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Pennsylvania Game Commission boosts state doe license allocation by 91,000
Pennsylvania game commissioners, at their quarterly meeting April 13, announced the agency is increasing the number of antlerless deer licenses allocated statewide for 2024-25 by 91,000.
The new allocation of 1,186,000 is about 8%

Forbes Biological Station, a key figure in research on the Illinois River, celebrates 130 years
The Illinois Natural History Survey at the Prairie Research Institute is home to the first inland field station in the United States.

Ohio DNR invites public to learn more about CWD in the state during April open houses
The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife invites the public to attend an open house to learn more about chronic wasting disease (CWD) in whitetailed deer.
CWD is a fatal neurological disease that affects

New sign-up to benefit quail on hand in Ohio and through range
Northern bobwhite quail and other grassland bird species have declined significantly over the last several decades. A primary cause of these declines, according to the National Bobwhite and Grassland Bird Initiative, is loss of native
Ohio Mixed Bag: Angler dies on Maumee River
A 68-year-old angler from West Virginia died while fishing the walleye spawning run on the Maumee River on April 1, authorities said.
According to an account in The Blade of Toledo, Lucas County Coroner

Ohio Insider: Kentucky bill attempts to put state’s natural resources authority in hands of department of agriculture
A controversial bill recently surfaced and was quickly defeated in neighboring Kentucky that would have put that state’s natural resources authority into the hands of the department of agriculture.
If this scenario sounds familiar

Doe season extended in three Pennsylvania CWD areas
The Pennsylvania Game Commission approved an extension of the antlerless rifle season in three wildlife management units in attempt to control the spread of chronic wasting disease, and there might be more to come.

Pennsylvania Game Commissioners add 300-plus acres to game lands system
Pennsylvania game commissioners at their April 13 meeting approved acquisitions that would add nearly 310 acres to state game lands.
That involves the purchase of four properties.

Pennsylvania Game Commission mulls plan that would change ratio for mentored youth program
A common complaint from readers of this publication and others is that families with more than one young hunter often can’t take advantage of the mentored youth hunting program.
Now the Pennsylvania Game Commission