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History looks down from Wisconsin’s Lena tavern walls

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One of Russell Demmith’s earliest memories is going to Hunters and Fishermans Bar in Lena as a kid with his father.
“I got a Baby Ruth candy bar that was like half a pound or a quarter pound for a nickel and it would last all day,” he said. “It would be so smoky in here that you couldn’t even see. Everybody was smoking cigarettes, big stogies or corn cob pipes. You could bring a ham in here in the morning and it would be smoked at night.”

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Wisconsin learn-to-hunt program welcomes first-time turkey hunters of all ages

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Nate Harms grew up in Clark County, a hotbed of hunting activity in west-central Wisconsin.
Harms, who recently retired after teaching fifth grade at Waupaca Middle School for several years, never hunted while attending Owen-Withee High School. That all changed April 3-4 after he took part in Waupaca’s learn-to-hunt program that pairs first-time turkey hunters with a mentor to provide a positive and educational hunting experience.

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Wisconsin’s Eland community raising money to repair dam, save trout pond

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A one-acre pond might not be a big deal to most people, but that’s not the case in Wisconsin’s Shawano County village of Eland that depends on the pond – and its trout – for playing a major role in hosting an annual kids’ fishing day.
Eland, a village of about 200 residents between Birnamwood and Wittenberg just off of Hwy. 45, is doing what it can to preserve the Eland Mill Pond, an impoundment of Railroad Creek. The dam is in need of repair. The village just started a fundraising effort to come up with $100,000 for the project.

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Flooding on Wisconsin’s Wolf River not a big deal for spawning sturgeon

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Heavy flooding along the Wolf River in Outagamie, Waupaca, and Shawano counties this spring has put a damper on opportunities to watch the annual ritual of Winnebago system lake sturgeon spawning in the river.
However, the high water is not expected to have a long-term effect on the fishery and the fish are dealing with the situation, according to DNR Fish Biologist Margaret Stadig, who runs the DNR’s sturgeon program.

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Wisconsin NRB’s Rachel Bouressa discusses DNR budget in Waupaca County

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Several advisory questions voted on at the Wisconsin DNR and Conservation Congress April 13 spring hearings dealt with ways to increase DNR funding for wildlife, fisheries, and conservation programs.
The newest member of the Natural Resources Board (NRB), Rachel Bouressa, of Royalton, attended Waupaca County’s hearing and shared her thoughts after the hearing with Wisconsin Outdoor News. Gov. Tony Evers appointed Bouressa to the board in 2024.

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Could the addition of ‘reefer trucks’ be a boost to Wisconsin’s venison donation program?

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A Wisconsin Conservation Congress delegate believes he has an idea that will bring more venison into the state’s food pantries.
Bob Peterson, of Waupaca, submitted a resolution April 13 at the spring fish and wildlife hearings in Waupaca that addresses what he said is a lack of access to processors participating in the DNR’s Deer Donation Program.

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Wisconsin DNR’s annual burning key to forest health, maintenance

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Wisconsin residents have a new way to stay up-to-date on the DNR’s prescribed burning program.
An online dashboard on the DNR’s website lists information on the program, which consists of controlled fires to improve habitat, reduce invasive plant species, stimulate wildflowers and grasses, and control brush. The DNR launched the dashboard in 2021, said Michele Witecha DNR, prescribed fire specialist.

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Northern Wisconsin muskie season to coincide with May 2 opener

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Hwy. 10 divides Wisconsin into a southern and northern muskie zone. In the past, the Northern Zone opened the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Starting this year, with a rule change, the muskie season opens the same day statewide, the first Saturday in May – May 2 this year.
“Anytime we can simplify regulations, that’s a positive,” said Jordan Weeks, of the DNR’s muskie team. “Making things easier for folks is something we’re interested in. We’re not going to make something simple just to make it simple. It has to make sense biologically, as well, and this really does.”

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Wisconsin’s Iola Conservation Club hosts first all-girl hunter education class

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Teaching a hunter education class is nothing new for Scott Bestul, who’s been doing it for 40 years.
His latest class, held over five sessions March 10-19 at the Iola Conservation Club, turned out to be a first for the avid hunter and Conservation Congress delegate for Waupaca County. All 12 students are girls, which Bestul said hasn’t happened in any of his classes over his four decades of volunteer instruction.

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