DEXTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — On the kind of warm, bright afternoon that Michigan boaters wait all year for, Malik Amine and his brother readied their family’s pontoon boat for the summer. The cover was off and Portage Lake sparkled in the sun. But before the brothers could leave a narrow ...

Just as I seem to have finally shaken the dust off most of my fishing tackle, it is time to start prepping for hunting this fall. Hunting licenses for 2026-27 go on sale at 8 a.m. this Monday, June 23, along with the first round of antlerless deer (doe) licenses. This will be the fourth year ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Miles from shore, Chris Kemp pumps and reels as he battles a fish 150 feet below. Eventually, it gives up, and the 10-pound red snapper is hauled aboard the Jodie Lynn II. There’s barely time to rejoice. As Kemp raises his trophy for a picture, the charter boat’s ...

As we unfolded our lawn chairs within the maple’s shade we startled a wren from the arborvitae close by. Without her sudden departure, her miniature nest would never have been brought to our attention. In what might be described as a remarkable role reversal, I found myself teaching the old ...

Standing on a dock at a Lamoille River fishing access last week, Andrea Shortsleeve said that ballooning expenses and high demand are making state land and infrastructure harder and harder to manage. Moments later, Shortsleeve, who is the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department chief of ...

LANCASTER — Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn visited Lancaster County earlier this week to recognize the Conestoga River in southeastern Pennsylvania as the state’s 2026 River of the Year. “The Conestoga River is a great example of what ...