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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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Retired chief conservation warden shares insights on George Meyer’s conservation impact in Wisconsin

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The Dec. 10, 2025, passing of former Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary George Meyer brought out many observations from people who worked in the conservation trenches with Meyer.
Randy Stark, DNR retired chief conservation warden, worked with Meyer during tumultuous times at northern Wisconsin boat landings during the early days of spearing by the state’s six Chippewa tribes.

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Wisconsin NRB handles sharptail, waterfowl, turkey and elk rules

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The Dec. 10 Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) meeting was filled with approvals of several proposed wildlife rules and scope statements from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for sharp-tailed grouse, waterfowl, turkeys, and elk.
Scott Karel, DNR wildlife regulation policy specialist, explained that the first new rule creates two new harvest zones for sharp-tailed grouse, along with metrics for establishing hunting quotas.

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Wisconsin Natural Resources Board lowers Lake Michigan commercial whitefish quotas

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The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved commercial whitefish harvest quotas for Lake Michigan and Green Bay at its Dec. 10 meeting, reducing the amount of fish that can be caught from Lake Michigan by commercial fishermen.
The most recent quotas had been in place for two years. The quotas are reviewed every three years and new population models are now available.

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Committee suggests hike in spring turkey ‘tag’ numbers in Wisconsin

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More turkey hunting permits will be available for this coming spring hunting season in Wisconsin based on recent recommendations of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Turkey Advisory Committee.
The committee meets each December to make final recommendations on the number of permits to make available the following spring.

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Breaking down Wisconsin’s gun deer harvest as buck kill is down, doe harvest up from ’24

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Jeff Pritzl, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) deer ecologist, gave a thumbnail nine-day gun deer season report to the December meeting of the Natural Resources Board (NRB), saying the preliminary 2025 harvest numbers are very similar to 2024.
“The buck harvest was down, but the antlerless harvest was up a bit, which is a bright note,” Pritzl said.

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George Meyer, longtime advocate for Wisconsin’s natural resources, facing his latest battle head-on

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He was the right man, at the right place, at the right time.
He is George Meyer, past-secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and retired executive director of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation. Meyer, 78, has been fighting an unusual PSA negative metastatic prostate cancer for the past year, and since November has been treated through hospice.

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Wisconsin NRB, Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection hone in on multiple shared efforts

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For the first time since 2004, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) held a joint meeting with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Board, Nov. 13, for perspective on how the two agencies work together.
Board members and secretaries have come and gone since then, but the current secretaries, Dr. Karen Hyun of the DNR and Randy Romanski of DATCP, now lead each agency, which have overlapping responsibilities for natural resources.

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Jack Hurst, 92, a driving force behind Wisconsin’s Yahara Fishing Club

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The Yahara Fishing Club (YFC), one of the oldest conservation groups in Wisconsin, celebrated its 80th anniversary Nov. 8.
Originally formed in 1945 as the Yahara Fisherman’s Club, the non-profit club has been an advocate for lakes around the Yahara River. Its longest active member is Jack Hurst, 92, of Madison. He joined the club in 1952 when he worked at the Gisholt Machine Company in Madison and soon learned about YFC.

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