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Dean Bortz

Wisconsin State Roundup: Changes coming to state’s draft wolf management plan

Wisconsin DNR secretary Adam Payne told Natural Resources Board (NRB) members at the board’s April 12 meeting that the DNR will be making changes and improvements in the draft wolf management plan. The DNR is still reviewing the more than 3,500 comments it received on the draft wolf plan and the agency will share those comments with the public.

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Pike spearing? Earlier gun deer hunt? A look at Wisconsin’s Conservation Congress advisory questions

Wisconsin sportsmen and sportswomen will find 37 advisory questions from the various Conservation Congress committees on this year’s spring hearing agenda when the virtual-only voting system goes live at noon on Monday, April 10.

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Wisconsin’s conservation open houses set for April 3-6 with virtual spring hearings coming up

The DNR and Conservation Congress will unveil a new concept in public interaction in preparation for the annual spring fish and game hearings with 72 open houses – one in each county – the week of April 3-6.
The idea of offering these open houses for the first time this year came about because the spring fish and game hearings, which would typically take place the second Monday in April – April 10 this year – will once again go virtual-only across a three-day span that will allow citizens to vote on proposed fish and game rule changes, along with voting on Conservation Congress advisory questions.

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Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever pass a milestone, impacting over 11 million acres

We’ve talked before about the conservation efforts and accomplishments of local, state, and national groups, with much of that work going unnoticed and unheralded. With that in mind, let’s take a minute to recognize the work being done – then, now, and into the future – by Pheasants Forever (PF) and Quail Forever (QF).

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