Trout season 2020 had an unconventional kickoff. The traditional opening had been set for yesterday, April 18, but the Fish and Boat Commission announced April 7 that it had opened the season as of 8:00 a.m. that morning. It was a hard but rational decision by the Fish and Boat board. The first ...
There is nothing good about this situation we鈥檙e in. Still, some aspects are better than they might be. One is that what will hopefully prove to be the peak of confinement is happening in spring, the season when nature is most generous with marvels. Even if we are marooned at home much of the ...
There will be no way for society to ever repay the selfless dedication of nurses, doctors, and care-givers during this unprecedented emergency. Their sacrifice goes beyond all norms. Perhaps the best the rest of us can do to help is to keep ourselves and our families healthy in body and ...
Stocking trout to provide recreational fishing is such a part of our outdoor culture that it almost seems natural. But trout-stocking is more complex, with more potential complications, than fisheries managers once believed.Many surviving native fisheries around the country have been harmed by ...
<strong>W</strong>e are blessed to enjoy our young granddaughter at home with us often. She plays with her dolls, puzzles, and coloring books, but a more novel diversion around here commands her attention too. She鈥檚 at an age when the diverse wildlife we see ...
Outdoor diehards have reason to lament this anemic winter. I鈥檓 not a downhill skier but conditions must have been marginal, even on man-made snow. Cross-country skiing is out of the question, and ice-fishermen need to look far northward for safe crust. As if to officially declare the ...
