News and Wisconsin

	Title	Issue
	Legislators say crossbow use to be ‘all in’ by fall After years of wrangling over whether partial – or maybe even full – use of crossbows should be allowed during the Wisconsin archery deer season By Lee Fahrney Contributing Writer	May 2013
	Study of whitetail deaths continues The multi-year, $2 million project by the DNR and other wildlife researchers to follow and document the causes of death in bucks, does, and fawns passed the halfway mark this past winter. By Dan Hansen Contributing Writer	May 2013
	Wisconsin CRP Landowners Meetings Prior to Signup Hosted by PF Pheasants Forever is hosting informational meetings in Wisconsin for landowners in advance of the USDA Farm Service Agency’s CRP general sign-up that runs May 20th through June 14. Dean Bortz	May 2013
	Tracking survey suggests a stable wolf population The annual wolf-tracking survey meeting, held this year on April 19 in Wausau, marked the culmination of hundreds of hours of work by volunteers and DNR staff members. By Lee Fahrney Contributing Writer	May 2013
	Statewide rifle use in; treestands, trolling out Sportsmen voted against statewide three-line motor trolling and overnight treestand placement on state land By Dean Bortz Editor	April 2013
	WCC gains animal rights activist in Dane County The animal rights community is either well organized or recent controversies over hunting and trapping in state parks and hunting wolves are over-the-limit to non-hunters By Tim Eisele Contributing Writer	April 2013
	Wolf management talk intensifies Ideas about the direction of wolf management in Wisconsin drew a wide variety of interested groups and individuals to the DNR’s Nevin office in Fitchburg on Saturday, March 23. By Lee Fahrney Contributing Writer	April 2013
	Winnebago’s sturgeon just keep getting bigger Despite court cases and lots of uncertainty, Wisconsin’s first wolf hunting and trapping season is in the books. By Joe Shead Contributing Writer	March 2013
	Randolph shown the door as NRB upholds wolf rule New Natural Resources Board chairman Preston Cole had animal rights activist Patricia Randolph removed from a Feb. 26 meeting at which NRB members eventually agreed to make no changes to wolf/dog hunting rules. By Tim Eisele Contributing Writer	March 2013
	USDA announces new CRP signup The nation is set to lose 3.3 million acres of federal Conservation Reserve Program land this September By Tim Spielman Associate Editor	March 2013