Opinions
Outdoor Insights: Current threats to public lands have unified outdoors groups across the political spectrum
Conservation groups have flooded our email boxes at Outdoor News the past two weeks ever since the U.S. House Resources Committee passed a late-night amendment to the reconciliation bill that would sell 460,000 acres of
Mike Schoonveld: No more winter magic would be tragic for Great Lakes’ food web
Top researchers are worried that warmer winters will end the annual magic that happens on lakes Michigan and Huron most years.
They don’t call it magic, but I do because one seemingly unbreakable rule
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Waterfowl scene: Not as rosy as DNR makes it seem
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 23, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Commentary: Backcountry Hunters and Anglers sounds alarm amid push to sell half a million public-land acres
Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, North America’s leading public lands advocacy group, announced May 12 that it’s sounding the alarm and mobilizing its nationwide grassroots network in response to a last-minute amendment to the U.S. House
Commentary: Has the Michigan Wildlife Council simply lost its way?
At a recent sportsmen’s breakfast in Lansing, I was surprised (and a little encouraged) when the event’s speaker asked hunters to stand together and demand better from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
It’s
Outdoor Observations: Bob Knoop, Jr. a worthy recipient of Michigan’s Person of the Year Award
A shout out goes to the family of the late Bob Knoop, Jr. Bob is the recipient of the 2025 Michigan Outdoor News Person of the Year award.
A true conservationist with a huge
Michigan Letters to the Editor: DNR increases revenue without license fee increase
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 23, 2025, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Commentary: Private landowners need to be part of ‘ginseng solution’
Chinese Emperor Shen-Nung changed the course of Chinese and Appalachian history with his claim that ginseng cured erectile dysfunction. Five thousand years of consistent demand in China where wild ginseng can sell for thousands of
Ohio Letters to the Editor: Will harvest suffer with price hike for non-residents?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 23, 2025, edition of Ohio Outdoor News.
