June 6, 2003

June 28: Ancient skills workshop, including friction fire making, natural tools, orienteering, and more, instructor Mark Zanoni, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $22. To register call (715) 453-4106, or e-mail at jeverson@uwsp.edu. July 29: Urban Deer Management Workshop, University of Wisconsin Arboretum in Madison, includes presentations on: The Value of Deer in Wisconsin; […]

“This is an important decision for the future of the Enforcement Division,” says DNR Assistant Commissioner Brad Moore. The enforcement director oversees the state’s conservation officers. An immediate challenge will be training new officers to fill about 25 vacant enforcement stations throughout the state. More vacancies are expected as a significant number of officers are

Correspondent Madison The issue of feeding and baiting deer became more complicated, as the Assembly Natural Resources Committee and Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee on May 28 voted to ask the DNR to change the baiting and feeding restrictions in the new CWD law. DNR officials have stated they want to ban both practices

June 27-29: Northeastern Wisconsin 29th Annual Salmon Derby at Manitowoc Marina starting at 12 a.m. on June 27 until Noon on June 29. For more info call James Karbon, 920-682-0508. July 5: 2nd Annual Algoma Challenge. 100% payback, less expenses. For more info contact Billy Goat Bait & Tackle, 920-487-9710 or check out www.billygoats@itol.com July

Jestus was airlifted to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis where he died about 11 p.m. that day. The cause of death was drowning, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office. Jestus was not wearing a life preserver, according to the Chisago County Sheriff’s Office. A Coast Guard rule that took effect last December

Madison Anyone who has ever wondered how a fish hatchery operates may find out on June 7 during tours planned at the DNR’s 14 fish hatcheries as part of the state’s Free Fishing Weekend, which is June 7-8. State fisheries crews spawn or hatch and raise 70 million fish annually. “We hope people visit the

Correspondent Madison It’s been 27 years since the first wild Missouri turkey set foot in Wisconsin’s Vernon County in January of 1976. That bird represented the first successful wild turkey reintroduction effort after a long string of failures in the Badger State. The bird was one of 45 wild turkeys to come from Missouri as

Sharp-tailed numbers climbing, too Staff Report Grand Rapids, Minn. Minnesota’s ruffed grouse numbers increased slightly this year after three years of decline, indicating that the bird’s 10-year population cycle may be starting its upswing, according to the Minnesota DNR. Statewide, drumming counts were up 13 percent compared to 2003, with a significant increase of 33

“The 2003 count includes 94 packs in northern and central Wisconsin, and at least 12 lone wolves, but lone wolves are probably undercounted,” says Adrian Wydeven, DNR mammalian ecologist and wolf specialist.