National Outdoor News
- SC DNR casts to hook Fishing as high school sport
- Montana bison meeting attracts little public interest
- Ohio cave system to offer tours of sections not open before to public in west central Ohio
- Groups sue National Marine Fisheries Service, claim AK oil exploration will harm beluga whales
- Military families get a free pass for federal lands
- Black Bear Season: CT Sightings and What You Should Know – Hamden, CT Patch
- A federal bill could pave the way for hunting on some National Park lands, an advocacy group says.
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Domestic dispute at fishing site results in arrest of Martinsville man
Posted on April 20, 2012 | No CommentsA domestic dispute Sunday evening at a public fishing site on the White River near Worthington resulted in the arrest of a rural Martinsville man on a pair of drug... -
Grants for lake, river projects announced
Posted on April 20, 2012 | No CommentsForty new grants totaling more than $950,000 have been awarded for lake and river enhancement projects in Indiana, the Department of Natural Resources has announced. Nearly three-quarters of the projects... -
Civil War camp comes to Whitewater Memorial State Park
Posted on April 20, 2012 | No CommentsLIBERTY, Ind. — A Civil War visit Saturday to Whitewater Memorial State Park will include a cannonade on the park’s beach. Admission to the state park is free Saturday in... -
Chapman lakes get weed-control permit
Posted on April 20, 2012 | No CommentsThe Indiana Department of Natural Resources has issued a permit to the Chapman Lake Conservation Association to control up to 120 acres of Eurasian water milfoil in Big Chapman and... -
DNR to dedicate sea lamprey barrier in Michigan City
Posted on April 20, 2012 | No CommentsMICHIGAN CITY - A barrier aimed at preventing invasive sea lampreys from reaching spawning grounds is being dedicated in Michigan City. Indiana Department of Natural Resources fisheries chief Bill James... -
Indiana forestry featured on PBS special April 26
Posted on April 20, 2012 | 1 CommentTune in to public television station WFYI on Thursday, April 26, at 8 p.m., for an hour-long special episode of “Indiana Expeditions: Forests At Work.” The show will examine the social,... -
Indiana Dunes State Park summer camp registration open
Posted on April 18, 2012 | No CommentsIndiana Dunes State Park and the Friends of Indiana Dunes group will offer three-day nature camps again this summer for students ages 7 to 14. These camps provide an opportunity... -
IU Press publishes guide to caves and karst in Indiana
Posted on April 18, 2012 | No CommentsBLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A new field guide from Indiana University Press provides a starting point for anyone planning a visit to one of Indiana’s tourist caves, looking to explore some... -
World Fishing Network: Indiana’s Muskie Stocking Program Off to Good Start
Posted on April 18, 2012 | No CommentsIndiana’s muskie stocking program is off to a good start this year after DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife biologists collected a record-matching 1.9 million eggs from adult female muskies... -
Zipline coming to Eagle Creek Park
Posted on April 17, 2012 | No CommentsA popular Super Bowl Village attraction will soon be available on the northwest side of Indianapolis. Feel the sun on your face. Hear the ripple of water. Listen to the... -
DNR predicts muskie record will be broken
Posted on April 17, 2012 | No CommentsIndiana’s muskie record turns 10 years old this spring, causing at least one expert to wonder how much longer the record can last. “We’re due for another state-record muskie,” said... -
Timber complaint leads to pot bust
Posted on April 17, 2012 | No CommentsWhat began initially as a complaint of possible illegal timber activities began a chain of events that led to a drug arrest. On Friday afternoon at approximately 2:00 p.m., Indiana... -
Indiana is trying to save Lake Michigan shipwrecks, and learn from them
Posted on April 17, 2012 | No CommentsUnder the sometimes murky waters of Lake Michigan lies a mostly unexplored layer of Northwest Indiana history. The lake is home to dozens of shipwrecks, each telling a story. “They... -
Nature park proposed in Jeffersonville
Posted on April 16, 2012 | No CommentsA piece of city owned land near the Meadows subdivision — off Hamburg Pike, north of Veterans Parkway — could soon become a nature preserve. City officials have dubbed the... -
Jay Anglin: The morel of the story
Posted on April 16, 2012 | No CommentsThere was a time when I was a fanatical mushroom hunter. Every spring, my brother and I would beg our father to take us out after school to search the... -
Louie Stout: Hoosier turkey numbers down
Posted on April 15, 2012 | No CommentsIf Indiana’s turkey biologist is right, hunters should see fewer birds this spring. The Hoosier spring turkey youth season kicks off next weekend, while the regular Indiana spring season runs... -
Early spring presents turkey hunting challenges
Posted on April 15, 2012 | No CommentsAs Indiana’s spring turkey season approaches, DNR wildlife research biologist Steve Backs said hunters should plan to work a little harder this year. Spring turkey season begins with the youth... -
State Parks seek summer interns
Posted on April 14, 2012 | No CommentsThe Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Division of State Parks & Reservoirs seeks to add 17 volunteer participants for May through August to Indiana Heritage Corps (IHC), an AmeriCorps program... -
Dale Bowman column: No-cull rule would be tough to enforce
Posted on April 14, 2012 | No CommentsA reader suggested Indiana consider a spawning season closure or a no-cull rule for yellow perch on Lake Michigan to deal with the loss of released deep-water perch with distended... -
