Opinions
When things go wrong
One of the things I remember vividly when I was growing up is my mother admonishing me to “Never count your chickens before they’re hatched.” We’ve all heard it said but when it comes to
All is not fine with fish/wildlife penalties
There are some things that just make you shake your head. State and law enforcement bureaucracy is one of them. I get the fact that wildlife law enforcement officers have a job to do –
Bad things don't happen in my neighborhood, do they?
Bad things don’t happen in my neighborhood. That’s what I keep hearing from my neighbors. I have friends who tell me they have no reason to carry a concealed weapon because they actually believe that.
Angling away from deer hunting
I really can’t remember ever plodding along in the middle of deer season and wanting to grab the fly rod and head out to a Lake Champlain tributary or even road trip it out to
44 Wisconsin wolves tagged through Oct. 31
Wisconsin trappers edged ahead in overall wolf harvest through Oct. 31 with 27 wolves registered as of that day. Hunters had accounted for 17 registered wolves as of Oct. 31, with 44 total wolves registered
The late fall, cold-water period: not too late for largemouth bass
Open water likely will continue on lakes in the upper Midwest for several weeks. That will hold even longer for rivers, not to mention on lakes and reservoirs farther south. Bottom line, it’s not to
Global warming: Lots of concern, but how about a solution?
Let’s get one thing out of the way immediately: It doesn’t matter if you believe in global warming or not. It doesn’t matter if you think the climate is changing due to man-made pollution or
Scientists studying drop in Erie algae blooms
Last summer’s drought led to significantly fewer toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie, according to Jeff Reutter, director of the Ohio Sea Grant College Program. “We had hugely reduced phosphorus levels,” Reutter said. “There was
No American should take the Clean Water Act for granted
Happy birthday to the Clean Water Act. This important 1972 environmental legislation marked 40 years as federal law on October 18. Contributing Writer Tori McCormick has a fine piece in the Nov. 2 edition of
