Opinions
Tom Venesky: Game, Fish merger for Pennsylvania agencies best done sooner than later
For something that is the norm across the country, the idea of merging Pennsylvania’s game and fish agencies wouldn’t seem like a hard thing to do.
But Pennsylvania isn’t like other states. The Pennsylvania
Outdoor Insights: Is growing number of (smallish) northern pike a concern on Minnesota’s Lake Mille Lacs?
Ever wary of hammer-handle syndrome that wrecks quality fishing lakes, I called Greg Berg, DNR area fisheries supervisor for Mille Lacs, for some insight.
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: State land users should contribute more to the cause
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 5, 2025 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Commentary: New report highlights big returns to communities, jobs from conservation
Investments to conserve, restore, and manage fish and wildlife pump billions into the economy, fueling jobs, powering the $1.1 trillion outdoor recreation industry, and rivaling major U.S. sectors.
A new report, “Conservation Economy in
Commentary: Diversity may kill us as hunters, anglers and trappers if we fight about our differences
Hunting, trapping, and angling have a diversity problem. Not the kind you’re probably thinking but the sort on the bumper stickers I used to see as a kid: “You Bet Your Dupa I’m Polish.”
Commentary: High school clay leagues put the fun back into shooting
The newest, and fastest growing, high school sport is trapshooting. Students across the country are discovering the fun in the shooting sports and smashing clay targets.
Starting in 2016, there are now more than
Commentary: Cut Pennsylvania’s trappers a break; we need more of them
The Pennsylvania Game Commission needs to get very aggressive with harvesting the nest robbers in our woods.
Raccoons, skunks, opossums and fishers are running rampant because low fur prices have dictated a steep decline
Michigan Letters to the Editor: Add Kent County to list of counties with EHD
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 5, 2025 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Outdoor Observations: Lawsuits filed to determine legal interpretation of Open Fields doctrine in Michigan
Some Michigan hunters have taken issue with DNR conservation officers entering private property to check for violations and hunting licenses without the benefit of a search warrant.
Well, it appears the issue came to
