Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 26, 2025 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
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Masha Zabara marveled at what happened to the forest once deer weren’t around to decimate the understory.
In the fenced 13-acre site in Southern Columbia County, in New York, wildflowers had become reestablished. Tupelo and sassafras trees rose head high. Red maple stump sprouts and oak saplings thrived.
“It was like stepping out to another planet,” Zabara said.
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More turkey hunting permits will be available for this coming spring hunting season in Wisconsin based on recent recommendations of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Turkey Advisory Committee.
The committee meets each December to make final recommendations on the number of permits to make available the following spring.
Committee suggests hike in spring turkey ‘tag’ numbers in Wisconsin Read More »
The possibility of using trailing hounds to move wolves away from farms and other problem areas in Wisconsin cleared its first hurdle when the Conservation Congress wolf study committee passed Corky Meyer’s resolution with just one dissenting vote.
Meyer, who passed away earlier this year, had been a strong conservation advocate for decades.
Wisconsin Conservation Congress group passes hound/wolf resolution Read More »
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He didn’t know it at the time, but a roofing project 40 years ago pointed Dave Vander Velden in a totally new direction – owning Christmas tree farms in Wisconsin’s Door and Oconto counties – that has paid off over the years and the fruits of his labor are on display in Madison.
The Wisconsin Christmas Tree Producers Association selected two balsam firs from Vander Velden’s tree farm near Gillett to be displayed in Madison in December.
Oconto County balsams decorate Madison for Christmas Read More »
The Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame is offering youth the
WI Daily Update: Kids can enter the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame writing contest Read More »
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