DNR proposes buck-only restrictions in just one county
Associated Press
May 14, 2018
That’s a sign the state’s northern herd has regenerated.
Wisconsin DNR
Wisconsin researchers: CWD found in soil near mineral licks
Staff and News Reports
May 7, 2018
Research helps confirm longstanding suspicions that prions can accumulate in the environment in areas such as mineral licks or feeding and baiting sites where deer congregate, and scientists believe environmental reservoirs of prions could serve
DNR: VHS detected in Lake Winnebago fish
Staff and News Reports
May 4, 2018
Most of the fish were sheepshead. VHS has been detected in lakes Michigan and Winnebago for more than a decade.
Wisconsin Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – May 4, 2018
Site Staff
May 3, 2018
District 1 — Ashland area Warden Phil Brown, of Brule, contacted a young individual in March who was fishing on the Brule River and struggling to cast his nymph fishing set-up. Brown taught him a
Too little, too late from Gov. Walker on Wisconsin CWD management efforts?
Tim Eisele
May 2, 2018
Governor calls for enhanced game farm fencing, limiting game farm deer movement, and wild deer carcass de-boning before movement of harvested venison.
Walker calls for enhanced CWD protocols
Staff Report
May 2, 2018
Deer farmers would have three options for enhanced fencing, movement of live deer from CWD counties would be banned, and hunters would have to bone out carcasses in CWD counties or take carcasses directly to
Wisconsin teaming with Minnesota, Michigan in separate walleye efforts
Site Staff
May 2, 2018
Team efforts involve mulling reg changes with Minnesota on a stretch of the Mississippi and working with Michigan to help walleyes rebound at Lac Vieux Desert.
Wisconsin biologist looks to step up mussels research
Associated Press
April 30, 2018
MADISON, Wis. — Pollutants such as phosphorous and polychlorinated biphenyls are contributing to the decimation of freshwater mussel populations in areas like the Bay of Green Bay and the Lower Fox River. Invasive species, like
DNR approves pulling Lake Michigan water for Foxconn plant
Associated Press
April 27, 2018
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin DNR approved a request this week to pull millions of gallons of water daily from Lake Michigan to serve a new Foxconn Technology Group manufacturing plant, helping the Taiwanese electronics
