Opinions
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Haase a fine choice for WON Conservationist of the Year
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 2, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Notes off a soiled cuff: What is limiting the growth potential of Pennsylvania’s elk herd?
Living part time in Pennsylvania’s elk range for awhile, not long ago, I became enamored and fascinated by the majestic animals. With so much good habitat for them to spread out in the Northern Tier,
Commentary: Wisconsin outdoors users want to see Nelson-Knowles Stewardship Program continue
Wisconsin is fortunate to have a rich sporting heritage, with hundreds of thousands of sportsmen and women taking advantage of our public lands each year. That tradition continues to thrive, in part, due to the
State roundup: Wisconsin turkey hunters off to a fast start, and a frustrating litter find
It looks like turkey hunters are off to a good start on the 2025 spring season, judging by early harvest numbers for the first season.
According to Taylor Finger, the DNR’s turkey and waterfowl
Bill Hilts, Jr.: New York’s Lake Erie perch action heating up
It was a winter that didn’t want to let go … and a spring that didn’t want grab hold and give us some decent weather. Finally, Easter weekend, the ice (finally) departed Lake Erie in
Tom Venesky: Selective science drives recent Pennsylvania Game Commission board votes
One of the pillars of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation is to base wildlife management decisions on scientific data.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission, along with many state wildlife agencies, operate according to
Commentary: Bureaucratic cooperation needed to solve conservation shortfalls
Bureaucracies, by design, resist change.
They aren’t open to new ideas. Max Weber described it this way: “The fully developed bureaucratic apparatus compares with other organizations exactly as does the machine with the non-mechanical
Ohio Insider: Remembering two important figures in the state’s outdoors
A couple of people whom I’ve worked with over the past couple of decades recently passed on and I’d like to talk about them a bit.
We carried the story about Ken Fitz’s passing in
Mike Raykovicz: Know the difference between ‘magnum’ and ‘chilled’ lead shot
I’ve reloaded all of my rifle ammunition for more than 60 years and I like to say I’ve never bought a box of factory loaded ammunition in my life. Except for my commercially sourced turkey
