Hunting
Hopes high for spring turkey hunt
By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — With a little bit of luck – and perhaps some help from the first year of over-the-counter sales of bonus tags – Wisconsin turkey hunters should set another harvest
Bass virus found, but no impact yet in New York
By Don Lehman Contributing Writer Albany – A virus that has killed thousands of largemouth bass around the U.S. has been found in New York waters, but scientists say it doesn’t appear to have caused
Feds announce wolf delisting proposal
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week announced a new plan to remove the gray wolf from federal protection under the Endangers Species Act in Wisconsin, as
PF&BC to track disappearing trout
By Deborah Weisberg Contributing Writer Harrisburg — The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission will begin surveying select streams March 20 to see if a problem with disappearing trout is a northeast region quirk or is
Interior Secretary Gale Norton leaving post
By John Miller Associated Press Idaho governor a possible Norton replacement Boise, Idaho (AP) – With Interior Secretary Gale Norton calling it quits, some groups in Washington, D.C., say an informal short list of possible
Capitol committees review resource funding, policies
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Aquatic vegetation targeted in House bill St. Paul – Legislation in the House would require the DNR to grant a permit to any lakeshore owners for control of submerged vegetation
March 31 – Lake trout (winter) within the BWCAW closes (except Saganaga and Ram lakes).
April 15 – General stream trout opener.
Maps showing huntable private land nearly ready
By P.J. Reilly Southeast Correspondent Harrisburg — The Pennsyl-vania Game Commission has thousands of acres of private lands enrolled in public-access programs. But the only way to locate them in recent years has been to
