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Wisconsin DNR fish program looking at $7.3 million budget shortfall

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Wisconsin’s fisheries program is facing a projected $7.3 million budget shortfall in fiscal year 2027 (starting July 1).
This shortfall means forced proposed cuts that include up to 70% reductions in some fish stocking efforts, the potential closure of two state hatcheries, and scaled-back habitat and survey work across hundreds of waters statewide.

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Wisconsin Conservation Congress group passes hound/wolf resolution

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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.

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Conservation Congress bear study group aligns with Wisconsin DNR on 2026 permits and quotas

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The Conservation Congress Bear Study Committee met earlier this month to review 2026 harvest quota and tag number recommendations from the DNR Bear Advisory Committee, which would increase tag numbers in the southern bear zones, while leaving quotas relatively stable.

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Wisconsin bear hunt could see more tags in 2026

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Wisconsin bear hunters will have to wait until Jan. 28, 2026, to find out for certain, but there’s a better than even chance they will see a healthy increase in bear harvest tags for 2026.
That’s the date Natural Resources Board (NRB) members will take up a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recommendation on next year’s black bear harvest quota and harvest tag numbers.

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Wisconsin voter turnout, wolf delisting top Hunter Nation ‘wish list’

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Hunter Nation leaders and U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wisconsin) urged Wisconsin sportsmen and women to vote and to ramp up pressure on wolf management issues, saying strong voter turnout among hunters, anglers, and trappers could shift statewide policy debates.
During his turn at the podium, Tiffany also called for splitting the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) into two agencies: one focused on fish and wildlife, the other on environmental regulation, a move he said would better protect sportsmen’s license dollars.

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Wisconsin’s new wolf advisory committee still working toward more cooperation, compromise

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The new wolf advisory committee convened in October for its second meeting, trying to navigate one of Wisconsin’s most divisive wildlife management issues. While the committee doesn’t make final decisions, its work will help shape the framework for a future wolf season, should the species ever be federally delisted.

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Lesa Kardash named Wisconsin Wildlife Federation’s Conservationist of Year

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The DNR’s Lesa Kardash was chosen as the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation (WWF) Conservationist of the Year, with the award bestowed on Kardash at the group’s annual award banquet.
When it comes to protecting Wisconsin’s wildlife, the name of Lesa Kardash carries a lot of weight, said Cody Kamrowski, WWF executive director. A 25-year DNR veteran and a senior wildlife biologist, Kardash has long been at the forefront of conservation. But it is her tireless work safeguarding one of the state’s most iconic and threatened grassland species, the greater prairie chicken, that earned her WWF’s highest honor.

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Wisconsin Wildlife Federation honors George Meyer for his advocacy of threatened greater prairie chickens

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George Meyer might be retired, but he’s not tired. Well, at least not too tired after 50 years of working conservation causes to challenge what conservation groups see as inadequacies in a proposed 9,000-acre solar farm to be placed right next to the Buena Vista State Wildlife Area in the towns of Plover and Grant in Portage County.
Meyer has guided the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation (WWF) and Dane County Conservation League (DCCL) through almost two years worth of legal hurdles on this project involving Vista Sands Solar, LLC, and its application to the state’s Public Service Commission.

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New DNR leader, Hyun, speaks to Wisconsin Wildlife Federation

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Newly appointed Department of Natural Resources Secretary Karen Hyun made an appearance before Wisconsin Wildlife Federation (WWF) directors and affiliate representatives at the group’s annual meeting in early April, stating she was grateful for the partnership with the group and commended those in attendance for their dedication to the state’s natural resources.

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