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.
Notes From Gobblers Ridge by Tim Eisele
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.
Gov.-Elect Tony Evers names Preston Cole new DNR secretary
Cole has served on the Natural Resources Board since 2007.
Wisconsin Natural Resources Board delays release of CDAC operations handbook
NRB members reluctantly approve emergency rule on DNR/tribal Lake Superior commercial fishing agreement.
Wisconsin conservation groups join forces on wetland protection
Six state conservation groups create new group called Sportsmen for Wetlands.
Time for Wisconsin to support a ruffed grouse conservation stamp
Many wildlife species depend on young forests, and work in that direction could be funded through such a stamp.
Wisconsin deer hunters no longer have to break down deer carcasses in CWD-affected counties
Wisconsin game farm owners must still comply with enhanced fencing requirements of CWD emergency rule.
Wisconsin's NRB shortens Zone A ruffed grouse season, but adopts Dec. 31 instead of expected Nov. 30 closure
Conservation groups, sportsmen convince NRB members that there is no scientific information available to support Nov. 30 closure.
Putting the kibosh on deer carcass, game farm fencing rules
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.
Counties with highest CWD prevalence should send road-killed deer carcasses to diagnostics lab
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. Besides collection of tissue samples…
Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board approves more stringent game farm fencing rules aimed at CWD management
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?
Retired Wisconsin deer biologist Mike Foy has a unique pay-for-performance idea.
Mike Riggle sets example for legislators, DNR by putting resource first
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?
Wisconsin DNR and Natural Resources Board considering a Nov. 30 closure in northern and western counties.
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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