WI Daily Update: 2024 state park and forest admission stickers on sale now
The Wisconsin DNR’s 2024 state park and forest annual admission
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November 30, 2023
Trapping: Fall fur prices appear ‘stable to better’
By the time you read this, the fall trapping will be over and the serious winter trapping will be in full swing. At this writing I am trapping from a primitive deer camp in west-central Illinois as I always do the first week or 10 days of our season.
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Commentary: Things are changing with waterfowl on Wisconsin waters of the Mississippi
This is in reply to Mark Kakatsch’s Oct. 20 Commentary stating that changing the start of the regular Canada goose season on the Mississippi River to begin on Sept. 16 instead of with the start of the duck season was a good move.
He states that it was good to get “more” local geese shot. Unfortunately, Mark is a couple of years off on what is happening on the Mississippi River.
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Minnesota’s Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council evaluates update on state Wildlife Management Area food plots
Two state bodies that influence natural resources expenditures held separate meetings on Thursday, Nov. 16. The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council reviewed sales tax amendment requests and viewed a presentation on food plots on state wildlife management areas.
MN Daily Update: Renaming of up to 80 bird species
The American Ornithological Society plans in 2024 to begin renaming
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A young hunter’s first buck is a special occasion
Parker Bradley isn’t your typical 12 year old. He collects tractors – real ones, not the toy models you can pick up at Tractor Supply. He pitches in on the family farm, mowing hay, milking cows and bottling milk at the side business (Bradley’s Country Creamery) in Litchfield Township, Pa. He even knows how to weld.
But he is, in fact, 12 years old, complete these days with cell phone, homework, and a younger sister who bugs him sometimes. And he loves to hunt and fish.
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Minnesota lake projects allow connection to St. Louis River, providing more wildlife and fisheries habitat
It’s been over a decade of funding and projects in the St. Louis River Restoration Initiative, and the team members working on the project say they’re starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. With only three to four more projects left to complete (and about eight already completed), the Minnesota DNR and local citizens are excited to see the St. Louis River Estuary renewed.
