Mixed Bag: Wisconsin republicans float bill to designate an official state rifle
Staff Report
April 4, 2023
Outdoor news items from across Wisconsin published in the April 7, 2023 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Environment
Christine Thomas follows her logs to mill
Christine Thomas
April 4, 2023
“Kevin will be chipping the parts of your trees that do not have logs or bolts in them and taking them to the Masonite plant in Marshfield. The price of wood is low. This is
On Wisconsin! Leadership needed to push more conservation funding
Patrick Durkin
April 4, 2023
For a state ranking fifth nationally in licensed hunters and sixth in licensed anglers while generating $8.7 billion and 89,000 jobs in outdoor recreation annually, why does Wisconsin settle for 50th in helping folks enjoy
Sycamore trees are Pennsylvania’s streamside sentinels
Mark Nale
April 4, 2023
Sycamore trees stand like tall sentinels lining sections of Penns, Spring and Bald Eagle creeks – protecting their banks from erosion, shading the stream and providing cover for wild brown trout.
In fact, from
Threat to Lake Champlain looms as New York, Vermont fight invasive round goby
Don Lehman
March 31, 2023
The biggest threats to Lake Champlain’s game fish, including Champlain’s markedly improved lake trout populations, may not come from well-known pests such as lamprey or alewives but instead from a small, non-native fish that has
Tagging, tracking fish helps biologists understand fish movement in Upper Mississippi River
USFWS Reports
March 30, 2023
Biologists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (FWCO) and Wisconsin partners rely on telemetry technology to help understand how fish move around in the Upper Mississippi River watershed. We can answer lots of
Commentary: Angling groups explain why Farm Bill programs are important for fish
Fisheries in the Farm Bill Coalition Report
March 30, 2023
The Fisheries in the Farm Bill Coalition emphasizes the important role America’s farmlands have on inland and marine waters.
Continuous Conservation Reserve Program a win-win for Iowans
Steve Weisman
March 29, 2023
As an outdoor enthusiast and conservationist, I have always appreciated what the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has brought to America’s landowners since President Ronald Reagan signed it into law in 1985. In simple terms, this
Examining the implications of when ice-out occurs on lakes
Steve McComas
March 29, 2023
New findings from wintertime settings indicate algae are important under the ice, and shorter ice seasons have ramifications for summertime conditions as well.
