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Mike Schoonveld: Are lake sturgeon an endangered species?
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has until June 30 to decide if America’s lake sturgeon populations should be added to their list of species so close to extinction they deserve extra protection under the

Bob Gwizdz: Is new steelhead regulation on several Michigan streams keeping anglers away?
It was around noon by the time we got started recently on Michigan’s Manistee River below Tippy Dam, which is a big change from the way Jim Romine and I used to fish.
We’ve

Michigan Letters to the Editor: DNR, NRC made a mess out of Michigan’s deer hunting season
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 26, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Outdoor Observations: Many questions surrounding wolf shot in southern Michigan
In the last edition of Michigan Outdoor News we reported that a gray wolf had been killed by a coyote hunter in southern Lower Michigan’s Calhoun County.
What made the story so intriguing is

Ohio Letters to the Editor: Make youth gun antlerless only hunt to help balance
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 26, 2024, edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

Ohio Insider: Kentucky bill attempts to put state’s natural resources authority in hands of department of agriculture
A controversial bill recently surfaced and was quickly defeated in neighboring Kentucky that would have put that state’s natural resources authority into the hands of the department of agriculture.
If this scenario sounds familiar

Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: PGC funds not for private land
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 26, 2024, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

Joe Fellegy: Burbot regs in Minnesota, a Mille Lacs mess, and a memory
So the burbot (eelpout) is now a Minnesota game fish? Well, many license-buying anglers got the latest print edition of the DNR’s fishing regulations booklet, and what a surprise many experienced!
Many asked questions

Public meeting set for April 30 to discuss Mississippi River Pool 13, a vital resource for hunters and anglers in Illinois, Iowa
Pool 13 of the Mississippi River is one of the premier fisheries in Illinois. Bass and walleye are particularly popular in this pool.
It is the home of an Illinois High School Association bass