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Editor Washington The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to announce later this week its decision on whether or not to give six lower Mississippi Flyway states the option to extend their waterfowl seasons. “We’re hoping to make a decision and get it out there yet this week,” said Chris Tollefson, a spokesman for the […]

Rick Remington and Shawn Fritcher have accepted positions as regional resource manager and area resource specialist, respectively. Remington will be based in Rochester, while Fritcher will work at the Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park office. Remington comes to the state DNR from the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission, while Fritcher’s former position was with the Minnesota

Staff Writers An unusually mild fall this year has tended to slow deer and slow hunters, according to reports from wildlife officials from around the state. For much of the state’s deer hunt, which began Nov. 3 in most areas, temperatures have ranged from 50 to 70 degrees, with overnight temps infrequently reaching freezing. Harvest

A radio collar placed on an adult male wolf was found in the St. Croix River below the St. Croix Trail Bridge on Oct. 12. A DNR pilot had detected the radio transmitting a mortality signal the previous day.

Dec. 9: Sheboygan Rifle & Pistol Club Gun Show at the Millhome Supper Club from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Public invited. Cost: $2. For more info call B.J.’s at 920-458-3247 or Peter Mayr at 920-452-1757. Jan. 12-13: Mosquito Hill Nature Center Snowshoe building workshop. Cost $150 per person or $140 for Friends of Mosquito

Jan. 19-20, 26-27: Winter Hunter Ed. Class in Neillsville at the Neillsville Armory. Registeration required on 1-3-02. Call 715-743-3041 for info. and preregistration. Will take first 40. March-April: Hunter Safety Class of 2002 will be held at the Mondovi Conservation Club Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7-8:45 p.m. Call 875-4519 for more info.

Associate Editor Bemidji, Minn. While warm temperatures may have made time in the deer stand more comfortable, they also may have contributed to decreased movement by the state’s favorite big game animal. Minnesota hunters are expected to harvest nearly a quarter-million whitetails during this year’s hunt, but in most areas, the season got off to

As of Monday, wildlife officials at the LqP Wildlife Management Area said about 120,000 geese were staging there. The harvest had reached nearly 5,700. The harvest index is 12,000 geese this year, a number unlikely to be reached, especially since deer hunting has taken some of the goose hunting pressure away from LqP, according to

Editor Peshtigo, Wis. If Rep. John Gard (R-Peshtigo) is right, the state will some day own a 9,500-acre stretch of land along the Peshtigo Flowage in Marinette County which now belongs to Wisconsin Public Service (WPS). “It’s no secret that the DNR and WPS are talking, but there is a big difference in price,” Gard