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- Lake Minnetonka Crappie Contest in Minnesota not happening in 2024An annual rite of spring will not be happening in 2024. Via its social media accounts last week, Minnesota Bound announced that it would not be holding the 2024...
- Nope, not Easter eggs… it’s northern pike egg-take season in MinnesotaThe mild winter has prompted new concerns for Minnesota fisheries offices, particularly regarding the northern pike egg take. The state’s unusually early ice-...
- New York DEC adds virtual public information session to discuss brook trout pond management plan in AdirondacksThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced the agency is holding a virtual public information session on Thursday, March 28, to...
- WI Daily Update: Make it a goal to get involved in the outdoors this yearRon Schara recently wrote in a column for Outdoor News that nothing happens for the good of fish or wildlife or water quality or saving soil if it doesn’t hap...
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency seeks comments on response plan for fish killsThe Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is seeking public comment on a statewide, multi-agency draft protocol that defines how agencies should work together when...
- Christine Thomas: Little cabin crew hits mother lode at Ding Darling National Wildlife RefugeShe was referring to the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, on Sanibel Island, Fla. The post Christine Thomas: Little cabin crew hits mother lode at Ding Da...
- Urban Fishing Program returning in Illinois, adds grant for bussing studentsThe Illinois Urban Fishing Program comes into the 2024 season with a new twist – while its offerings have always been available at no cost to schools in the s...
- Steve Piatt: Nightmares of spring a prelude to turkey hunting seasonThey are all the same, from one year to the next, well ahead of the opening of the spring gobbler season, and I’m not sure what triggers their timing. The pos...
- MN Daily Update: Make it a goal to get involved in the outdoors this yearRon Schara recently wrote in a column for Outdoor News that nothing happens for the good of fish or wildlife or water quality or saving soil if it doesn’t hap...
- Outdoor Insights: A carp barrier in Minnesota, and what are DFL legislators thinking with land transfer bills?After stagnating for months, the possibility of an Asian carp barrier at Lock and Dam 5 in southeastern Minnesota rose like a phoenix last week. An upbeat Febru...
- Michigan Fishing Report – March 20, 2024Those who made it out over the weekend reported catching many little yellow perch, with a few keepers mixed in. The post Michigan Fishing Report – March...
- Pheasants Forever discusses Public Access to Habitat initiative at Pheasant FestPheasants Forever & Quail Forever hosted the 2024 National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic in Sioux Falls, from March 1-3. It was the first time since 2018 that...
- Gasoline spill in Iowa’s Cass County reaches East Nishnabotna RiverThe Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fuel spill at the East Nishnabotna River in Cass County. On March 20, the DNR Atlantic Field Office ...
- New York’s 2023 bear harvest increased slightly from 2022Black bear hunters in New York harvested an estimated 1,356 black bears during the 2023 hunting season, according to the New York State Department of Environmen...
- Gear & Gadgets: New Heavyweight TSS .410 turkey loads from Federal, and much moreKill gobblers at longer distances than ever before with Federal Premium ® HEAVYWEIGHT ® TSS. The tungsten-alloy shot material’s 18 g/cc density is 56 percen...