Wisconsin’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
April 28, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
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Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Haase a fine choice for WON Conservationist of the Year
Wisconsin Letters To The Editor
April 28, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 2, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
New DNR leader, Hyun, speaks to Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
Beckie Gaskill
April 28, 2025
Newly appointed Department of Natural Resources Secretary Karen Hyun made an appearance before Wisconsin Wildlife Federation (WWF) directors and affiliate representatives at the group’s annual meeting in early April, stating she was grateful for the
Commentary: Wisconsin outdoors users want to see Nelson-Knowles Stewardship Program continue
Kyle Rorah
April 28, 2025
Wisconsin is fortunate to have a rich sporting heritage, with hundreds of thousands of sportsmen and women taking advantage of our public lands each year. That tradition continues to thrive, in part, due to the
Dean Bortz: What can go wrong shall go wrong in the turkey woods
Dean Bortz
April 27, 2025
If you’ve already read this story from Outdoor News, then you know that the 2025 turkey season is off to a roaring start in Wisconsin. There’s no way of knowing how things will play out
Wisconsin’s spawning sturgeon on the Fox River mean an opportunity for research
Greg Seubert
April 26, 2025
A local high school fishing club was able to get up close and personal with spawning lake sturgeon on the Fox River in Wisconsin.
The annual sturgeon spawning ritual on the Fox River in
Artists, fish-lure makers give floating trash a new life
Patrick Durkin
April 26, 2025
A social-media friend recently sent me a link to YouTube videos about using “feminine napkins” as bait for catching bass, catfish, lake trout, and rainbow trout.
He considered the videos “LOL,” and said the
Avian influenza naturally occurs in certain wildlife
Tim Eisele
April 26, 2025
Wisconsin is seeing a wide variety of mortality of wildlife species due to the H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), but the risk of the virus to the general public is relatively low.
Jasmine
State roundup: Wisconsin turkey hunters off to a fast start, and a frustrating litter find
Dean Bortz
April 25, 2025
It looks like turkey hunters are off to a good start on the 2025 spring season, judging by early harvest numbers for the first season.
According to Taylor Finger, the DNR’s turkey and waterfowl
