Opinions
Outdoor Insights: U.S. Senate repeal on BWCA watershed mining ban sparks anger — and a conservation reckoning
The U.S. Senate vote that repealed the moratorium on sulfide-ore copper mining in the Boundary Waters watershed last week felt inevitable after Donald Trump was elected president in 2024. Leading up to last Thursday’s action,
Commentary: Pennsylvania mentors should not be allowed to fish for trout
Once again, I had very mixed emotions about this past mentored youth trout fishing day.
I took two of my grandsons, ages 8 and 9, trout fishing on mentored youth day, March 28. I
Commentary: When it comes to hunting and fishing issues, grass not always greener
In Trout Bum, John Gierach wrote: “The trout are always rising in the pool just out of reach.”
This idea that “the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence” likely
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Two turkeys? How about a more flexible season first?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 24, 2026 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Tom Venesky: Proposal for July 1 start to Pennsylvania’s ag tag deer season ‘ethically wrong’
Commissioner Kristen Koppenhafer made a point that every ethical hunter should agree with, yet she was in the minority.
During the April 11 Pennsylvania Game Commission board meeting, an amendment was made to change
Notes off a soiled cuff: Troubling genetics in Pennsylvania’s elk herd?
At the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s April 10-11 meeting, Commissioner Dennis Fredericks, of Washington County, asked agency elk biologist Jeremy Banfield if he is concerned about a century of inbreeding affecting the elk herd, with no
Commentary: Are walleyes to blame for yellow perch problems in Central Basin of Lake Erie?
It’s no secret that the Lake Erie Central Basin yellow perch population has fallen off a cliff. It’s a ghost of what it was before 2015.
According to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, the
Ralph Loos: Sore arms and all, Michigan hunters, anglers throw out funding ideas
As with everything else we dig into our pockets to pay for, the idea of reaching in and pulling out a bigger wad of dollars to hunt and fish – without any sort of obvious
Michigan Letters to the Editor: All outdoor users should pay fair share to recreate on public land
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 24, 2026 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
