November 7, 2003

Spoden comes to the job with 35 years experience in the DNR, most recently serving 12 years as regional forest manager in Grand Rapids. He also has worked as a forester in Aitkin and Littlefork. Spoden can be reached at the DNR regional headquarters at (218) 327-4455.

Nov. 15: Chain Saw Safety, by the Woodland School, 8:30a.m. – 5 p.m., Sauk County, cost $55, contact Sarah Hultine at (608) 355-0279 or tours@aldoleopold.org. Dec. 6: Winter Tree and Plant Identification, by the Woodland School, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., Sauk County, cost $25, to register, contact Sarah Hultine at (608) 355-0279 or tours@aldoleopold.org.

Field Editor St. Paul Minnesota deer hunters may set a record this year. “If I was a betting man, I wouldn’t bet against it,” says DNR Big Game Specialist Lou Cornicelli. Estimated at more than 1 million deer, Minnesota’s whitetail population is at a near-record high. Due to a newly revamped permit system, early every

Correspondent Baraboo, Wis. The Natural Resources Board has approved requests by the DNR to hold public hearings on proposed rules restricting perch fishing in Green Bay and marking commercial trap nets in Lake Michigan and Green Bay. The board also reaffirmed its earlier request to close commercial trawling for smelt in Green Bay. The board

Associate Editor Lindstrom, Minn. On the eve of several firearms deer hunting seasons for Midwestern states, wild game processors in Minnesota are wondering just how a new law will affect them. Like state taxidermists who mount trophy whitetail heads, processors of wild game are dealing with a law that prohibits the transport of whole deer

ALEXANDRIA AREA Fishing is slow right now, but muskie anglers hope to get out again for some late fall action. Some anglers are finding walleyes in about 48 feet of water on Lake Ida. Lakes Geneva, Le Homme Dieu, Darling, and Carlos are producing some walleyes in shallow areas 18 to 20 feet later in