishing’s most famed waters. In fact,
