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Ben Moyer: Hemlock birds merit place in Pennsylvania’s marten decision
Few topics beyond deer management have prompted more discussion across these pages than reintroducing the American marten to Pennsylvania forests.
Still, anyone on either side can benefit from reading “American Marten Reintroduction and Management

Ohio Letters to the Editor: Some new ideas on deer management for Ohio DNR
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 10, 2024, edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

Ohio Insider: If we’re going to ban fishing technology, where does it stop?
The state of Wisconsin is the first to officially ask the question that has been on the minds of anglers for the past decade.
The question, asked in a recent survey to Wisconsin’s sporting

Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Loved John Maclean story
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 10, 2024, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

Outdoor Insights: No evidence CWD has jumped the species barrier, but don’t take foot off the gas in CWD management, proper venison handling
News stories erupted nationwide based on a 376-word scientific journal abstract by the American Academy of Neurology on April 9. It suggested there might be a connection between a couple of people who died (the

Jeremiah Haas: Mother Nature doesn’t follow ‘the book’
According to the outdoor rule book, walleyes spawn at 42 degrees on wind-swept shorelines over rock on a full moon! Big fish eggs are no good because they are from old females. Ducks and geese

Ron Steffe: With age comes a different experience in anticipation of opening days
Aging sure eases the stirring and sleeplessness that are part of hunting and fishing seasons’ beginnings.
Just yesterday, I started packing (at least piling in the garage) everything I’ll need when I head to

Ohio’s Lake Metroparks undertaking herculean effort in building new Fairport park
Paul Palagyi casually swung his left hand toward the distant Fairport Harbor breakwater and adjacent iconic Grand River-West breakwater lighthouse: All maybe two-plus miles away.
Yet in a very real sense Palagyi’s vision extended

Tom Bahti: Examining high deer numbers on a farm in Wisconsin’s Waupaca County
Since the late 1970s I’ve been extremely fortunate to have deer hunting access to the Hill farm in northeast Waupaca County. The farm was owned by Allie and Lulabelle Hill. Lulabelle was a childhood friend