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Survey shows large majority of Wisconsin hunters are satisfied with turkey season

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The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Turkey Advisory Committee, composed of Wisconsin DNR staff and conservation partner organizations, met Feb. 9 to review more than 3,000 public responses to a questionnaire that was available in December.
“The whole goal of the public input process was to see if there were any potential management or regulatory action items that we need to add or modify in the next management plan,” said Taylor Finger, DNR game bird specialist.

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Wisconsin DNR denies citizen petition to curb wake boats

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) threw cold water on efforts by several organizations that were asking for restrictions on wake boats.
The Natural Resources Board’s (NRB) Jan. 28 meeting featured a long explanation by DNR staff of why the agency does not have the ability to put more restrictions on wake boats. DNR officials say the real remedy is with the legislature.

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Wisconsin NRB adopts tighter PFAS limits

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Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) members at their Jan. 28 meeting approved new drinking water standards based on new federal standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
The impact of PFAS in Wisconsin’s water includes threats to public health. Establishing new drinking water standards for PFAS will protect public health. Public water systems may not exceed these standards, and if they do, corrective action must be taken to protect the public’s health.

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Bull or cow? Wisconsin elk hunters may get choice when applying for a tag

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The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved a statement of scope for an emergency rule as well as a permanent rule to allow the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to receive applications for antlered and antlerless elk harvest tags.
Currently, hunters may only apply for a generic elk harvest permit. This change would allow hunters to apply for a cow tag or bull tag.

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Wisconsin DNR researching ways to stem consistent loss of deer hunters

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Deer hunter numbers have been declining  in Wisconsin and across the nation in recent decades, and Department of Natural Resources (DNR) staffers are concerned.
Dr. Daniel Storm and Adam Mohr, DNR research scientists in the Office of Applied Science, briefed the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board at its Jan. 28 meeting, on reasons for concern.

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Wisconsin NRB OK’s 2% hike in ’26 bear harvest tag numbers

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The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved a harvest goal of 4,160 bears for the 2026 bear hunt, which will result in 15,245 licenses being available, the most licenses the state has ever issued.
The desired quota is up about 2% from 2025, with the goal of shooting more bears, especially in the southern bear zones.

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DNR asks Wisconsin waterfowlers for season preferences

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Wisconsin’s waterfowl hunters have the opportunity to make their preferences known for hunting seasons for the next five years.
Taylor Finger, game bird ecologist for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), said that in 2023 the DNR used a three-year trial for setting waterfowl hunting regulations for 2023, 2024, and 2025. “Historically I would go to public meetings every year, hold hearings and set the seasons (yearly), but we found that during the past 30 years over 90% of the regulations didn’t change on an annual basis,” Finger said.

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Wisconsin celebrates 50 years of wild turkeys back on the landscape

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Fifty years ago this week wild turkeys returned to Wisconsin’s snow-covered landscape for good when the first birds were released in the Bad Axe River watershed in Vernon County.
Turkeys were native in Wisconsin from Prairie du Chien to Green Bay, but in the 1800s land changes and market hunting led to their demise.

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Trio pushing Wisconsin NRB, DNR on regulation of wake boats

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Natural Resources Board (NRB) members expressed concerns similar to those expressed by citizens that the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is not doing enough to prevent invasive species from spreading to Wisconsin’s waters.
At the board’s Dec. 10, 2025 meeting, members heard from three persistent citizens who have long expressed concerns over the inability of wake boats to eliminate invasive species that remain in ballast tank water when the boats move from lake to lake.

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