
WI Daily Update: Ongoing EHD outbreak impacts more than 2,300 deer
Wisconsin’s largest known outbreak of EHD has now killed or sickened at least 2,370 deer. Here’s what to know about the outbreak.

Wisconsin’s largest known outbreak of EHD has now killed or sickened at least 2,370 deer. Here’s what to know about the outbreak.

Steve Burns became the Wisconsin DNR’s new statewide deer and elk specialist Oct. 5. He succeeds Jeff Pritzl, who retired in late 2025.
Burns had been working as the Department of Natural Resource’s (DNR)

Yeah I know, hunting turkeys in the fall is not quite the same as the spring hunt. It’s lacking that unique trait known as gobbling. Still, fall turkey hunting can be an exciting and rewarding

A mentoring group has unveiled a shorter name as part of a shift in identity that includes a new logo as the nonprofit enters a period of growth and expansion.
Formerly known as Pass

Despite its size at more than 800 acres, Franklin Lake is lightly developed, thanks to the fact that most of its shoreline is managed by Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest staff.
While Franklin is in Forest

Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Wardens. These reports are from the Oct. 30, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced Diane Perschbacher and Rory Williams as the 2026 State Natural Areas Volunteers of the Year for their dedication to natural areas stewardship at Oshkosh-Larsen Trail Prairies State

Anyone interested in harvesting a lake sturgeon from Lake Winnebago during the 2027 sturgeon spearing season must buy their license by Oct. 31.

Founded in 1994, the Butte des Morts Conservation Club is a robust club dedicated to conservation in east-central Wisconsin. Its members work diligently to conserve, preserve, and restore precious and endangered wildlife habitat within Lake
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