Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: New year a season of thanks
Wisconsin Letters To The Editor
January 6, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 10, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Opinion
State Roundup: Wisconsin Outdoor News readers respond to Bortz’s call
Dean Bortz
January 5, 2025
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I asked readers to check in here at the Wisconsin Outdoor News world headquarters if they’ve been reading the paper for our full 31 years of existence, or
Commentary: In Congress’ final days, wildlife, outdoor recreation legislation sent to president
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Report
January 2, 2025
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, on Dec. 23, celebrated the advancement of two bills a week ago passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate following their passage by the House of Representatives earlier this year: the America’s
Christmas week chuckles: A mountain-naming controversy as Trump says he’ll rename Denali in Alaska
Rob Drieslein
December 26, 2024
On the lighter side this week, I see President-elect Trump wants to rename Denali in Alaska as Mount McKinley. Until the recent news reports, I didn’t realize the federal name change happened a mere decade
Dean Bortz: Crop damage one corner of Wisconsin’s elk program needing attention
Dean Bortz
December 24, 2024
Years ago when a Jackson County resident and Conservation Congress delegate by the name of Al Jacobsen pushed hard for the Wisconsin DNR to establish an elk herd in the Black River Falls State Forest,
Patrick Durkin: CWD, sick deer, bones all common in SW Wisconsin
Patrick Durkin
December 24, 2024
Mike Purnell and his brother Lloyd concede they can’t find every carcass, skeleton or bone after deer die of chronic wasting disease on the family’s 700 acres of farmlands in southwestern Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Yes, move Thanksgiving if we can’t open gun season any earlier
Wisconsin Letters To The Editor
December 23, 2024
Reader submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 27, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
State Roundup: Driving trucks on Wisconsin ice on Dec. 17? Hold on a second
Dean Bortz
December 21, 2024
Hold on here for just a second now folks – it’s too early to be driving trucks on the ice, no? What? Yes. We received reports last week, Dec. 17, that there were already guys
Commentary: PF & QF acknowledge voluntary, incentive-based opportunities for habitat as the No. 1 strategy to restore the iconic monarch butterfly
Jared Wiklund
December 20, 2024
Last week, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever encouraged private landowners and public land managers to help identify innovative strategies to restore quality pollinator habitat in the United States in light of the U.S. Fish and
