Hunting
Commentary: Preservation is not conservation — the common public lands narrative problem
Today, most Americans understandably confuse conservation with preservation. That’s because virtually all media confuse the two perspectives and consistently mislabel preservationist organizations (e.g., Center for Biodiversity, Western Watersheds, Defenders of Wildlife) as conservation-focused.
Even
Notes off a soiled cuff: Plenty of bills popping up that would impact Pennsylvania’s outdoor users
More than a few lawmakers want to initiate actions that affect hunting, trapping and fishing. Mostly they mean well; sometimes they don’t. And it’s not just in Pennsylvania.
Michigan Mixed Bag: Sea lamprey control set for White River
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Fisheries and Oceans Canada personnel were scheduled to apply lampricides to the White River in Muskegon, Oceana and Newaygo counties between June 16 and June 25 – an effort
Ohio Mixed Bag: Fishing regs set for Lake La Su An
Fisheries biologists with the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife set the special fishing regulations for this spring and summer at Lake La Su An Wildlife Area in Williams County. The area is open to
Bill encouraging Pennsylvania natives to return home for hunting OK’d by Senate
Legislation aimed at bringing those born in Pennsylvania home for hunting and outdoor recreation passed the Senate. The legislation is sponsored by Sen. Greg Rothman, R-Cumberland, Dauphin and Perry counties.
“Pennsylvania outdoor recreation is
Pennsylvania House approves bill to offer electronic tagging option for hunters
As Pennsylvania moves to modernize hunting regulations and streamline game reporting, state Rep. Bob Merski, D-Erie, secured House passage of H.B. 2363, a measure that would update the Game Code to clarify tagging, reporting, transport
Fur prices in June remain at strong level nationwide
After the March Fur Harvesters Auction (FHA) sale brought sharply higher pelt prices for several North America’s furbearers, its final sale of the season on June 2-4 was eagerly awaited.
Record prices were paid
Pennsylvania bill would create a 3-day nonresident deer hunting license
Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, wrote a memo to his colleagues in the state Senate on June 3 that he intends to introduce a bill that would create a three-day hunting license that nonresidents could use
Indiana has first drone deer hunting conviction
The state of Indiana recently prosecuted two hunters who used a drone for weeks to illegally track the movements of a prize 17-point buck in the southern part of that state, before harvesting the animal
