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Commentary: Illinois biologist says investments on Upper Mississippi River should have fish ‘jumping for joy’
As a fisheries biologist for 32 years in Illinois, there are few songs that actually I can relate to my job. The Doobie Brothers classic “Black Water” is one of those tunes.
In my

Illinois Letters to the Editor: Time for DNR, all hunters to help manage our deer herd
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 14, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

Ralph Loos: Instead of a beauty pageant, solicit votes for Illinois DNR projects
Illinois has gone ahead and gotten itself into the beauty pageant business, which is what the “I Love My State Park” campaign really sort of is.
According to DNR and the Illinois Conservation Foundation,

Commentary: New York Lawmakers running familiar anti-hunting playbook
There must be something in the water in the Hudson River. First it was the Bronx and Queens when U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) asserted with zero scientific evidence that traditional lead hunting ammunition “poisons

New York Letters to the Editor: Pheasant stocking funded by hunters, not N.Y. taxpayers
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 14, 2024, edition of New York Outdoor News.

Dan Ladd: Use of ProcellaCOR in New York’s Lake George meets opposition
Talk to sportsmen about invasive species and it’s certain you’ll get a variety of opinions. Anglers are annoyed by spiny water fleas clogging up their fishing line, but some don’t mind the fact that round

Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Forest Service, DNR policies compound hunter attrition
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 14, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

Commentary: Death of Wisconsin prairie chicken at hand?
The greater prairie chicken (GPC) is a native species to Wisconsin. There are fewer than 500 prairie chickens remaining in Wisconsin, with two-thirds of them concentrated on the a 12,700-acre Buena Vista Marsh in southwestern

State Roundup: Start with Iron County when looking deep into issues with Northern Wisconsin’s deer herd
Steve Heiting’s deer series continues with a look at Iron and Ashland counties, along with an accompanying article on the front page of our June 14 print edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
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