Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Report says Pennsylvania lags behind in corridors for wildlifeCiting habitat loss and fragmentation as the number one threat to Pennsylvania wildlife, conservationists are calling on elected officials to prioritize the cre...
- Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission lifts fishing rules for dam repairs on trio of lakesThree lakes owned by the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission will be drained this fall and next spring for dam rehabilitation work. Effective March 31 of this y...
- WI Daily Update: Take part in the annual spring hearingsThe Wisconsin DNR and Conservation Congress are hosting their annual spring hearings on April 14, where you have a chance to chime in on local resource manageme...
- Jeremiah Haas: Tactics for hunting turkeys in the windSpring turkey hunting around the Quad Cities can be anything from 70s and ticks, to 20s and snow. I have been successful in both situations and I am an average ...
- Nature Smart: On a quest to find the Sherman’s fox squirrelI find the variations and diversity in the wild to be the special ingredient underpinning the strength of Mother Nature. This was abundantly clear last week whe...
- Commentary: Ikes offers ‘common-sense agenda for conservation’ for next CongressWith a new Congress and president in Washington, conservationists are working to safeguard the lands, waters, and wildlife that define our outdoor heritage. Acr...
- Retired Illinois Conservation Police Officer offers field check tips for hunters and anglersAfter 25 years in law enforcement, people often ask me what to do when an officer checks them in the field. With the rise of Internet videos showing poor law en...
- New Outdoors program helps bring turkey hunters into the woodsIt was a mild spring morning in Ontario as I perched on my hunting stool, jumpy with anticipation as the sun gently rose over an overturned pasture. I was there...
- Understand these signs to better gauge when and where to be in the turkey woodsHunters might argue that any day and all days are good days for getting outside and turkey hunting. I get that if a person is limited to one tag and seven days ...
- Steve Sarley: Illinois’ Chris Taurisano hanging up well-worn fishing guide capI see a lot of things on social media that surprise me but nothing as shocking as what I saw on my Facebook feed on a recent day. It blew me away. It was from t...
- Ron Schara: If I could do it all over again, what would I change?If I could do it over again? It’s something to think about. Oh, I have a few examples. Who doesn’t? I mean, I’m kinda glad I did what I did, but I had no ...
- Save Ohio Parks seeks a pause on state park drillingSave Ohio Parks, an organization that opposes fracking for oil and gas in state parks and wildlife areas, is leading a group of 30 environmental organizations i...
- Dan Ladd: March ice-fishing trip to New York’s Fulton County better late than neverHere it is early April, and I’m looking back a month to early March, which found me doing something I typically do around the Christmas holiday: getting my ic...
- Streams of Thought: Time for a return to turkey huntingIt’s been a few years since I’ve hunted turkeys, mostly attributable to an intense fear of Lyme disease and early wake-up calls. I suppose those are terribl...
- Commentary: Do your part to help build the future of outdoor sportsSomething I often hear from folks involved in hunting, fishing and the shooting sports is “We need to get more youngsters involved.” I’m sure many readers...