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Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Shame on USFWS: Now it’s mergansers? What’s next?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 1, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

Michigan Letters to the Editor: Not happy with judge’s decision in coyote case
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 1, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.

Commentary: Fishing friendships truly are forever lasting
“We have a cottage at Little Ted’s if you and Mary want to come up.”
That invitation from Bob Davis and his wife, Pat, came the first week of July. I cleared my busy

Ohio Letters to the Editor: Non-resident price tags should be lowered, not raised
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 1, 2025, edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

Ohio Insider: Fallout from cuts to H2Ohio Initiative
I was truly surprised when the legislature in the recent state budget proceedings reckoned deep cuts in the H2Ohio Initiative.
Gov. Mike DeWine launched the water quality initiative in 2019 in an effort to

Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: What’s up with Two Lick Lake?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 1, 2025, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

Notes off a soiled cuff: With Sunday hunting ban lifted, what’s the next big outdoors controversy for Pennsylvania?
With the lifting of the ban on Sunday hunting effective Sept. 7 when the new law kicks in – cementing weekend hunting here like every other major hunting state already has – we’re wondering what

Bill Hilts, Jr.: A Lake Erie walleye trip to remember with some help from above
Last year, 2024, was a bit of a blur. My wife and I made the executive decision to sell our house in the city of Lockport, N.Y.
It was controlled chaos as we readied

Streams of Thought: Cases of extreme swimmer’s itch on Minnesota waters a tricky situation
I don’t believe, in my two and a half decades of dedication to this publication, that I’ve ever written about swimmer’s itch – unless I once whined about contracting the allergic reaction several years ago