Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Wisconsin’s Sturgeon Guard back to work with spawning underwaySporting a fluorescent green Sturgeon For Tomorrow vest, Tom Markowski and Mike Schmalzer stood out like sore thumbs as lake sturgeon cruised the Fox River in d...
- Lotteries open for moose, elk hunts in eastern statesBig game hunters annually look to hit the jackpot – and every year a few do. Maybe even someone you know. And this year, it could even be you. Not the Mega Mi...
- Artist Lake: fishing a popular puddle on Long IslandIt’s actually labeled a kettlehole lake, the product of melting chunks of partially buried glacial ice a long, long, long, time ago. There is no inlet or outl...
- New York’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across New York published in the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post New York’s Outdoor Calendar ap...
- New York Cuffs & Collars: Don’t trespass to catch your troutNew York cuffs and collars are field reports from DEC Officers. These reports are from the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post New York Cuffs & Colla...
- New York’s 2025 Great Lakes Preview: Let’s keep the Great Lakes ‘great’For the most part, we are coming off a stellar year in 2024 on both of New York’s Great Lakes – Erie and Ontario. What happens in 2025 and beyond is anyoneâ...
- New York’s annual I BIRD Challenge returnsAlbany — New York’s annual I BIRD Challenge is underway. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation began the program for birders of all ag...
- New Southwick report shows hunters, anglers spend billionsRecent reports from the American Sportfishing Association and the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation show that hunting, target shooting and recreational fishing ...
- Wildfires, prescribed burns keep New York fire crews hoppingNew York State Forest Rangers and Fish and Wildlife staff have had a busy spring when it comes to woodland fires. When Forest Rangers are not fighting unintenti...
- New York Mixed Bag: DEC holding Great Lakes sub-basin work group meetings April 29 – May 6DEC is poised to host a series of Great Lakes Action Agenda Sub-Basin Work Group Meetings in late April and early May. The Great Lakes Program invites the publi...
- New York Letters to the Editor: Fire-starting is an important survival skill for all to masterReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 2, 2025, edition of New York Outdoor News. The post New York Letters to the Editor: Fire-starting is...
- Size of Rice Lake’s muskies runs a bit above average in Wisconsin’s Barron CountyThe Wisconsin DNR’s Barron County fisheries crew ran a two-year muskie assessment on Rice Lake in 2022 and 2023. A low to moderate density population with goo...
- Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Don’t shoot a deer first, buy a license secondWisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from the DNR. These reports are from the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars:...
- Wisconsin’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin’s Outdoor Calendar ...
- Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Haase a fine choice for WON Conservationist of the YearReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 2, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Haase a fine c...