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- Comment period nears close for management plan on Minnesota’s popular Lac qui Parle WMAIt’s last call for comments on the Lac qui Parle Wildlife Management Area’s master plan. The Minnesota DNR is asking the members of the public interested in...
- Glenn Sapir: Learn from my mistakes in the turkey woodsSome people might consider me an expert turkey hunter. I’ve hunted them for some 45 years. I’ve shared the woods with some of the greatest turkey hunters of...
- Christine Thomas: Luck is a lady in the turkey woodsI started the 2024 turkey season by taking a youth hunter out on the Saturday morning of the youth season. He had a truncated opportunity for hunting due to the...
- MN Daily Update: Lake sturgeon don’t need protections on Endangered Species ListLake sturgeon don’t need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife officials announced last week. Here’s what the ruling means. The post MN Daily...
- 2024 New York Great Lakes Preview: Lake Ontario full of promise and choicesLake Ontario, a shared natural resource between two countries, may have been named after the Iroquois Native American word meaning “beautiful lake” or “sp...
- Timing of Illinois’ timber rattlesnake emergence studiedScientists at the Illinois Natural History Survey have found clues to determine when the state’s timber rattlesnakes emerge from their cold-weather undergroun...
- To the chagrin of waterfowlers, Canada geese becoming more suburban in IllinoisWhile hunters have been seeing fewer and fewer Canada geese from blinds along the state’s rivers in the fall, people living in Illinois cities and towns are n...
- WI Daily Update: Lake sturgeon don’t need protections on Endangered Species ListLake sturgeon don’t need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife officials announced last week. Here’s what the ruling means. The post WI Daily...
- Cool, wet weather does not dampen turkey hunting as Minnesotans blow past season ‘A’ harvest recordThe spring wild turkey-hunting season in Minnesota is just two weeks old, but the DNR reports a record-setting pace of harvest following the mild 2023-24 winter...
- Mike Raykovicz: Thoughts on New York tree stand injuries, turkeys and bald eaglesIt wasn’t too long ago state game agencies throughout the country didn’t track tree stand related accidents as “hunting” accidents or incidents. That ch...
- Wisconsin DNR confirms first case of CWD in wild deer from Pierce County, baiting and feeding bans start May 15The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources confirmed the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Pierce County. The de...
- Saugeyes, muskies shine in Lake Carlton sampling from Illinois’ Whiteside CountySaugeyes and muskies appear to be doing quite well in what some consider to be the “cozy” Lake Carlton. Actually, except for a few pauses in the crappie and...
- Illinois’ Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the May 3, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois’ Outdoor Cal...
- Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Commercial helper not in possession of valid fishing licenseIllinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Illinois Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the May 3, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post I...
- Dam removal project will open access on the Sangamon River in IllinoisThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it will invest $1.5 million and work with Illinois DNR to remove two dams – the Riverside and Color Plant Dams ...