For a state ranking fifth nationally in licensed hunters and sixth in licensed anglers while generating $8.7 billion and 89,000 jobs in outdoor recreation annually, why does Wisconsin settle for 50th in helping folks enjoy our state parks?
On Wisconsin! Leadership needed to push more conservation funding Read More »
Wisconsin’s bobcat population has grown steadily this century, expanding its range and numbers while triggering explosive interest among hunters and trappers.
In response, the DNR issued 3,645 bobcat tags in 2022, the highest total in more than 30 years, and 22 times more than the 165 tags the agency issued in 2012.
Wisconsin’s bobcats faring well, license sales up Read More »
Duane Harpster, 75, a Rhinelander boy who settled long ago in Boulder Junction, Wis. spent his 30-year career as a game warden patrolling the region’s waters and forests. He retired over 20 years ago to devote more time to hunting, fishing, and correcting folks’ opinions. He’s good at all three.
Wisconsin ice fishing in 1959 had its charms, challenges Read More »
One year after a federal judge in California put the Great Lakes’ gray wolves back on the endangered species list, many Wisconsin hunters and trappers keep working to keep them there by demanding a 350-wolf population goal.
Wisconsin DNR wolf plan mirrors others here and near Read More »
Researchers who studied a cave complex in Spain recently concluded that Neanderthal hunters likely turned one of the chambers into the world’s oldest known trophy room.
The title of their scientific paper sounds more scholarly, of course. It reads, “A symbolic Neanderthal accumulation of large herbivore crania.”
Spain researchers recently documented world’s oldest trophy room Read More »
Deer hunting in Wisconsin was simpler in 2000, when we mostly argued about baiters, antlerless quotas, buck-to-doe ratios, and whether “quality deer management” was the future.
One wonders about the legitimacy of our legislature when a lone senator or representative can conceal their identity while blocking what’s potentially the largest conservation deal in Wisconsin’s history.
Pelican River Forest plan deserves public resolution Read More »
Gutsmiedl, 62, a self-employed flooring installer in Winnebago County, recounts that day’s events in hopes others won’t repeat his mistakes. First, he was in a hurry. He had “101 things” to do that day.
Bowhunter crawls 600 yards after treestand fall Read More »
When Preston Cole took command of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in December 2018, Wisconsin’s conservation community hoped the new secretary would restore leadership, open communications, and science-based decision-making. Those hopes soon faded.
A look at Preston Cole’s less-than-stellar run as Wisconsin DNR leader Read More »
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