Hunting

Enjoy an evening hike, snowshoe, or ski along a trail lit by the flickering flames of candles or tiki torches. Here is a listing of events in January and February, 2011. Saturday, January 1, 2011

MADISON – Eighty-thousand anglers competed in 595 fishing tournaments in Wisconsin in 2010 and reeled in $3.9 million in prize money, according to statistics from the state’s fishing tournament permit system. Larger fishing tournaments have

WAUSAU, Wis. – Water quality problems in the Wisconsin River are limiting recreational opportunities, hurting businesses and creating conditions that adversely affect public health, according to state environmental officials who say the primary problem is

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – State environmental officials want to know how they should reduce phosphorus pollution in the Rock River basin. The Department of Natural Resources adopted sweeping rules this summer to limit phosphorus in

Most of Wisconsin received its first significant snowfall of the year in the last week. Heavies snowfall was in the northwest part of the state with heavier snow also along the western border of the

Gresham, Wis, – Although he hadn’t fired a shot, it had been a productive start to the 2010 gun deer season for Adam Kositzke, of Green Bay, who was hunting near Gresham in eastern Shawano

Madison – Preliminary numbers for the just-ended 2010 gun deer season show Wisconsin hunters harvested 218,144 whitetails, an increase of 11 percent statewide from 2009. All told, hunters registered 102,006 bucks (a 17-percent increase) while

Wisconsin has taken an important step in reining in the phosphorus pollution that fuels toxic algae, excessive weed growth and murky water in many lakes and rivers as comprehensive pollution measures go into effect this