Opinions
Orion-The Hunter’s Institute announces newest board member
Congratulations to conservation communications professional Tammy Sapp, who became Orion–The Hunter’s Institute newest board member this week. Sapp is an award-winning writer with 24 years of experience in the outdoor communications field with a focus
Game Commission responds to legislative deer audit
Harrisburg — Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl Roe on Tuessay responded to the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee’s audit titled “The Deer Management Program of the Pennsylvania Game Commission, A Comprehensive Review and Evaluation.”
Flawed concept may set back market-based rescue of Chesapeake Bay
Bills in Congress, some state agencies, and some environmental advocates are promoting a program of buying and selling pollution credits as a way to have regulated polluters pay unregulated farmers hundreds of millions of dollars
PGC ‘disappointed’ with legislative resources audit
Harrisburg — Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today issued the following statement on the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee’s audit titled “Examination of Current and Future Costs and Revenues from Forest Products,
New state record certified for nontypical bull elk in Kentucky
Frankfort, Ky. — Kentucky has a new state record for a bull elk with non-typical antlers. Harrodsburg resident Terrell Royalty’s 7×7 elk scored 372 6/8 in the Boone and Crockett Club scoring system, besting the
Minnesota DNR releases final 2009 deer kill numbers
The Minnesota DNR reported on Tuesday that state hunters officially harvested 194,178 deer during the 2009 season. The decline reflects the fact that fewer permits were available to hunters to harvest antlerless deer because the
Lake Erie frozen for first time in 14 years
According AccuWeather.com, following a cold snap in the Northeast, Lake Erie’s surface is virtually frozen over for the first time in about 14 years. The ice ranges in thickness between paper thin along the northern
Non-resident archers won’t get second permit
According to reports out of Springfield, DNR has changed its mind about a proposal to allow non-resident archery hunters to purchase a second combination archery deer permit. DNR, however, still wants to allow non-resident hunters
First fish-house removal deadlines approaching
The first Minnesota fish-house removal deadline of 2010 kicks in next weekend, then those deadlines come rapid-fire for the next five weeks. All shelters must be off the ice no later than midnight for each
