And start doing something about it. An essay by ecologist David Schindler
In Outdoor Canada magazine’s Winter 2010 issue, we ran an exclusive investigative piece by Charles Wilkins entitled "Another Fine Day Afield." The 5,000-word article was about the controversial shooting death of American Mark Harshbarger during a 2006 hunting trip to Newfoundland. The Meshoppen, Pennsylvania, man was shot by his wife...
Too many moose are on the loose in Newfoundland, and wildlife official say they are destroying forests and habitat for other species.
As a result, Parks Canada will, for the first time, allow hunting for moose in Gros Morne National Park in western Newfoundland (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), and Terra...
A toothy and aggressive aquatic predator, capable of breathing air and slithering across land, has put a scare into Prairie fisheries managers.
Recently the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment was tipped off about someone in the province selling the northern snakehead via an online ad on Kijiji.com. Now the provincial government is...
I last saw Bob Reguly just under a year ago at the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show. He had been ill, his ticker giving him grief, and he’d lost a considerable amount of weight. He was so thin, in fact, I almost didn’t recognize him. But once we got...
Tomorrow morning gets off to an auspicious start when the latest inductees into the Canadian Angler Hall of Fame are officially honoured. The ceremony will take place during the annual fishing industry breakfast at the Spring Fishing and Boat Show at the International Centre in Toronto.
Yours truly...
Every year during the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, aka the SHOT Show, the U.S.-based Outdoor Channel hands out its Golden Moose Awards, honouring the best producers and hosts of the various shows appearing on the channel. This year may be a record of sorts, with the...
I sure hope Gail Shea has a big mailbox. And I hope she takes to heart what’s she about to hear. The federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is the target of a new letter-writing campaign launched yesterday by the Canadian Sportfishing Industry Association. The issue...
Phil Morlock, a long-time recreational fishing advocate, received the Brad Rowse Leadership Award last week at the 7th Annual National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses Sportsman-Legislator Summit in Point Clear, Alabama. He was given the award for demonstrating excellence in leadership in promoting the outdoor agenda.
Morlock has served...
One of our field editors, North Vancouver’s George Gruenefeld, just told me that Bill Otway has passed, dead from brain cancer. Damned cancer, again. George had let me know about a week ago that Bill, 75, was fighting his last battle at the Gillis Hospice in...