Fishing

Darlington, Wis. – Three southwest Wisconsin men and a fourth from Iowa involved in deer poaching-related violations late last year must pay a total of $20,612 in fines resulting from two DNR investigations. Three of

By Tim Eisele Correspondent Green Bay, Wis. – The Natural Resources Board approved a budget request for the DNR that calls for spending $569.9 million for 2007-08 and $570.5 million for 2008-09. This is an

By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Bismarck, N.D. — Unhappy with the direction of waterfowl conservation in Canada and subsequent refusal to agree to what it classified as a “gag order” have led to the dismissal

By Tim Eisele Correspondent Green Bay, Wis. — The state Natural Resources Board has directed the DNR to take new fishing tournament rules to public hearings, but not until it shot down an alternative that

By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington – At a time when the nation’s top conservation program is being threatened by potential federal budget restructuring and increased grain demand from alternative energy development, a new study

By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington — A new rule that would allow states to set a Canada goose-hunting season as early as Aug. 1 – but perhaps not until 2008 – is now official.

By Joe Albert Staff Writer Odanah, Wis. — Twelve days after its proposal to increase duck limits and allow duck baiting on ceded territory in Wisconsin and Minnesota was denied, the Great Lakes Indian Fish

By Dan Hansen Correspondent Oshkosh, Wis. — For more than six decades, Ducks Unlimited has been leading the way in waterfowl and wetlands conservation across North America. Through fund-raisers and other events conducted by its

By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — State bear hunters getting ready for the Sept. 6 opener have plenty to think about already, but DNR biologists want hunters to remember to collect a rib from their