August 3, 2001

Garrison, Minn. “You’re speaking to people in this room who may not make it until this winter. You’re dealing with real lives here this isn’t numbers.” Bill Lundeen echoed the tone of the meeting and the direction the Mille Lacs Lake Fisheries Input Group steered the conversation last Thursday. The meeting with the DNR, the […]

Editor St. Paul The Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources approved the final work programs last week for the multi-organization Restoring Minnesota’s Fish and Wildlife Habitat Corridors project. The milestone means 14 state and federal conservation agencies can begin spending more than $20 million and implementing the 24 elements of the overall project. Priorities for the

Aug. 19: Ozaukee County Fish & Game Club is holding a Sporting Clays 50 bird Open. Shooting from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m at Club House. For more info call Mike at 262-377-4973. Aug. 26: The St. Anna Sportsmen Club will hold it’s 53rd Annual Turkey Shoot and BBQ chicken dinner and 2nd Annual outdoors

Aug. 4-5: Second leg of the Ojibwa Bowhunters 7th Annual traditional shoot at the clubhouse, 3045 S. Johnson Road, New Berlin, 9 a.m. n 4 p.m. There will be a championship round, plus a 3-D and broadhead shoot in a longbow and recurve division. Free camping and food available. Call Todd Szmania at 262-786-6086. Aug.

The North American Bear Foundation is a new kid on the block as far as conservation groups go, but that doesn’t mean it’s short on members or large-scale plans. Almost three years old, the NABF already has more than 1,000 members but wants upwards of 4,000 members by next spring. It also has plans for

Aug. 9: Fergus Falls Fish & Game Club is sponsoring a Steak Fry Fundraiser at the Otter tail County Fairgrounds starting at 6 p.m. For more info call Richard Tomhave at 218-739-9413. Aug. 10: MN Waterfowl Assoc. Scott/LeSueur Chapter Dinner Fundraiser Banquet at New Prague Park Ballroom from 5:30 – 11 p.m. For more info

Contributing Editor As you read this, Wisconsin’s whitetails are still in their summer pattern, which consists of eating, resting, shooing flies and keeping cool. When the bow season opens Sept. 15, they’ll be doing pretty much the same things. The first few weeks of the bow season are essentially a summer hunt. A buck’s antlers

Topeka, Kan. Kansas Wildlife and Parks Secretary Steve Williams has been nominated by President Bush to be the next director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The nomination was one of eight, which await Senate confirmation, made Wednesday by Bush. Interior Secretary Gale Norton praised Bush’s choice of Williams. “In his current position, Steve

Editor Madison While the DNR secretary lobbies the governor for a veto on a new forestry department, the legislator who settled for a crust of bread says he can prove he made the right decision in accepting a compromise on a DNR split. “It’s now my job to prove that this can work and that