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Can perch and walleye live harmoniously in Michigan’s Saginaw Bay?
Call it the irony of Saginaw Bay fishing: Happy walleye anglers, this year posting what may be their best season ever, are catching only a small percentage of the Bay’s super-abundant walleyes.
Only a

Commentary: Case has not been made in support of reintroducing marten in Pennsylvania
I am a life member of the PA Trappers Association as well as the National Trappers Association. I have trapped in the commonwealth for more than five decades. There is no trapper in the state

User-pay funding no longer a sustainable revenue source for conservation
In private business, milking the revenue streams of successful products to support new ones that generate no income is a recipe for disaster, even when the “giveaways” are popular.
Unless the new products begin

Streams of Thought: Where are the public-land advocates when the topic turns tribal?
Nearly every major conservation group that’s known by readers of this publication includes access to public lands – for hunting, fishing, and otherwise – as a priority. And well they should. The future of these

Commentary: Wildlife Forever develops aquatic invasive species risk-assessment tool
In a groundbreaking initiative, Wildlife Forever, in cooperation with the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management, has developed an aquatic invasive species risk assessment tool designed to identify invasive species threats while offering

Minnesota Letters to the Editor: It’s time to better protect ducks
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 1, 2023 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

Outdoor Observations: Experts warn removing funding for archery, hunter-ed would contribute to nation’s mental health epidemic
The number is growing of groups and individuals opposed to the Biden Administration’s recent announcement that it was pulling federal funding for hunter education classes and the archery in the schools program is growing.
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Michigan Letters to the Editor: Save our panfish from the onslaught of cormorants
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 1, 2023 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Ohio Letters to the Editor: Grouse hunting should be continued on Ohio calendar
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 1, 2023 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.