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Michigan Letters to the Editor: Reader says DNR should mail out a hard copy of licenses
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 25, 2025, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Ohio Letters to the Editor: Non-resident price increase doesn’t sit too well for Ohioan
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 25, 2025, edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Keep Saturday deer opener
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 25, 2025, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

Commentary: Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission should cut back on trout stocking
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission’s trout stocking program isn’t well. What ails it? Money troubles. The commission recently staved off cuts to stocked trout by taking enormous taxpayer bailouts.
Over $100 million from a

Ron Schara: Angler education is the key regarding forward-facing sonar
Forward what? Some anglers have no clue what it is or what it does. Meanwhile, a growing number of anglers have added FFS to their fishing war chest. They’ve learned how and when to use

Commentary: Boundary Waters advocates celebrate U.S. senator’s attempt to protect the wilderness
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters, and Minnesota Trout Unlimited on April 9 commended U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, a Minnesota Democrat, for introducing the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act to permanently protect

Streams of Thought: U.S. House bill to delist wolves clears committee; what’s it really mean?
But will that change, in a (somewhat) new and inventive way? I tend not to get too worked up, as it were, when the subject matter is wolf management, by state governments or the one

Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Ikes’ ‘common-sense’ approach to lead ban makes no sense
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 18, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

Commentary: No season needed on sandhill cranes in Wisconsin
The proposal for a hunting season on sandhill cranes, like all hunting seasons, should be made based on biological information and sociological concerns.
To paint people who oppose a hunting season as anti-hunters or