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Town boards still awaiting Wisconsin legislators’ action on statewide wake boat laws

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From the arrival of summer a few short months ago, silent sport enthusiasts and high-powered motorboat owners have enjoyed Wisconsin lakes. As these activities wind down, the question is when do the rights of one group infringe on lake health and the enjoyment by others?
The unanswered question centers on wake boats. Since the expected legislation to restrict wake boat use wasn’t introduced at the state level, local governments have now stepped in to fill that void.

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Apostles’ Outer Island lake trout cooperating this summer on Lake Superior

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Active lake trout have been rewarding fishermen this summer who are willing to run the more than 20 miles from Bayfield, Wis., to the Outer Island area of the Apostle Islands archipelago.
Not all fishermen have the type of boats needed to make that run safely. Those who don’t, but still want to catch lake trout, can hire a charter captain to get out there. Dave Schulz, of Iron River, is a retired DNR forester and former superintendent of the Brule River State Forest. Schulz also happens to be a licensed charter captain who loves fishing and introducing people to Lake Superior.

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2025 Great Lakes Region ruffed grouse forecast

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Great Lakes states revolves around habitat. The number of acres of older, more mature forests that turkeys might prefer are increasing in public and private forests, while the young forests grouse and many other wildlife species need to survive in this region are decreasing.

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A great-grandfather’s .410 strikes again, this time on a double-bearded tom for an 8-year-old hunter

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A passion for the outdoors runs deep in the Bontekoe family. With the help of a well-worn Mossberg bolt-action .410 shotgun passed down through four generations to 8-year-old Carter Bontekoe, that passion will run deep into another generation.
“My dad passed the gun down to Carter after my son, Bob, used it when he was a kid. I know my dad would be thrilled knowing his great-grandson is keeping the hunting tradition alive. Having his grandson Bob being Carter’s mentor for this hunt just puts icing on the cake,” said Carter’s grandfather, Jeff Bontekoe, of Shell Lake, Wis.

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Long-term delegates on Conservation Congress challenged in Wisconsin’s Washburn, Bayfield county

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A degree of political backlash or reprisal seems to have crept into the election of Washburn County Conservation Congress delegates during the April 14 spring hearings, with the focus apparently on long-serving delegate Joe Weiss.
The Conservation Congress, founded in 1937, is the only statutory body in Wisconsin where citizens elect delegates to advise the DNR and the Natural Resources Board on natural resource management. The election of delegates appeared to be what brought a record of 108 attendees to the Washburn County Conservation Congress’s spring hearing.

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Remembering a Wisconsin wildfire arson case from nearly 40 years ago

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If deer are the primary workload for Wisconsin DNR game wardens in November, fish likely fill that role in April, but the recent spate of wildfires jarred loose a memory of a different workload during a dry spring in Jackson County’s sand country over 35 years ago.
A warden’s role during fire season centered on origin investigations and that April was an unforgettable one. Unattended debris or campfires were common causes. Rarely, but sometimes, it was arson.

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Kansasville, Wis., man gets 4.5 years jail time for assaulting a warden

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More than 2.5 years after being assaulted and nearly losing his life, a Wisconsin DNR conservation warden found some justice on Wednesday, March 5, when Forest County Circuit Court Judge Leon Stenz sentenced Mark A. Szczerba, 43, of Kansasville, to 4.5 years in prison.
Stenz also ordered a period of extended supervision after the prison sentence is served. The judge ordered a psychological evaluation, the submission of a DNA sample, and no consumption of alcohol.

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Dave Zeug: Lessons in civility, etiquette needed on Wisconsin’s Brule River

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As the 44-mile-long Brule River’s fame and appeal spreads across the country, pressure on the storied river has increased over the years.
Unfortunately, this popularity and the actions of a few anglers has resulted in the posting of some well-known access points located on private property. Traditionally these owners have been tolerant of anglers – something of a social contract between anglers and property owners. Unfortunately, that contract has been tested in recent years as a lack of civility descended on the Brule.

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Fish biologists, charter school students tackle muskie, pike project on Wisconsin’s Spider Lake

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What do charter school students, Wisconsin DNR fish biologists, financial donors, muskies, and northern pike have in common?
A new study taking place on Spider Lake in Sawyer County that will take a closer look at the interactions between those two fish species, with much of the work being done by students from two Northwoods charter schools under the guidance and assistance of Hayward DNR fisheries team members.

Fish biologists, charter school students tackle muskie, pike project on Wisconsin’s Spider Lake Read More »

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