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Bob Gwizdz: Most of Michigan’s Deer Management Initiative recommendations won’t help deer herd
Bob Gwizdz
July 17, 2024
I’ve spent a lot of time poring over the conclusions of the recently completed Deer Management Initiative, but I’ll be darned if I can see what the hours of effort, expended in that exercise, actually
Commentary: What science says about human consumption of lead in venison
Russ Mason
July 17, 2024
The short answer is that the concern is overblown in much the same way that concerns over lead and wildlife impacts are (more dramatically) overstated.
Tom Venesky: Time to let farmers plant again on Pennsylvania game lands
Tom Venesky
July 17, 2024
Crop damage concerns have been at the forefront lately as the Pennsylvania Legislature considers bills aimed at reducing the impact of deer.
So far, not much has worked when it comes to reducing crop damage.
Steve Pollick: Forming fishermen one bluegill at a time
Steve Pollick
July 17, 2024
If you want something to grow, you first must plant the seeds and then you have to water and cultivate the sprouts. I’m actually talking about turning kids into fishermen here.
That latter “gardening” action,
Construction of carp barrier closer to reality at Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plains River in Illinois
Staff Report
July 17, 2024
Earlier this month Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that Michigan signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Illinois to cosponsor the construction of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project.
This milestone agreement
Chesapeake Bay striped bass need a summer vacation
Alison Colden / For the Bay Journal News Service
July 16, 2024
There’s a shift happening in Chesapeake Bay angling.
“People are pivoting, and they should be,” said David Sikorski, executive director of the Coastal Conservation Association in Maryland. “It used to be all stripers all
Bradford County, Pa., hunting camp celebrates 100 years
Deborah Weisberg
July 16, 2024
Steve Watkins grew up in Monroeton, Bradford County, Pa., where his grandparents owned the Marcy Hotel, a popular local landmark.
He and his father hunted bears in the region’s “endless” mountains, and his grand-uncle
Outdoor Writers of Ohio, Division of Wildlife get word out on Ohio’s record fish program
Jeff Frischkorn
July 16, 2024
In an eureka moment, the several decades-old Outdoor Writers of Ohio (OWO) stepped into the 21st century regarding its slightly less young Ohio Record Fish Program.
The Outdoor Writers of Ohio is the statewide
Plans moving forward on Pennsylvania’s three new state parks
Mark Nale
July 16, 2024
Plans are moving forward on Pennsylvania’s three newly created state parks. The first new infrastructure is expected to be built in 2025.
“All of this takes time,” said Wesley Robinson, Department of Conservation and
