Opinions
Russ Mason: DOGE cuts impacting fish and wildlife management
There’s been plenty of recent attention paid to Elon Musk and the effects of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Unsurprisingly, little has been said about impacts to natural resources conservation.
The exceptions have
Bob Zink: Crossbows are not the equivalent to hunting with a gun
A few years ago, I wrote about the effects of crossbows on deer hunting. There are several points that arise, over and over.
Does the use of crossbows result in a greater harvest
Notes off a soiled cuff: Feeding your pets raw food not a good idea
A few months ago, when I was preparing to write a story about a Penn State study showing household pet dogs were spreading antibiotic-resistant salmonella – a serious public health concern – one of the
Steve Pollick: Fed layoffs pose a lot of questions for Ohio’s outdoors
The sweeping cuts to federal natural resource employees has succeeded in sewing chaos and confusion, fear, anxiety, and uncertainty among federal public lands and outdoors-related agencies, offices, programs, and more with their stream of staffing
Tom Venesky: Time is now to implement regulations where new CWD cases have emerged in Pennsylvania
Ever since chronic wasting disease appeared in Pennsylvania in 2012, the state Game Commission has hammered home the importance of not spreading high-risk parts to other areas.
But it could be happening right now,
Commentary: After a long Ohio winter, eyes are on spring fishing trips
Seven inches of snow, a constant 35 mile per hour wind, and temps that sound like shoe sizes for a fourth-grade basketball team combined to pull the plug on the electricity in Bearfield Township, Ohio,
Outdoor Insights: ‘Accounting error’ means a 4% decline in available dollars for habitat work in Minnesota
Being a public watchdog sometimes means sitting through boring legislative hearings and wading through long reports, then summarizing them for readers.
Like this past Sunday evening, when I spent time perusing the thrilling, 102-page February
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Bring on the centerfire rifles
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 14, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Commentary: It’s time to issue more bear licenses in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources claims it needs to raise the cost of hunting and fishing licenses because the number of hunters is declining, which is not entirely true.
The number of deer
