The U.P. is quite the outdoorsman’s paradise, with some game animal or fish always in season every month of the year and a majestic landscape to explore while tracking the animal or waiting for the fish to bite. One of my favorite hobbies to eat up free time is fishing, and it has quite the added benefit that it can help fill my freezer and eases the grocery bill when I’m light in the pocket. The reliance on fish as a need to my everyday life grew into a larger appreciation for the resource, and increased my adamancy in conservation.

Simply, if the resource is no longer there, I can no longer enjoy my hobby. When an animal is harvested from the environment, it can no longer reproduce and grow the numbers of the species. Because of this, it is important to not harvest too many of them, but

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