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Professor's view of the environmental record

Ron Schara

Each generation hopes to maintain good fishing and clean water but fails nevertheless.

Story | Conversation | July 20, 2006

Why consider artificial baits?

Ron Schara

For one thing, plastic worms don't rot in the sun.

Story | Conversation | July 07, 2006

So, why do we hunt deer?

Ron Schara, Host of ESPN2's "The Outdoor Beat"

The draw of deer season must be more than the taste of venison. Maybe it's simply the hunt.

Story | Conversation | November 10, 2005

New fishing products we wish we had

Ron Schara, Host of ESPN2's "The Outdoor Beat"

The ICast Show in Las Vegas exhibits all sorts of new gear and gadgets for the savvy fisherman.

Story | Conversation | August 04, 2005

Stopping poachers is up to us

Ron Schara, Host of ESPN2's "The Outdoor Beat"

While most of us work to have better fishing, a few anglers remain unabashed fish hogs.

Story | Conversation | July 19, 2005

It's time to bid adieu to Mr. Pheasant

Ron Schara, Host of ESPN2's "Backroads with Ron & Raven"

Maynard Nelson was a tireless advocate of ringneck conservation

Story | Conversation | November 29, 2004

Iowa rain forest a bunch of monkey business

Ron Schara, Host of ESPN2's "Backroads with Ron & Raven"

Iowa rain forest a bunch of monkey business

Story | Conversation | May 07, 2004

Is bad medicine ever good for you?

Ron Schara, Host of ESPN2's "Backroads with Ron & Raven"

Well, if you're an angler, the answer is an unqualified yes. There even attorney who declare that bad is good. So begins a fishing story about a day on Bad Medicine Lake.

Story | Conversation | July 29, 2003

'Gouge the nonresident hunter' not so fun

Ron Schara, Host of ESPN2's Backroads with Ron & Raven

The high-stakes 'game' played by state governments is taking its lumps at the hands of the courts

Story | Conversation | February 03, 2003

In praise of squirrels

Ron Schara, Host of ESPN2's Backroads with Ron & Raven

If DNR number crunchers are correct, the opening Saturday of Minnesota's squirrel hunting season will come and go largely unnoticed. Shoppers at Mall...

Story | Conversation | September 13, 2002

Snake, rattle and roll

Ron Schara, Host of ESPN2's Backroads with Ron & Raven

I ain't afraid of rattlers, I don't think. The last time I crossed paths with a snake that looked like a rattler, I might have jumped out of my skin...

Story | Conversation | August 01, 2002