EBR proposal is as follows: Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) populations declined significantly in the Great Lakes from the 1950s to the 1970s primarily due to environmental contaminants affecting reproduction. Their numbers began to increase rapidly from the 1970s to the…
Four cows and a bull moose shot and left to rot – Info WANTED
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is seeking the public’s help in identifying the person or people responsible for killing and abandoning four cow moose and a bull moose near White River. The ministry reports that sometime between Sept.…
MNRF seize 33 Moose!!
KAWARTHA LAKES-The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry seized 33 Moose, laid 107 charges and issued 232 warnings over a nine-day period in southeastern Ontario. The Ministry says from October 20 to October 28, 2018, conservation officers checked 3,973 hunters…
MNR Looking for Moose Hunters who left to a moose to spoil near Thunder Bay
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is investigating after a moose was found shot and abandoned northeast of Thunder Bay. According to the MNRF, conservation officers were notified of a cow moose left to spoil near Walkinshaw Lake. The…
$3,200 in Fines for Keeping Undersized Lake Nipissing Walleye
Four southern Ontario men have been fined a total of $3,200 for keeping undersized Lake Nipissing walleye, contrary to Ontario’s fishery regulations. Donald Davidson and Christopher Boutet, of Cottam, and Kyle Bissonnette and Kenneth Bissonnette, of Essex, pleaded guilty to…
Ontario Supporting Community Access and Forestry Roads
Province Investing in Community Infrastructure Ontario is improving access to Crown lands by investing in community access and forest roads, allowing for improved forestry management and increased economic opportunities for remote communities. The forestry industry uses community access and forestry…
MNRF files charges, issues stop work order against South Bruce Peninsula regarding raking Sauble Beach
The Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry has charged South Bruce Peninsula for allegedly damaging piping plover habitat last April and issued a stop order against any further town-sanctioned beach maintenance this spring. Mayor Janice Jackson said the municipality has…
$13,050 Fine and Licence Suspension for Over-limit of Walleye
A Michigan resident has been fined $13,050 for possessing an over-limit of walleye. William Krueger, of East Tawas, pleaded guilty and was fined $13,050 for possessing more walleye than allowed under the Ontario Fishery Regulations. He was also suspended from…
MPP’s bill to control Ontario hunting fund shot down
A London-area MPP’s proposed bill to tighten rules about how the government spends money generated from hunting and licensing fees has been shot down at Queen’s Park. Progressive Conservative MPP Jeff Yurek on Wednesday introduced a private members bill to…
MPP looks to change ‘DISRESPECTFUL’ hunting-fee spending
MPP Jeff Yurek Introduces the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Special Purpose Account Transparency Act, 2018 Queen’s Park— Yesterday, Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Jeff Yurek introduced his Private Member’s Bill, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Special Purpose Account Transparency…