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- New York’s Lake Champlain lake trout holding their own as stocking ends after 2025Are wild lake trout that have become more prevalent in New York’s Lake Champlain better able to escape predation by sea lamprey? Some anglers and fisheries ex...
- MN Daily Update: A drawdown to better duck habitat on Teal LakeA drawdown is underway this spring on Teal Lake in southwest Minnesota’s Jackson County to help boost wildlife habitat. Listen here for the details. The post ...
- Group seeks National Park status for Shawnee Forest in IllinoisA new effort is under way to re-designate the Shawnee National Forest as the “Shawnee National Park and Climate Preserve.” Supporters say this change could ...
- Pymatuning Reservoir is the perfect place for adventure along the Pennsylvania, Ohio borderIt is said that only the stupidest anglers reveal their secret hotspots to other fishermen. I wonder if that is equally true of outdoor writers who not only rev...
- Late-season gobblers can be had, often with a subtle approachThe last two weeks of spring gobbler season can provide tough though rewarding hunting. Many gobblers have been tagged, and the ones that remain may have endure...
- Commentary: Why no DNR wolf estimate in latest monitoring report from Wisconsin?The latest Wisconsin DNR Wolf Monitoring Report, furnished to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, contains no wolf population estimate. Why is the previous wint...
- Light turnout at Dane, Vernon county spring hearings in WisconsinWhat a difference a year makes, as the Dane County Conservation Congress and Wisconsin DNR spring conservation hearing held April 14 drew only 23 attendees. In ...
- On the search for what can be elusive big bluegills in OhioMy favorite fish comes down to a choice between the smallmouth bass and the bluegill. Everyone understands the smallmouth. But the bluegill? Not so much, not to...
- Steve Griffin: Don’t ignore those mid-day tomsOn turkey season’s first morning in Michigan, I sat on a low hunting chair in a pine tangle, behind a camo mesh, and listened to the world wake up. It was the...
- Wisconsin Governor’s Fishing Opener at Rice Lake light on walleyesThe 59th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Fishing Opener took place on Barron County’s 939-acre Rice Lake, where most opening day action featured northern pike. ...
- Mike Schoonveld: Low water levels return in Great Lakes cycleOne of the topics I’ve repeatedly covered for Michigan Outdoor News is the ups and downs of the water levels in Michigan’s four Great Lakes (five if you inc...
- Commentary: Years of work, and 8,000 acres protected around the Mississippi River’s headwatersA years-long effort to permanently protect the Mississippi River’s headwaters in northern Minnesota while ensuring continued timber harvest and recreational a...
- Reader stories: Some sportsmen have longer, more painful recovery times after joint replacementsI read with interest the recent Commentary by Dr. Douglas VanderBrook concerning joint replacement. Since I had a knee replacement on Nov. 18, 2024, I was inter...
- Ohio clubs bridge the cultural divide through fishingIn Northeast Ohio, two bass fishing clubs – one comprised of predominantly white anglers, the other predominantly black – have come together, not just to sh...
- Wisconsin Roundup: Better days coming for anglers; and why the delay in spring hearing results?A check with northern Wisconsin bait shops suggest anglers had a good start to the 2025 fishing season, even if it was bit chilly the morning of Saturday, May 3...