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Federal funds for Wisconsin’s Voluntary Public Access program still in limbo

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Wisconsin’s Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP) allows hunting and other recreational activities on roughly 32,000 acres of private land across the state. While supporters say the program is beneficial to landowners, outdoor enthusiasts and the greater ecosystem, federal funding that supports the program is in a state of limbo.

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These tips will help your deer food plots flourish

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“Deer and other wildlife know the difference between ‘low grade hamburger’ and ‘prime ribeye,’ ” J. Wayne Fears said. “Your food plots need to be prime ribeye to attract and hold critters.”
Many people know Fears, an outdoor writer and scholar, as “The Food Plot Doctor” from the column he wrote for Whitetails Unlimited magazine over three decades. There are very few food plot questions Fears hasn’t heard.

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Wisconsin anglers lamenting surge of yellow bass in what was once a ‘panfish factory’

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An explosion of yellow bass and the corresponding decline of other species in Crystal Lake has plagued what was once known far and wide as a “panfish factory.”
Sauk City’s Wayne Whitemarsh said a recent fisheree hosted by Schoepp’s Cottonwood Resort painted a grim picture of the way this unwanted invader has reduced local populations of more desirable game fish.

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These spring chores in the deer woods will make a difference come fall hunting season

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Most successful kills take only a moment, accentuated by the boom of a gun or the thwack of an arrow. But as boxer Joe Frazier said, the real key to success is preparation. “If you cheated on that in the dark of morning, well, you’re going to get found out now, under the bright lights,” he said.
Hunting is no different. Fall success often hinges on spring site work.

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Wisconsin’s Yellow Lake sturgeon plan paying dividends

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Burnett County’s Yellow Lake sturgeon population has come a long way since the 1970s, thanks in part to a 2019 management plan and a number of regulation changes that came about since 1980.
With evolutionary roots stretching back to the Cretaceous Period and a morphology that hearkens back to the dinosaurs, lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) are members of an iconic species wherever they live. And while they are considered threatened throughout much of their historic range in North America, Wisconsin possesses one of the largest self-sustaining populations of these “living fossils” in the world.

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Bane of the understory: Tips for battling buckthorn

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The United States is vast in geography and varied in climate. Every region struggles with its own distinct invasive or “interfering” species. Yet few plants are the bane of as many landowners and conservationists in as many places as buckthorn.
Common/European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) and glossy buckthorn rode to the New World on the ships of immigrants in the 19th century.

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Spring tree planting tips to up your odds of success

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A reforestation guide from the USDA and Green Infrastructure Center says more trees lead to less crime, better health, lower utility costs, less flooding, less asthma, fewer car accidents and higher property values, just to name a few benefits. Despite these advantages, the booklet says suburban and urban tree canopy cover is trending downward nationwide.

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Planting trees this spring? Here’s how to up your odds of success in Wisconsin

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There are somewhere around 11.5 billion live trees in Wisconsin. That number should stay robust if the DNR and private citizens continue a longstanding history of reforestation in the state.
Every spring, the Wisconsin DNR distributes 3 to 5 million seedlings in an ongoing effort to bolster the state’s forests. The initiative depends on a public nursery that helps landowners create habitat, lumber, scenery and more.

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Wisconsin hunters celebrate antlerless deer harvest, enter to win prizes in fifth Cazenovia Doe Derby

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For five years now, from autumn into January, Wisconsin hunters have taken part in a celebration of antlerless deer hunting via the Cazenovia Doe Derby.
The premise is simple. Hunters who shoot a doe with any hunting tool can drop off the head for chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing at self-serve kiosks at the Duren Farm in Cazenovia, in La Valle, in Reedsburg, or at additional soon-to-be-announced locations.

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