
Backyard and Beyond: Summer’s pace slows
This is the sweetest time of year for many creatures. The hectic breeding season is just about finished, and life is slowing down a bit.
The living is easier in the second half of

This is the sweetest time of year for many creatures. The hectic breeding season is just about finished, and life is slowing down a bit.
The living is easier in the second half of

The Natural Resources Board (NRB) corrected an error in the 2025 Wisconsin deer season framework map for Green and Pierce counties, which does not change the season as approved by the board in June.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 22, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

I understand the frustration expressed by Mr. Prudlick in the Aug. 8 issue of Wisconsin Outdoor News about why the Wisconsin Trappers Association was not “granted” a seat on the new DNR wolf committee. After

Trees may be just greenery as part of the scenery to some people, but Ron Weber extols the values of forests for recreation, wildlife habitat, watershed protection and economic opportunities any chance he gets.

Bonus antlerless harvest authorizations for the 2025 gun deer season will go on sale online through the DNR’s Go Wild system and at license sales locations starting at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18.

The Wisconsin black bear season opens Wednesday, Sept. 3 in all six zones, but with hound hunters opening ahead of bait-sitters in zones A, B and D. In zones C, E and F where hounds

In light of a proposed reduction in federal funding for scientific work on the Mississippi River, the Sustain Our River group of residents, businesses, and field experts highlighted the economic impact of recreational and commercial

“It was the Ides of March,” recalled Dan Halling. “That’s a pretty good start to the story, right? But it was, it was March 15, and it was a pretty good day for me.”
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