Conservation officer Marco Grigio has been named the Ontario Conservation Officer of the Year for 2019. Officer Grigio, a resident of Thunder Bay, has served the people of Ontario for more than 25 years. “I congratulate Officer Grigio on receiving…
Ontario Proposes a New and Improved Moose Management Program
Proposed changes will help address hunters’ concerns The Ontario government is taking action to address concerns from hunters on how the province manages its moose population to ensure sustainability and hunting opportunities for future generations. Today, John Yakabuski, Minister of…
Ontario Announces New Big Game Management Advisory Committee
The “BG MAC” of committees leading the Moose Management Review The Ontario government is working for the people by listening to concerns from hunters on how the province manages its moose population to ensure sustainability and hunting opportunities for future…
Anglers Encouraged to Plan Ahead Before Removing Their Ice Huts
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is reminding anglers that many lakes across the province have significant slush conditions. You need to plan ahead in order to remove your ice hut on time. Ice huts must be removed from certain Fisheries…
Recreational Fishing Now Free for Canadian Service Members
Ontario’s Government is Giving Back to our Heroes Ontario’s Government has delivered on its promise and is giving back to those men and women who have sacrificed so much. As of January 1, 2019, all veterans and active Canadian…
MNRF Launches New Fish and Wildlife Licensing Service
MNRF has launched a better way for hunters and anglers across the province to get their Outdoors Cards and hunting and fishing licensing products. “Our government is making life easier and allowing you to get outdoors quicker,” said John Yakabuski,…
Ontario Improving Moose Management and Hunting Allocations
Ontario’s Government for the People is working to make the moose draw fairer, more accessible and simpler for hunters by updating its approach to managing moose. Over the next two years, the government intends to work with an advisory committee,…
MNRF Proposing Cormorant Hunting season
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…