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More than 65 groups kick off summit on Wisconsin DNR budget

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Members of more than 65 groups from throughout Wisconsin met Monday, Aug. 24, at the East Side Club on the shore of Lake Monona, as the Wisconsin Conservation Funding Coalition held its first summit to help develop ideas to solve the state’s conservation funding crisis.
The coalition’s effort brought stakeholders together to develop new ways to provide more, and sustainable, funding for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The afternoon’s work will eventually result in a statement of the group’s values and ideas for new fish, wildlife and state park funding mechanisms. 

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All of Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board appointees vulnerable to November election results

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For the first time in decades – perhaps ever –Wisconsin residents will head into the Tuesday, Aug. 11, primary election with not one of the seven Natural Resources Board (NRB) members having received Senate confirmation.
Considering the situation has remained static for more than a year for most of the longer serving members, it’s unlikely to change before the Tuesday, Nov. 3, general election that will bring a new governor into the State Capitol. Gov. Tony Evers had announced earlier that he would not seek another term.

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Longtime forester Mike Amman appointed to fill Wisconsin Natural Resources Board vacancy

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Mike Amman is the newest appointee to the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) and he admits that his best qualifications for the job are his “dirty boots.”
Amman, 48, of Ashland, works as the county forester for the Bayfield County Forestry and Parks Department, managing the 180,000-acre county forest.
“I’m really excited to be on the board. As a born-and-raised Wisconsinite, I have a strong connection to the outdoors – invested in its natural  resources,” he said.

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Wisconsin Conservation Congress asks NRB for help in funding youth congress

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The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) heard how the Youth Conservation Congress is helping young people make connections and expand their horizons within the state’s conservation community.
At the board’s June 24 meeting, Kyle Zenz, Youth Conservation Congress (YCC) coordinator, and Rob Bohmann, congress past chair, highlighted how the YCC has grown and evolved.

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Wisconsin’s fall turkey hunters to see same numbers of tags as 2025 season

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Turkey Advisory Committee met June 22 and agreed to issue the same number of fall bonus, or leftover, turkey harvest authorizations as in 2025.
Every hunter who buys a turkey license automatically receives an authorization to harvest one turkey each fall. In addition, the DNR issues additional, or bonus, authorizations for specific zones for hunters who want more opportunities.

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Wisconsin’s 2026 pheasant counts above 5-year average, stocking numbers cut

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This spring’s Wisconsin pheasant survey showed a slight decrease of 9.6% from 2025, but according to the Department of Natural Resources, that number is still above the most recent five-year survey average.
Taylor Finger, DNR game bird ecologist, told a meeting of the DNR Pheasant Advisory Team members June 24 that the highest counts are still found in the northwest corner of the state.
“It (statewide) shows a slight dip, but we are still doing quite well,” Finger said.

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Wisconsin’s 2026 antlerless quotas very similar to 2025

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A short-handed Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) adopted a 2026 deer season framework very similar to 2025 based on recommendations from County Deer Advisory Councils (CDAC) and the Department of Natural Resources.
During its June 24 meeting, five board members spent almost two hours discussing the season and whether or not to go along with recommendations of the Buffalo County CDAC that nixed the holiday hunt and late January archery season.

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Wisconsin’s initial ’26 spring turkey kill 8.6% over 5-year average

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Turkey hunters registered 47,704 Badger State birds during the 2026 spring season, which ended May 26.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released preliminary harvest numbers that will likely increase once all data is finalized. Taylor Finger, DNR game bird ecologist, said that the preliminary total is down from the 50,291 birds harvested last year, but is 8.6% above the five-year average of 43,953.

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Remembering Wisconsin DNR biologists Ed Frank and Doris Rusch

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A large part of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource’s knowledge base is stored in the memories of its retired employees, and part of that memory base was lost recently with the passing of Ed Frank and Doris Rusch.
The celebration of life for the two retired wildlife biologists will take place separately, but on the same day, Sunday, July 12.

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