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Winter fish kill at three Iowa lakes
Sioux City, Iowa — Bacon Creek Lake, and two ponds in Southwood Lake Park, all in Woodbury County, are experiencing natural winter fish kills after one of the snowiest winters on record. Don Herrig, fisheries
Local Residents Assist in Rescuing Conservation Officer
Chassell, Mich. — Department of Natural Resources and Environment Conservation Officer Dennis Gast was responding on a snowmobile to a complaint of set lines on Otter Lake near Chassell in Houghton County last Saturday night
Giant crappie is just short of state record
A Waterloo man landed a 4 pound, 5 ounce white crappie last week at Kinkaid Lake. The catch missed the state record by two ounces. Mike Zimmer, 33, had the fish weighed three times before
Minnesota DNR: Increased interest driving proposed expansion of muskie waters
St. Paul — Minnesota is the nation’s premier trophy muskie fishing destination today based on the abundance of catchable 50-plus inch fish and larger, and anglers are taking the bait. The growing popularity of the
Schmit to retire from Game Commission after 35 years
Harrisburg — With 35 years of service to the Commonwealth’s wildlife and hunters and trappers, Pennsylvania Game Commission Deputy Executive Director Michael W. Schmit will retire April 16, and, according to the agency’s current director,
Court points to lack of evidence that carp have reached Lake Michigan
In a case that seems here to stay until someone pulls an Asian carp out of Lake Michigan, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled against closing Chicago-area shipping locks as a means of preventing
Experimental sunfish regulations extended on portion of Mississippi River
An experimental regulation limiting anglers to 10 sunfish taken from the Mississippi River adjacent to Houston, Winona and Wabasha Counties will be extended another five years, the Minnesota DNR has announced. Continuing the special regulation,
Father, son guilty in Ohio poaching case
DNR Report Hillsboro, Ohio – Two men received restitution costs and fines in Hillsboro Municipal Court for wildlife violations, including taking deer in a closed season and providing false information to a check station, according
DEP investigates ‘significant’ discharge of foam from drill site
Lock Haven Express Waterville, Pa. — The state Department of Environmental Protection is investigating a “fairly significant discharge” of a white, foamy substance that eventually made its way into Pine Creek. The substance is believed
