Craig Springer

Sport Fish Restoration dollars fund the conservation of America's oddest fish.

The leading-edge conservation work was an intersection science, technology, know-how, and reliable Pittman-Ro…

There's a quality in the quantity of brook trout populations on the rise, thanks to Sport Fish Restoration.

Beyond gestures, real or perceived, this is fact: hunters commonly share the bounty of the harvest; it's a cu…

In 1774, the Ohio Country was a vast land populated by a host of Native American tribes, and the British Crow…

We now have a better understanding of striper habitat use and movements in the Great Pee Dee River thanks to …

Iowa Department of Natural Resources fish biologist Jonathan Meerbeek recently released the findings of a mul…

The first shots of the American Revolution were words, pointed and barbed.

Barton Evermann was among the most accomplished American fisheries scientists. He was born in 1853, came of a…

Hunting regulations informed by science, created under the aegis of the firearms and archery industries throu…

By Craig Springer So long as I have a mind that thinks, I will remember my brother Gary...

Enrollment at Estancia Valley Classical Academy in Edgewood, a public charter school, has drastically decline…

By Craig Springer Leather helmet football played in the driving snow on a muddy gridiron must have really...

From the column: Neil Young's "Decade" album was among my first pieces of music on vinyl. Not until well into…

Whether it's catch-and-release or hook-and-cook, fishing is conservation-and has been for 75 years-codified i…

The colorful northern cardinal lives over the entirety of Ohio, and that alone is reason enough for the state…

If you need a reminder that the world is held together by stone, then consider Ohio's basement. You cannot se…

The family moved to Italy to escape the terrors of the French Revolution. It was there that a self-educated C…

Like the Christmas celebration itself, hanging mistletoe in your house is rooted in ancient tradition. But be…

Photo Credit: Craig Springer. Trapping is among our oldest skillsets-opportunities abound for newcomers You …

You might have seen a service flag: a blue star (or stars) on a field of white, surrounded by a red border - …

Darrell Pace, a three-time Olympian and two-time individual gold medalist, began his archery career thanks to…

Funding for Clean Vessel Act starts with excise taxes paid by the manufacturers of fishing tackle and on moto…

Craig Springer is a fish biologist and writer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and former editor of th…