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Northern lakes should see an ice-free opener

Madison – Anglers heading out for opening day of the 2008 fishing season on Saturday, May 3 could see survey nets, tribal spearers, some new rules, and maybe even some floating ice. A cold winter

NRB says ‘no’ to ATV trails

Madison – Two minutes. That’s about all the time it took for Natural Resources Board members to decide that there will be no ATV trail in the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest. After about two

NRB debates hunting on Ice Age Trail land

Madison – The Legislature’s renewal of the Stewardship Fund has generated controversy about whether all the land it helped purchase should be open for hunting. That issue arose during talks about the management plan for

DNR: The turkey tag system will change

Madison – The fact that the DNR eventually sold almost 20,000 bonus turkey tags on that fateful day of Friday, March 28, is little consolation for the thousands of sportsmen who stood in line and

VHS concerns are demise of state’s ‘walleye wagons’

Madison – State conservation groups that have bolstered natural walleye spawning efforts each spring through their operation of lake-side “walleye wagons” will have to find a different way to make a conservation contribution this spring.

Deer herd reduction remains DNR priority

Madison – After setting a new state record bow deer kill and posting the second-highest combined gun and bow harvest last season, Wisconsin hunters are still looking at the return of an October antlerless-only gun

VHS rules relaxed

Madison – The Natural Resources Board granted the wishes of many anglers and the Legislature when it recently relaxed rules involving viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), to allow anglers to reuse minnows. The change will allow

Keck departs NWTF

Edgefield, S.C. – Rob Keck, chief executive officer of the National Wild Turkey Federation and the face of the organization for nearly 30 years, has resigned from that position. Two others – Chief Operating Officer

New ALIS system has its own type of growing pains

Madison – Wisconsin’s venture into a new system to issue hunting and fishing licenses just weeks before the old licenses expired has turned into a real adventure, inconveniencing thousands of buyers since it was unveiled

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