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June 27, 2023

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, many other partners tracking Lake Ontario lake trout

Both the U.S. and Canada are looking at lake trout populations on Lake Ontario.
The research is part of the U.S.-Canada Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative field year on the lake. Tags provide information about the migration patterns and habitats used by adult lake trout and are useful for locating spawning habitats to help with future restoration efforts for potentially degraded spawning sites.

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Wisconsin State Roundup: A few thoughts on fishing sonar, and Washington sportsmen’s group sues sitting governor

If most anglers are like yours truly we’d have very little to worry about when it comes to the stability of fisheries and forward facing sonar (FFS), which apparently makes the underwater world appear as it were being shown on a TV screen.

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Two premier waterfowl hunting destinations in Wisconsin have new managers

Two premier Wisconsin waterfowl hunting destinations have new property managers.

Last fall, DNR Wildlife Biologist Eric Kilburg transferred from the DNR’s Pike Lake office, where he was the wildlife biologist for Washington and Ozaukee counties the past four years, to the Horicon office to be the biologist for Dodge County. In that position, Kilburg also serves as the property manager for the state-controlled portion of Horicon Marsh.

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Forever remembering former Wisconsin Natural Resources Board member Jane Wiley

Jane Wiley called me in the summer of 2004 and asked to have lunch. It must have been late July, as I had just flown home from Edmonton, Alberta, with my latest Airedale puppy, Nightsun Beau Soleil (Sunny). The journals of the Wisconsin Legislature show that Jane had just been appointed to the Natural Resources Board (NRB), by Gov. Jim Doyle. I had taken my seat on the board in April. She just wanted to meet, get to know each other, and discuss the confirmation process.

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