Too little, too late from Gov. Walker on Wisconsin CWD management efforts?
Governor calls for enhanced game farm fencing, limiting game farm deer movement, and wild deer carcass de-boning before movement of harvested venison.
May 2, 2018
Walker calls for enhanced CWD protocols
Deer farmers would have three options for enhanced fencing, movement of live deer from CWD counties would be banned, and hunters would have to bone out carcasses in CWD counties or take carcasses directly to processors or taxidermists.
Wisconsin teaming with Minnesota, Michigan in separate walleye efforts
Team efforts involve mulling reg changes with Minnesota on a stretch of the Mississippi and working with Michigan to help walleyes rebound at Lac Vieux Desert.
Your Daily Wisconsin Outdoor News Update – May 2, 2018
As the Wisconsin walleye opener approaches, tips for catching the highly popular species.
Your Daily Minnesota Outdoor News Update – May 2, 2018
Another category for those chasing Minnesota catch-and-release records – northern pike.
Scientists hope bug experiment fattens Colorado River fish
The hope is that a monthslong experiment to release low, steady flows of water from Glen Canyon Dam will give the eggs that bugs lay just below the water’s surface a better chance at survival, giving fish better opportunities to feed, bulk up.
In North Dakota, subpar 2017 hunter success could impact 2018 deer licenses
For the ninth consecutive year, the success rate of deer hunters in North Dakota in 2017 was below the 70 percent threshold that state wildlife officials consider a good season. Hunter success rate is one of the factors considers when determining deer licenses numbers, and “It very well may look like the number of licenses issued in 2017. It doesn’t jump out that there could be a great increase coming.”
Senate votes to nullify Minnesota wild rice water standard
The Minnesota Senate voted 38-28 this week to nullify a water quality standard that’s meant to protect wild rice, a food central to the culture and diet of the region’s Ojibwe Indians. But senators also voted to add $500,000 for restoration work to the bill, which passed the House 78-45 last week, so the legislation
Minnesota to see hungry ticks emerge in warm weather
“It’ll seem like there’s a lot more because they’re coming out in full force all at once instead of a little at a time.”
