Hunting

By Frederic J. Frommer Associated Press Washington (AP) – Federal officials are creating a new plan for protecting the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge after the original proposal prompted a backlash over restrictions on

By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison – Wisconsin’s battle with chronic wasting disease was front and center at the second International CWD Symposium that was held in Madison, July 12-14. Reports on Wisconsin’s experience, the first

By Tim Eisele Correspondent Oshkosh, Wis. — The Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing season could take on more changes for 2006, if the public supports proposals from the DNR during an upcoming series of public hearings.

By Tim Eisele Correspondent Portage, Wis. — Natural Resources Board (NRB) members will decide Aug. 17 whether to grant public hearings that could lead to a two-year moratorium on October Zone T antlerless deer seasons

By Tim Eisele Correspondent Portage, Wis. — Two Natural Resources Board members told a DNR Sex-Age-Kill (SAK) Audit Committee that the agency should find someone outside the DNR to review the SAK. “I think the

By Kevin Naze Correspondent Madison — Variable spring habitat conditions observed in the U.S. and Canada present a mixed picture for fall waterfowl season, but Wisconsin duck numbers appear to be in good shape, according

Hayward, Wis. (AP) — Jurors from 250 miles away will decide the fate of a St. Paul, Minn., man accused of killing six deer hunters in the Wisconsin Northwoods last fall, a judge ruled after

By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — If Gov. Jim Doyle does not veto from the Legislature’s proposed budget a call for increased logging on state lan, the DNR could see as much as $10 million

By Dean Bortz Editor First-time muskie fisherman lands it on second cast Lake Tomahawk, Wis. — They didn’t believe him at first. Heck, Tom Driscoll couldn’t believe it, either — and he could see the