Lots of duck chatter this week as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released its 2022 Waterfowl Population Status Report. (Preview to the discussion: Duck numbers are down, but pond counts are up.) Managing Editor and host Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman discuss whether dwindling Conservation Reserve Program acres are influencing continental duck populations. The middle portion of...

Long Show: What’s up with the ducks – and this blaze-orange smallie?

Every week, Outdoor News Radio explores timely outdoors topics emerging from Minnesota, the Upper Midwest, and around the country. For one hour, host Rob Drieslein, managing editor and president of Outdoor News, Inc., interviews a slate of natural resource experts, conservation advocates, and top outdoors writers. Along with regular co-host Tim Lesmeister, expect raucous and sometimes irreverent banter about hunting and fishing, shooting sports, wild game cooking, and nature. Among the program’s many guests, get news updates from editors Tim Spielman, Dean Bortz, and Brian Peterson. Hear fishing tips from Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame legendary angler Terry Tuma, hunting tactics from Tony Peterson, and nongame notes and stories from “Birdchick” Sharon Stiteler and Backyard and Beyond columnist Stan Tekiela.

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