1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (142+ words) Home " Home Page News " Wisconsin anglers lamenting surge of yellow bass in what was once a "panfish factory" An explosion of yellow bass and the corresponding decline of other species in Crystal Lake has plagued what was once known far…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago  (205+ words) Harvest totals for the 2025 deer season in Wisconsin were not yet final, but as of Jan. 20, hunters had registered 339,481 deer through all seasons. Ryan Haffele, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) acting deer program specialist, told the Natural Resources Board (NRB)…...

2+ hour, 24+ min ago  (103+ words) Home " From The Pages of WI ODN " WI Daily Update: Your chance to comment on migratory bird hunting seasons The Wisconsin DNR is seeking public comment on 2026-2030 migratory bird hunting season frameworks. Here's what to know. As someone who lives…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (129+ words) Home " Home Page News " The Nature Conservancy adds nearly 1,000 acres to Wisconsin's Colburn Wildlife Area In a major boost for one of Wisconsin's most ecologically significant regions, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has secured nearly 1,000 acres of jack pine/oak forest…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (122+ words) Home " Home Page News " Wisconsin's suggested 2026 waterfowl rules similar to 2025 The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' Waterfowl Advisory Committee met at the Mead Wildlife Area Feb. 16 and recommended 2026 waterfowl regulations very similar to 2025 regulations. Hunters now will have until March…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (267+ words) Mike Conlin, whose footprints and pawprints can be found on just about every tool used to build the Illinois DNR's Division of Fisheries over a magical four-decade period, died Feb. 12 at the age of 81." A 38-year career with DNR began…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (149+ words) New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Amanda Lefton recently announced that the agency is holding academies for its newest classes of Environmental Conservation Police Officers (ECOs) and Forest Rangers. The six-month training academies will prepare 30 ECOs (with…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (122+ words) Home " Home Page News " Panel at Pheasant Fest discusses future of public lands in Minnesota Last Saturday afternoon at National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic at the Minneapolis Convention Center, state and nonprofit conservation officials participated in a wide-ranging panel…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (139+ words) Home " Features " Dialing in on the saugeye bite in Ohio waters Questionable behavior these hybrids have, part chameleon, part escape artist. An unlikely source of genes made them this way. A river sauger and a lake walleye, who would of…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (185+ words) A headline in the Feb. 6 issue of New York Outdoor News issue warned, "Bird flu cases could increase in Northeast." That has been the case on Long Island, where residents are regularly finding dead waterfowl in large enough numbers to…...