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Meyer, Vander Velden earn top Wisconsin Wildlife Federation conservation awards
State conservation leaders gathered in Marshfield this year as the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation (WWF) honored individuals and organizations for their dedication and hard work that benefits state fish and wildlife, habitat work, educational efforts, and

Steve McComas: How extreme temps impact a lake’s ecosystem
When fish start dying in Minnesota lakes in the summer, and especially when there were more than 200 confirmed fish kill reports at the end of July, it gets our attention.
Yet, the warm

Understand temperature, tricos and terrestrials for late-summer trout in Minnesota’s driftless area
Back in April and May every angler was a hero in Minnesota’s driftless area.
The water temperature was perfect. No weeds to walk through. Hatches were abundant. Caddis were so thick and the fish

Bill Hilts, Jr.: New York’s Catching Dreams Tournament provides sunshine in the rain
It was a rainy morning on the waters of New York’s lower Niagara River and on the famed Niagara Bar on Aug. 7, but it didn’t dampen the spirits of the participants of the Fifth

Wisconsin DNR working on updates to bass management plan
The state’s bass populations may not receive as much love as the – maybe? – more popular walleye and muskie populations, but all the same Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fish biologists are charged

Commentary: Proof that FFS is game-changer
Wisconsin Outdoor News readers may have read Jack Dura’s article, “The Modern High-Tech Fishing Debate Heats Up In Region.”
Dura wrote that surveys were taken from fishermen regarding their catch with and without the

New York Fishing Report – August 14, 2026
Inshore salmon fishing has been hot for most anglers on this premier fishery.

Chairman Rob Bohmann shares thoughts with Wisconsin Conservation Congress delegates as he steps down
As Rob Bohmann stepped away from his chairmanship position of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress after logging a cumulative run of nine years in the harness, he looked around the convention hall and offered some thoughts

Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Antlerless bonus tags go on sale Aug. 17
Deer hunters interested in buying leftover antlerless deer bonus tags may begin doing so at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 17. Bonus tags (harvest authorizations in bureaucratic speak), may be purchased through the Department of Natural