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Waushara County joins growing list of more CWD-affected counties in Wisconsin

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The number of counties with cases of CWD-positive wild deer continues to grow in Wisconsin with Waushara County joining the list in April with a 3-year-old buck found dead in the town of Wautoma in February that tested positive for the disease.
The buck was within 10 miles of borders with Marquette and Portage counties and, as a result, the DNR renewed a baiting and feeding ban already in place for Waushara County. Marquette and Portage counties currently have a three-year ban in place from positive detections within each county, so the Waushara County positive test will not impact those counties.

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White bass bring walleye anglers back to Wisconsin’s Wolf River

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Wisconsin towns along the Wolf River recently saw a second surge of anglers chasing a spawning run, but this one was for white bass, not the better known walleye run.
Although walleyes draw anglers to small towns all along the Wolf River every spring, the white bass run that follows could bring in just as many visiting anglers to those towns – maybe even more.

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Trout, anglers to benefit from project at Brainard’s Bridge Park in Waupaca, Wis.

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An erosion control and habitat improvement project in a city park in Waupaca is a win-win for trout and anglers.
Work began in Brainard’s Bridge Park in March and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wrapped the project up in May.
Kyle Kossel, a habitat technician based at the DNR’s Shawano office, oversaw the project. A highlight of the park are bridges that provide access to a pair of islands.

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Wisconsin’s Wolf River sturgeon spawn draws curious viewers

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The Wisconsin DNR’s lead sturgeon biologist, Margaret Stadig, doesn’t mind getting up close and personal with a 100-pound lake sturgeon as she and other DNR sturgeon team members gathered April 15 at Bamboo Bend, a popular Wolf River sturgeon viewing spot on the east side of Shiocton, Wis.
Thousands of sturgeon make their annual spawning trip up the Wolf River from Lake Winnebago. Although most of them return to Winnebago or the upriver lakes after the spawn, others head upriver to the Shawano dam.

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Who needs a boat? Anglers can find plenty of places to fish from shore

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Expensive boats and fancy electronics are nice, but they’re not necessary when it comes to dropping a line for fish.
Take Wisconsin, for example. The Badger State is home to more than 15,000 inland lakes and ponds, thousands of miles of trout streams, hundreds of rivers, and shoreline on two Great Lakes.
How about Michigan, which has thousands of miles of Great Lakes frontage on lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie, hundreds of Great Lakes trout tributaries, and plenty of seldom-visited lakes in the Upper Peninsula.
And don’t forget Minnesota.

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Wisconsin DNR working with USFWS on lake sturgeon, with no update yet on possible ESL listing

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The Wisconsin DNR has no idea just where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service might land on a decision to place lake sturgeon on the federal Endangered Species List (ESL).
That, in a nutshell, was the message from DNR Fish Biologist Tom Meronek, of Wautoma, during the April 8 Waupaca County spring fish and wildlife hearing at Waupaca High School.

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Wisconsin Waterfowl Association hires pair of wetland ecologists in effort to boost wetlands

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A Wisconsin conservation group hopes that a pair of recently hired wetland restoration ecologists will make a positive difference for Wisconsin’s waterfowl hunters.
Anna Rzchowski and Mark Pfost joined the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association (WWA) last year as part of an effort to boost wetland areas throughout the state that need significant restoration work. The WWA, based in Wales, is dedicated to preserving Wisconsin’s waterfowl and wetland resources.

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49 fish, wildlife questions up for review April 8 during Wisconsin spring hearings

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A new C&R hook-and-line lake sturgeon season on 18 waters, a total ban on wildlife shining starting Sept. 15, a reduced price for a senior patron license, allow railroad crossing for sportsmen, allow trolling with three lines per person on all inland waters, and creating two woodcock zones are just six of 49 advisory questions listed on this year’s spring hearing agenda for sportsmen in all 72 counties on Monday, April 8.

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Looming USFWS sturgeon Endangered Species List decision becoming a hot topic in Wisconsin

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The potential of seeing lake sturgeon added to the federal Endangered Species List (ESL), thanks to a lawsuit filed by a protectionist group, has touched a nerve among Wisconsin sturgeon enthusiasts.
Judging from the more than 500 people who filled the Stockbridge High School gym Jan. 22 and the introduction of a bill that could keep Wisconsin sturgeon off the ESL and spearing and hook-and-line seasons in place, these ancient fish have quickly become the state’s latest hot-button conservation issue.

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