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Can genetic geniuses solve the invasive mussel problem?
Of all the invasive species that have wrought their own form of degradation to the environment of the Great Lakes, none have been as widespread or so devastating as the mussel cousins – zebra and
Bigfoot here at home in New York?
In my 74 years of life, much of which time has been spent in the outdoors of the Empire State, I have observed many species of wildlife. One species that I have not yet come

Commentary: Where’s the science on pheasants?
Private enterprise would readily replace the shooting opportunities for sportsmen, and free enterprise would balance the supply with the demand if the Game Commission gets out of the pheasant-raising business..

Pennsylvania letters to the editor: Vote needed on deer opener
Reader-submitted letters to the editor from Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

Notes off a soiled cuff: Thoughts on blue catfish restoration, deer legislation
The agency is trying to restore a blue catfish population in the three rivers near Pittsburgh and, at the same time, holding its breath hoping blue catfish don’t get around the Conowingo Dam and become

Keep wildlife in Pittman-Robertson funding
This column recently described a shooting range operated by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The agency built that range, and eight others, with funds from the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937,

Is reducing fall turkey harvest in Pennsylvania really needed?
I am not out there banding birds or rocket netting flocks like a biologist, but I do cover a lot of ground in the fall across seven counties and two regions (southwest and northeast) hunting

Ohio letters to the editor: Minimum hunting age needed
Reader-submitted letters to Ohio Outdoor News.
Commentary: EPA overstepped authority in Sacketts’ wetland case
I would like to rebut the commentary written by the Izaac Walton League in the Oct. 14, 2022, edition in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “taking” of private property in the name