Time for Wisconsin to support a ruffed grouse conservation stamp
Tim Eisele
November 15, 2018
Many wildlife species depend on young forests, and work in that direction could be funded through such a stamp.
Tim Eisele
Putting the kibosh on deer carcass, game farm fencing rules
Tim Eisele
September 26, 2018
Early comments hint that JCRAR members might do just that when Wisconsin Legislature reviews new CWD rules during Oct. 1 hearing. And if they kill the CWD rules, short-term politics will again trump long-term science.
Oak management workshop available for Wisconsin landowners
Tim Eisele
September 21, 2018
Oak trees are valuable, particularly if a landowner is interested in managing land to benefit wildlife, but oaks require active management. To help landowners, the Aldo Leopold Foundation and its partner organization serving private woodland
Counties with highest CWD prevalence should send road-killed deer carcasses to diagnostics lab
Tim Eisele
September 10, 2018
With the opening of the bow deer season in September, hunters who want to have their deer tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) but don’t have a close-by sampling location may consider a mail-in possibility.
Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board approves more stringent game farm fencing rules aimed at CWD management
Tim Eisele
August 9, 2018
No final decision made yet on possible early closure for Wisconsin’s ruffed grouse season.
Should Wisconsin pay hunters and landowners for CWD-positive deer?
Tim Eisele
July 27, 2018
Retired Wisconsin deer biologist Mike Foy has a unique pay-for-performance idea.
Mike Riggle sets example for legislators, DNR by putting resource first
Tim Eisele
July 11, 2018
Riggle calls for a Nov. 30 emergency closure to 2018 Zone A ruffed grouse season.
Will Wisconsin grouse hunters see earlier end to pending season?
Tim Eisele
June 28, 2018
Wisconsin DNR and Natural Resources Board considering a Nov. 30 closure in northern and western counties.
What’s happening to ruffed grouse in the Upper Great Lakes states?
Tim Eisele
June 20, 2018
A number of factors could be impacting grouse numbers, but West Nile virus is being eyed as the biggest culprit.
