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Wings Over Wisconsin group logs more than four decades of conservation support

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Who knew more than 40 years ago that a dozen Wisconsin men sitting around and talking about ways to improve pheasant hunting would evolve into a group 4,200 members strong with 20 chapters today – and still promoting habitat restoration and conservation education across the state?
That’s the story of Wings Over Wisconsin (WOW) in a nutshell.

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Wings Over Wisconsin has track wheelchairs available

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Wings Over Wisconsin (WOW) wants more people to know about the all-terrain wheelchairs available for use from several local WOW chapters. The program was started 20 years ago by the Fond du Lac chapter.
“We have four Action Trackchairs, which are wheelchairs on tracks,” said WOW Executive Director Burt Bushke from the state WOW office in Mayville. “We have two that are housed here in Mayville. We have one in our Denmark chapter and one in our La Crosse chapter.”
There is no cost for disabled folks to access the chairs.

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Tree drops, cribs improve Big Green Lake fish habitat in Wisconsin

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Boaters on Big Green Lake in Wisconsin may have been puzzled, maybe even startled, this past summer to see a barge loaded with a 50-foot tree traveling on the lake.
Then the tree was dumped overboard. Rest assured, it was not littering taking place. It was part of a Green Lake Aquatic Structure (GLAS) fish crib/tree drop project spearheaded by Chuck Hurley, the owner of Norton’s Dry Dock in Princeton.

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Kroening’s next court date in Wisconsin poaching case set for Feb. 12

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The lone adult suspect in a three-county poaching case in southeast Wisconsin appeared in Washington County Circuit Court Monday, Dec. 30, with her attorney, David Nelson.
Jessica Jill Kroening, 36, of Brownsville, is charged with three misdemeanors in the case involving more than 100 deer allegedly being poached over the course of more than one year. This was Kroening’s second court appearance for this case.

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Crane hunt in Wisconsin? Committee gives green light as process takes another step forward

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Following a series of meetings during the past five months, the Legislative Council Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes approved a proposed bill that creates some relief for farmers and offers the opportunity for a Wisconsin sandhill crane hunting season.
The committee was composed of a bipartisan group of legislators, farmers, along with hunting and non-hunting conservation organizations.

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Female suspect receives $5K bond in tri-county poaching case from southeast Wisconsin

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The adult female suspect in a widespread three-county poaching case in southeast Wisconsin left her initial appearance in Washington County Circuit Court Dec. 2 on a $5,000 signature bond with three stipulations:
• That the defendant does not attempt to obtain a hunting license;
• Does not participate in any hunting activity;
• And no firearms or weapons are permitted in her residence.

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Wisconsin’s sandhill crane hunt future rests with legislators

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A bill to approve a sandhill crane hunt in Wisconsin will likely be introduced to the state legislature at some point next year. The next legislative session convenes Jan. 6, 2025.
The crane hunt proposal is a result of work done by the 2024 Legislative Council Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes. A bill also may be introduced to provide money for corn farmers to use Avipel treatment of corn seed to make the seed less attractive to cranes.

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Suspects cited in huge southeast Wisconsin deer poaching case

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Four suspects have been cited in a long-running southeastern Wisconsin deer poaching case covering almost 200 square miles in Fond du Lac, Washington, and Dodge counties and around the towns of Campbellsport, Waucousta, Lomira, Theresa, West Bend, and Kewaskum.

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Decision on a possible sandhill crane hunting season in Wisconsin due Nov. 13

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While a Wisconsin sandhill crane hunting season would easily fit into the federal framework for managing cranes in the eastern population flyway, the decision to draft such legislation still remains with the Legislative Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes.
That committee met for the third time on Oct. 1, with a decision on a possible sandhill crane hunting season coming as soon as the committee’s next meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

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