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May 12, 2025

Washington County sees light turnout during Wisconsin spring hearings

Featured, Fishing, Hunting, National News, News, Wisconsin /

A small crowd of 27 citizens registered at the Washington County spring hearing April 14. It is the smallest crowd in memory for this reporter who has covered the Washington County spring hearing for 30 years. Last year 42 citizens registered.
It also was an older crowd, as evidenced by gray hair on the head of most attendees. There were only a handful of people in the audience who appeared to be less than 40 years old.

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Winners announced from 2025 national Fish Art Contest

National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, New York, News /

Wildlife Forever recently announced the national winners for the 2025 Art of Conservation Fish Art Contest, including a number of students from New York.
This year’s contest received 6,315 entries from students in grades K–12 across 47 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and 44 countries around the world.

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Dan Ladd: Keep an eye on fire danger despite New York’s recent rain

Featured, Hunting, Nature Page & Night Sky, New York, Opinion /

I admit, I’m a weather geek and it’s something that dates back to a meteorology course I took in college. In fact, because of my broadcasting background – also primarily in college – my wife often jokes that I should have considered a career as a TV meteorologist.
With that, looking back to March I’ve unfortunately realized that it has rained each of the past six Saturdays (and looking like seven at press time) in the northern and eastern regions of New York, which has resulted in a lot of cussing from weekend anglers and now, turkey hunters, too (including this one). But the fact is, we need the rain.

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A Republican push to sell public lands in the West is reigniting a political fight

Home Page News, National Fishing, National Hunting, Nature Page & Night Sky /

Congressional Republicans say their plan to sell potentially hundreds of thousands of acres of federal land will generate revenue and ease growth pressures in booming Western cities. Yet without clear details on how it will work, skeptics worry it could be a giveaway for developers and mining companies and do little to ease the region’s housing crisis.
Legislation passed by the House Natural Resources Committee last week includes about 460,000 acres (186,155 hectares) in Nevada and Utah to be sold or transferred to local governments or private entities. The provision is part of a sweeping tax cut package and mirrors the Trump administration’s view of most public lands as an asset to be used, not set aside for preservation.

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Wisconsin’s Presque Isle Chain in Vilas County maintains well-rounded fishery

Lake Profile, Lake Profile, Wisconsin /

Vilas County’s Presque Isle Chain of Lakes includes Presque Isle, Averill, and Van Vliet lakes. Presque Isle covers 1,280 acres, has 9.3 miles of shoreline, and a maximum depth of 80 feet.
Averill Lake has a surface area of 71 acres, 1.8 miles of shoreline and maximum depth of 5 feet. Van Vliet Lake covers 220 acres, has 4.7 miles of shoreline and a depth of 20 feet.

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