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January 30, 2026

Sharpshooter in southeast Wisconsin fined $10,000 for ‘hunting’ without license

A sweeping investigation by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources game wardens resulted in a $10,000 fine for a sharpshooter with Wildlife Management Service, a company that contracts with local governments for removing nuisance deer.
An abundance of deer, combined with development in rural areas of southeast Wisconsin, requires municipalities to take these steps.

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Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Five ‘fish’ meetings remain in DNR’s winter fish management informational sessions

Five sessions remain in the Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) winter series of informational fisheries meetings across northern Wisconsin. All meetings run 6-8 p.m., with some sessions offered “in-person” or virtually via Microsoft Teams.

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Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership announces leadership change

The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership announced on Thursday, Jan. 29 that “after a meaningful period of leadership, Joel Pedersen will be transitioning from his role as CEO.”
The group’s board of directors and staff said in a social media post that they were grateful for Joel’s leadership and dedication to the mission.

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Wisconsin’s Yellow Lake sturgeon plan paying dividends

Burnett County’s Yellow Lake sturgeon population has come a long way since the 1970s, thanks in part to a 2019 management plan and a number of regulation changes that came about since 1980.
With evolutionary roots stretching back to the Cretaceous Period and a morphology that hearkens back to the dinosaurs, lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) are members of an iconic species wherever they live. And while they are considered threatened throughout much of their historic range in North America, Wisconsin possesses one of the largest self-sustaining populations of these “living fossils” in the world.

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DNR asks Wisconsin waterfowlers for season preferences

Wisconsin’s waterfowl hunters have the opportunity to make their preferences known for hunting seasons for the next five years.
Taylor Finger, game bird ecologist for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), said that in 2023 the DNR used a three-year trial for setting waterfowl hunting regulations for 2023, 2024, and 2025. “Historically I would go to public meetings every year, hold hearings and set the seasons (yearly), but we found that during the past 30 years over 90% of the regulations didn’t change on an annual basis,” Finger said.

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