Dead Hunter Recovered From Southern Illinois Forest
Posted on April 14, 2012 | No CommentsSaline County Central Dispatch received a call of a lost turkey hunter shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. Saline County Deputies and officers from the U.S Forest Service began a... -
Geocache players become explorers, game creators
Posted on April 14, 2012 | No CommentsOn the Greencastle Courthouse square, near the large Buzz Bomb monument, hidden within the base of a lamppost, there sits a small tin box. The box is labeled, and inside... -
American Rabbit Hunter Association’s World Hunt kicks off in Booneville
Posted on April 13, 2012 | No CommentsHundreds of dogs were let loose in a Warrick County park Thursday, and it wasn’t by accident. It’s a weekend long hunting event for beagles only. Over 600 beagles and... -
Stand-up paddle boarding becomes popular activity in Central Indiana
Posted on April 13, 2012 | No CommentsJodi Bratch was introduced to stand-up paddle boarding two years ago in Clearwater, Fla., where she has a second home. The Fortville resident instantly fell in love with the tranquility... -
April 17: DNR wildflower expert on Facebook
Posted on April 13, 2012 | No CommentsINDIANAPOLIS, IN – Nature enthusiasts can “talk” and ask questions about wildflowers online with DNR heritage ecologist Roger L. Hedge on April 17, from 11 a.m. – noon (EST), on... -
Space still available on Fossil Hike at Lake Monroe April 15
Posted on April 12, 2012 | No CommentsA fossil hike is scheduled for Sunday, April 15, at 2 p.m. This 3.5-mile hike takes participants to the fossil beds at the tip of the Allen’s Creek State Recreation... -
Monroe Lake seeking new volunteers
Posted on April 12, 2012 | No CommentsFrom the Indiana Department of Natural Resources: People interested in supporting Monroe Lake are invited to an informative volunteer call-out session on Sunday, April 22. The call-out is from 3:30-4:30... -
Group’s goal: Turn Fall Creek into a recreation destination
Posted on April 11, 2012 | No CommentsA partnership of north-side neighborhood groups is developing a plan to clean up and revitalize Fall Creek with a goal of reestablishing the waterway as a community asset. Among the... -
DNR to release 70K brown trout at Port of Indiana
Posted on April 11, 2012 | No CommentsINDIANAPOLIS (WANE) — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will release 70,000 young brown trout into Lake Michigan Monday at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor. According to the DNR,... -
Study: Fungus behind bat die-off came from Europe
Posted on April 11, 2012 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES (AP) – The mysterious deaths of millions of bats in the United States and Canada over the past several years were caused by a fungus that hitchhiked from... -
IU South Bend club visits Mammoth Cave National Park for spring break
Posted on April 11, 2012 | No CommentsWhile many were swimming at the beaches in Florida, visiting family and friends around the country or even just vegetating on the couch at home, the Sustainability and Wellness Club... -
POTTER OUTDOORS: Morel of story is to be alert hunting mushrooms
Posted on April 10, 2012 | No CommentsMorel hunters heed this paraphrasing of Robert Herrick’s poem, “Gather ye morels while ye may, because old time is still a flying.” In other words, don’t wait any longer to... -
Training to be junior naturalists
Posted on April 9, 2012 | No CommentsAllen County’s four school districts may have had spring break last week, but at Fox Island the learning never stopped. As part of the park’s education program, 13 students, ages... -
Child airlifted after ATV accident, child 7 & 5 not wearing helmet
Posted on April 9, 2012 | No CommentsEmergency crews rushed to the scene of an ATV accident Saturday afternoon in Plymouth. A 911 call was made at 4:09 p.m. after three people, including two children were thrown... -
Outdoors: New bass regulations troubling
Posted on April 9, 2012 | No CommentsFrom Louie Stout at the South Bend Tribune New bass regulations troublingIndiana’s approval of a new bass slot limit for Hoosier rivers and streams sent shock waves through Michiana bass... -
Window-peeping deer in New Castle prompts call to police
Posted on April 7, 2012 | No CommentsA Henry County sheriff’s deputy this week responded to a complaint about a deer who was “looking through windows” and staying in the front yards of a neighborhood north of... -
New bait and tackle shop in Greene-Sullivan Forest
Posted on April 7, 2012 | No CommentsAs a kickoff for a new Greene-Sullivan State Forest based bait and tackle shop, The Old School Trading Post will have Happy Matt’s Barbecue set up in the parking lot... -
Record number of fish likely out there
Posted on April 7, 2012 | No CommentsFrom the Merrillville Post-Tribune: It’s spring and thoughts turn to record fish from Lake Michigan. In particular the Indiana records for brown trout, walleye and yellow perch. On Tuesday, Bobby... -
Geese Guard Nest Outside Store As Shoppers Gander
Posted on April 7, 2012 | No CommentsA Canada goose and her mate are drawing stares in Fort Wayne, where they’ve returned to a nest in a flower pot just outside the entrance of Office Depot on... -
ABA Angler Wins Inaugural Indiana Tournament
Posted on April 6, 2012 | No CommentsCalvin Davidson set the standard by winning the first ABA Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series event held in the new Indiana Division 7. Running out of Newton-Stewart South Marina on... -
River in Indiana’s 2nd-largest cave system gains federal protection | Indianapolis Star | indystar.com
Posted on April 6, 2012 | No CommentsAn underground river running through the second largest cave system in Indiana will be protected as federal land through a purchase by the federal government. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said...
