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Tim Eisele

Wisconsin DNR schedules four meetings beginning March 12 to discuss 2018 waterfowl season framework with 60-day season

Waterfowl hunters have the opportunity to provide their input on the 2018 duck and goose seasons at four public hearings around the state. Taylor Finger, DNR waterfowl ecologist, will be presenting information on the 2017 waterfowl hunting season, results from the 2017 survey of 2,700 Wisconsin waterfowl hunters, and discuss the U.S. Fish and Wildlife […]

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Natural Resources Board adds three news questions to spring hearing questionnaire mix

Besides re-electing the three officers of the Natural Resources Board (Terry Hilgenberg as chairman, Fred Prehn as vice-chairman, and Julie Anderson as secretary), the board added three new questions to the 2018 spring hearing questionnaire. Each year board members may add their own questions to those already proposed by the DNR wildlife and fisheries staff.

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UW-Madison Winter Enrichment series, founded by Aldo Leopold students, in its 50th year

Winter may be time for some to “hibernate,” but in Madison, it is a time for learning. And quality of life is all about life-long learning. The UW-Madison Arboretum began its 50th annual Winter Enrichment series in January. The event began in 1968 when professors from Wildlife Ecology, such as Joseph Hickey, Robert McCabe, and Robert Ellarson (who were

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In Wisconsin, preliminary statewide gun deer kill down .5% from 2016

Madison — The 2017 gun deer season preliminary figures show the harvest increased in the Northern Forest Zone, but decreased in the rest of the state. “We saw a significant increase over last year in the Northern Forest Region, showing that we have a deer herd that is generally increasing,” Eric Lobner, DNR director of

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In Wisconsin, Apostle Island blackpowder deer season may return

Madison — The Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage on Dec. 6 took the first step toward reinstating a regular muzzleloader deer season on the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. Committee members heard from eight citizens at a public hearing that day supporting Assembly Bill 626, which would allow the Department of Natural Resources

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