DNR Weekly News Update, May 19, 2015
Will 2015 musky season produce new record from Green Bay?
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- While size and bag limits are the subject of frequent discussion among many anglers, there’s one group of fishing enthusiasts who are relatively unaffected by such matters: musky hunters. - Read Full Article
Northern anglers encouraged to measure and count this Memorial Day weekend
MADISON -- There’s great fishing in store on northern Wisconsin lakes this Memorial Day weekend and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is encouraging visiting anglers and returning cabin owners to familiarize themselves with some updated rules before heading out for walleye. - Read Full Article
Proposed revisions to Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act open for public comment
MADISON – The public will have an opportunity to review and comment on proposed revisions to rules for how the Department of Natural Resources seeks and considers public input and evaluates and discloses the environmental impacts of pending projects at a June 2 public hearing. - Read Full Article
Final comment period begins for Wisconsin Beaver Management Plan
MADISON - Wisconsin's Beaver Management Plan is nearly complete, and those who wish to play a role in beaver management are encouraged to attend a public meeting or provide feedback before June 22. - Read Full Article
Great Lakes Photo Contest winners announced
MADISON -- Six photographers from Wisconsin earned top honors for their entries in the Department of Natural Resources’ seventh annual Wisconsin’s Great Lakes photography contest. - Read Full Article
State Natural Resources Board to consider deer quotas, panfish and trout rule revisions at May 27 meeting
MADISON – Requests to approve the antlerless deer harvest quota for the 2015 deer hunting season, update inland trout size and bag limits, and apply new panfish regulations on approximately 100 lakes are among the issues the state Natural Resources Board will take up at its May 27 meeting in Madison. - Read Full Article
This holiday, campers urged to get firewood where they burn it
MADISON – State forest health specialists remind campers and travelers that firewood can carry harmful insects and diseases that can travel with firewood if it is moved around the state. - Read Full Article