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To the Expositor: First the MNR (Ministry of Natural Resources) netted nearly all our stock of Whitefish in Lake Manitou to get spawn to plant in Lake Huron for commercial fisherman. One can hardly catch a whitefish now. They started to take lake trout spawn from Lake Manitou...

BURNT ISLAND—While its lake trout rehabilitation plan for all areas of the province is still not yet completed, a representative of the Upper Great Lakes Management Unit (UGLMU) of the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has indicated the plan will include the cancellation of...

Allen Line reflectors, LaCloche flashers under scrutiny SUDBURY—Tales of deer standing beside unblinking detection lights have become part of local folklore for those travelling on and off of Manitoulin via the Little Current swing bridge since the system was installed along...

MANITOULIN–The Ministry of Natural Resources will be conducting a fishing enforcement blitz across northeastern Ontario from May 18 to June 2. The blitz area extends from Hudson Bay and James Bay in the north to the French and Mattawa rivers in the south, and from the...

KAGAWONG—At the recommendation of the Manitoulin Deer Management Committee and local fish and game clubs, the number of antlerless deer tags provided by the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) for the annual Manitoulin deer gun hunt will remain the same for both wildlife...

The Ontario government and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are reminding the people of Ontario to take simple precautions this spring to help prevent attracting black bears as they come out of hibernation. The potential for human-bear conflicts increases when there is little...

MINDEMOYA—The Manitoulin Municipal Association (MMA) agrees its concerns with tax exempt properties purchased and designated as conservation land (which in turn takes these lands off the municipal tax rolls) is an issue that the group needs to discuss with the Ministry of Natural...

GORE BAY—The Chair of the United Fish and Game Clubs of Manitoulin (UFGCM) and the coordinator of Manitoulin Streams are hopeful that new funding programs put in place by the province through the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) and the Ministry of Natural...

To the Expositor: Residents of Manitoulin Island feel like “cellophane people” when we read articles written by the likes of Bob Barnett of the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy. Again Mr. Barnett lobbies the Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Michael Gravelle, for our tax dollars...

SUDBURY—As far as the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) is concerned, the cancellation of the environmental assessment looking at the possible future release of wild turkeys on Manitoulin Island is not a dead issue. “This is not a dead issue as far as we are...