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- Chesapeake Bay striped bass survey shows little change in poor spawning successThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources recently announced results of this year’s juvenile striped bass survey, which tracks the reproductive success of ...
- Nature Smart: Pumpkins… much more than just decorI would like to tell you about something so common and ubiquitous in our American culture that I’m sure you don’t think about it as being very special. It...
- Ohio Erie County wildlife officer Michele Butler earns prestigious award for protecting waterfowlThe Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife’s Michele Butler was recently recognized for her exemplary work as a wildlife officer. The Mississippi Flyway Council...
- Commentary: Pennsylvania DMAP program offering way too many tags on northcentral public landsPennsylvania’s Deer Management Assistance Program – DMAP – was designed for landowners to address deer overpopulation problems on private property. Unfort...
- Steve Piatt: Anticipation is great for a return trip to NewfoundlandNewfoundland is one of my favorite places on Earth, and would be even if the Canadian maritime province wasn’t home to the highest density of moose in North A...
- Build better housing for bats, birds to control pests and insectsDo you want to make life more hazardous for mice, ticks, flies, gnats, and mosquitoes in your backyard or around your hunting property? If so, now is a good tim...
- Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners OK changes to Muncy and Fishing creeks regulationsPennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners, at their recent quarterly meeting, voted to approve changes to fishing regulations on portions of Fishing Cr...
- Jeremiah Haas: Mentors make all the difference in conservationNews in the past few weeks has included an announcement that I have been selected to the Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame, in part for my work as a fish biologist,...
- New York Reader Stories: A bloodless trail after a vital shotIt was Thursday, the 9th of November, and I was going over my checklist of everything I needed for my week-long hunting expedition in Schuyler County, N.Y. I wa...
- Streams of Thought: Tackling invasive buckthorn is both a physical and mental battleAs I brushed my teeth in front of a mirror on a recent Sunday evening, I noticed multiple red scratches on my forearms. I wasn’t surprised I was mostly oblivi...
- An Alaska deer hunter has been found dead in an apparent brown bear mauling, officials sayA 50-year-old hunter has been found dead in an apparent brown bear mauling on an island in southeastern Alaska, authorities said Thursday. Tad Fujioka, of Sitka...
- Michigan Letters to the Editor: DNR regulating hunting and fishing out of existenceReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 8, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News. The post Michigan Letters to the Editor: DNR regulating ...
- State forest plan in Michigan includes considerations for deer wintering yards in the UPThe Michigan Department of Natural Resources is vetting a new state forest plan that includes special considerations for deer wintering yards in the Upper Penin...
- Wolf depredation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula behind Wisconsin, MinnesotaMichigan’s Upper Peninsula doesn’t see nearly the livestock and pet losses to wolves as does Wisconsin and Minnesota, but that’s largely because there are...
- A new spawning reef will benefit Michigan’s Saginaw Bay fishIf you build it, bending a phrase from the classic baseball film “Field of Dreams,” they will come. And spawn. “They” are fish, and the proof is in repr...