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Wisconsin’s Central Elk Zone to see hunt this fall for the first time
A few lucky hunters will have the chance to hunt elk in the Central Elk Management Zone in 2024 for the first time this fall.
The Natural Resources Board (NRB) heard an update at

Wisconsin Waterfowl Association hires pair of wetland ecologists in effort to boost wetlands
A Wisconsin conservation group hopes that a pair of recently hired wetland restoration ecologists will make a positive difference for Wisconsin’s waterfowl hunters.
Anna Rzchowski and Mark Pfost joined the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association (WWA)

Joe Weiss, longtime Wisconsin Conservation Congress delegate, voted out in Washburn County
Washburn County’s Conservation Congress Chairman, Joe Weiss, has been part of the April spring hearings and delegate elections for decades. This year’s meeting will undoubtedly be the one he’ll remembers most. After being a Washburn

Ask a fisheries biologist: What are “triploid” fish?
Stocking a new fish species into a lake can change it forever, particularly if the stocked fish begin reproducing. In those scenarios, it might never be possible to get rid of that new species. We

Minnesota 12-year-old fishes with a purpose for cancer awareness
When Khloe Thorson landed fish No. 80, her mother asked her a simple, direct question.
“I asked her if she wanted to stop,” said Meranda Gonska. “But her answer was an emphatic no. She

Jeff Frischkorn: Coveting thoughts lead to angling excellence
“Thou shalt not covet …” (The 10th Commandment)
It was an expressed point of view I had long coveted to hear from Grace, our oldest grandchild fisherperson. “Whew, my arms are tired,” said Grace

Minnesota DNR creates new bear permit area, opens permit lottery
Bear Permit Area 53 will be a new area outlining the Fond du Lac Band reservation

Spring turkeys: Time to battle with a worthy adversary, no matter how dumb they seem sometimes
How can something so seemingly crafty sometimes be so dumb?
That’s the charming paradox of the wild turkey: as dumb as the proverbial box of rocks and so thick we call a foolish, inept,

With snow gone, it’s time to spring into deer scouting
A few years ago, during spring, I was tramping through some bottomland with my yellow Lab, Daisy.
As we walked a piece of high ground surrounded by a bottomland bog, Daisy, as a good