Wisconsin waterfowl hunters may offer thoughts on season framework changes via online survey
More state duck hunters now looking at open-water hunting on Green Bay and Lake Michigan.
Notes From Gobblers Ridge by Tim Eisele
Is it time for big game and small game hunters to switch to non-toxic bullets?
Studies show that bullet fragments move through a dispatched animal carcass well beyond the wound channel.
Have Wisconsin senators bullied Preston Cole into a corner?
Senate rejection of DATCP secretary nominee Brad Pfaff may have DNR secretary designee Cole thinking twice.
Wisconsin DNR crossbow hunting report finds no sociological or biological reasons not to continue with season
Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board members still concerned about high crossbow buck harvest success rates.
Clark resigns from Natural Resources Board after six months
He cites possible conflict of interest in his role as executive director of Wisconsin Green Fire.
Wisconsin Senate committee votes unanimously to advance Cole as DNR secretary
Decision now moves to full Wisconsin Senate.
State waterfowl hunters meet with legislators to explain support of duck stamp hike
The state duck stamp has been the same cost since 1997, while inflation and higher costs of gasoline and equipment to “build” habitat eat away at its effectiveness.
Groups continue CWD conversation
The Wisconsin DNR, Conservation Congress, and Natural Resources Board held a joint press conference Tuesday, Sept. 3 to highlight activities to combat chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Wisconsin. Though few new actions were announced to reduce the prevalence of CWD…
Wisconsin woodland owners have new opportunity to talk to professional forester
The My Wisconsin Woods program, previously offered by the Aldo Leopold Foundation in southwest Wisconsin, is now available statewide. This program is geared especially for landowners who have never had a forester out to their land before. Landowners can go…
Free CWD seminar open to the public
“If you don’t have it, you don’t want it.” “Buy time and pay for science.” You might have heard those words if you have attended recent meetings on chronic wasting disease (CWD). They are the favorite mantras of Doug Duren, a…
DNR looking to relax refuge closed-area restrictions, possibly shorten ruffed grouse season
Wisconsin wildlife refuge closed areas and ruffed grouse and waterfowl management plans all open for public comment now.
Wisconsin DNR hinders public involvement in recent Midwest CWD conference
DNR embargoed meeting information, preventing media from informing public of event prior to conference.
Gov. Evers strikes $100K payment to private deer farm research from budget
Evers makes 78 vetoes in first budget; creates Office of Outdoor Recreation in Department of Tourism.
DNR veteran administrator named to Natural Resources Board
Bill Smith’s 34-year DNR career began in 1978 as environmental engineer, ended as deputy DNR secretary.
Natural resources management bodies continue to improve working relationship
Relationships have never been better between the Conservation Congress, Wisconsin DNR, and the Natural Resources Board.
CNR students put their efforts into research projects
Anybody who attended college several decades ago would find it amazing to see what today’s students are doing. That is particularly true at the UW-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources (CNR). The UW-Stevens Point CNR puts on a celebration every spring…
Open forums to allow for more input from citizens
Alternate sites mean citizens won’t have to travel to NRB meeting locations.
Wisconsin DNR personnel still testifying ‘for information only’ at legislative hearings
DNR not asked to take a position on Assembly Bill 39, which would increase fines for poaching.
Johnson heads Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame selections
His reporting key to the banning of DDT. Fellow 2019 inductee Craven instrumental in beginning a national educational effort teaching benefits of hunting.
Leopold exhibit: A must-see for lovers of wild things
New Aldo Leopold exhibit running at UW-Madison Library of Special Collections through May 24.
Wisconsin duck hunters looking at 60-day season – again – and 6-duck daily bag limit
Public comment period on the 2019 season framework open through March 15.
New DNR secretary taps most of agency’s new leadership team
Veteran sportsman Scott Loomans to head up DNR Dvision of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
New Wisconsin DNR secretary invites agency employees to Natural Resources Board meetings
NRB members consider joint meetings with Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection board.
Wisconsin grouse test positive for West Nile virus
Positive birds were picked up in Ashland, Douglas counties.
New DNR secretary brings respect for citizens, resources
Understand that Preston Cole is not the political appointee of the past. He has natural resources credentials with a degree in forest management, and he worked for the Missouri Conservation Department. He has served on the Natural Resources Board for 12 years, where he gained a good understanding of the DNR, and has seen its warts.
About This Blog
Tim Eisele is a freelance outdoor writer/photographer who lives in Madison. He has freelanced since 1969, with articles appearing in the Wisconsin State Journal, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Capital Times, Wisconsin Outdoor News, Woodland Management magazine and other publications. He is a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of American and founding member and past president of the Wisconsin Outdoor Communicators Association. He is a native Wisconsinite who loves to hunt and fish, and manages land in western Wisconsin.
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