Opinions
Commentary: New York town overreaching in attempt to stop hunting on state land
On July 17, the Clifton Park Town Board, in Saratoga County, N.Y., was informed that legal waterfowl hunting would take place over the navigable waters within the boundary of the 900-plus-acre Vischer Ferry Nature &
Commentary: Record number of moose killed on Upper Peninsula roads in 2022
Even though the Michigan DNR estimates that moose numbers in the western Upper Peninsula have remained statistically unchanged since 2019, the number of moose that ended up as road kill reached the highest ever in
Commentary: Women in the fishing world a worthy cause to pursue
From community youth fishing events to statewide junior bass fishing tournaments to Hooked On Fishing, Not On Drugs events to Pathways to Fishing programs, there is no shortage of efforts to introduce young people to
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.
