
WI Daily Update: Conservationists angered across the country after Boundary Waters vote
A U.S. Senate vote last week that impacts the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness angered conservationists from across the country. Here are the details.

A U.S. Senate vote last week that impacts the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness angered conservationists from across the country. Here are the details.

A slightly longer ruffed grouse hunting season could be on the horizon for northern Wisconsin.
Alaina Roth, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wildlife biologist in Vilas County and ruffed grouse specialist, held a meeting

Fitting. Mine is “Sultan’s of Swing.” I’ll tell that story some day. I’m running out of room here, so I’ll have to take up Schiedt’s story another day, but I’ll say that as I read

If there’s one event in Wisconsin that’s likely to draw a bigger crowd than a playoff game at Lambeau Field or opening day at American Family Field, it just might be the spring white bass

Anglers were having some luck catching walleyes here, especially later in the week.

The local DNR fisheries crew ran a fish survey on Chippewa County’s Otter Lake in 2023. They found the walleye population doing well overall, despite drop in abundance compared to the 2018 survey.
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the May 1, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR wardens. These reports are from the May 1, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

Most Wisconsin anglers know about walleyes, but far fewer are familiar with the saugers, despite many similarities to their cousin, the walleye.
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