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  • 5/10/2013 3:40:00 PM
    This spring I was fortunate enough to have Matt Ahrens and other members from our DNR film crew join us for sturgeon spawning assessments on the Wolf River.  While Matt and crew were in town, they filmed some great underwater footage of sturgeon at a couple of spawning sites located on private property.  The youtube link below will take y...
  • 5/10/2013 3:00:00 PM
    May 9, 2013 Contact: Ben Miller 202-225-5101 (WASHINGTON) – Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) reintroduced the Private Property Rights Protection Act today. This bill would provide American citizens with the means to protect their private property from inappropriate claims of eminent domain.  If a state or political subdivision of...
  • 5/10/2013 2:50:00 PM
    May 9, 2013 Contact(s): Cami Peterson 608-261-6400 MADISON – A proposed general permit to streamline the permitting process for small recreational development projects potentially impacting wetlands is the topic of a May 16 public informational hearing in Madison, state wetland officials say. The informational hearing is at 1p.m. in room G...
  • 5/10/2013 2:45:00 PM
    May 9, 2013 Contact(s): Pam Schense 608-266-9266; Sally Gallagher 608-264-6260 MADISON – Proposals to restore two degraded wetlands to create two separate “wetland mitigation banks” in Monroe and Marathon counties are currently under Department of Natural Resources review and the public has until May 23, 2013, to comment on the ...
  • 5/10/2013 2:35:00 PM
    Outdoor Report summary for May 9, 2013 More spring-like weather in the last week finally melted most of the snow even in the most northern counties, and ice out is finally progressing on northern lakes. Ice is off most lakes now though Price County. Seasonal temperatures the remainder of this week, combined with some rain and a little wind will mo...
  • 5/10/2013 2:20:00 PM
    As we approach International Migratory Bird Day we thought you might enjoy taking a fun Birding Quiz before dusting off those binoculars! From here you can also click over to this week's statewide birding report: http://dnr.wi.gov/News/or/#birding and you can learn more about getting involved in the Great Wisconsin Birdathon (www.wibirdathon.org) ...
  • 5/10/2013 2:15:00 PM
    May 9, 2013 Information briefs (green sheets) have been added for many items on the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board May agenda.
  • 5/10/2013 2:00:00 PM
    May 9, 2013 CONTACT: Ann Coakley, 608-516-2492 MADISON – Today the Department of Natural Resources received an exploration license application from Gogebic Taconite, LLC, for mining activities related to the Penokee/Gogebic deposit located in Ashland and Iron counties. The application is available for viewing on DNR’s new web page ab...
  • 5/10/2013 1:50:00 PM
    The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, today announced that it has reached an agreement with Reed Exhibitions to terminate the agreement the parties had for the management of the SHOT Show®. Accordingly, effective immediately, Reed Exhibitions will no longer be manager and producer of ...
  • 5/10/2013 9:40:00 AM
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  • 5/9/2013 9:40:00 AM
    May 7, 2013 By: Joanne M .Haas/Bureau of Law Enforcement Wardens say June weekend is all free fun: ATV-UTV, fishing, trails and state parks Want to experience a trail on an all-terrain or utility-terrain vehicle? Wonder how you'd do at fishing? Been a while since you've enjoyed a state park? Want to ride your bicycle on a state trail that's new ...
  • 5/9/2013 9:40:00 AM
    May 7, 2013 By: Bureau of Law Enforcement Waupaca, Marquette, Waushara, Shawano and Outagamie counties Warden Ted Dremel of Waupaca assisted with the Learn to Turkey Hunt event held annually in Waupaca. Twenty-two new hunters and mentors managed to harvest 11 turkeys despite cold temperatures and deep snow. He also participated in a Trapper Educ...
  • 5/8/2013 12:45:00 PM
    Read Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Weekly News Update for May 7, 2013.
  • 5/7/2013 11:20:00 AM
    May 6, 2013 By: Joanne M. Haas/Bureau of Law Enforcement Warden Paul Sickman of St. Croix County says this recent case of the turkey hunter shot by another serves as a real-life reason why all hunters should always follow the four rules of firearm safety, particularly the rule regarding knowing your target. “The recent turkey hunting incid...
  • 5/7/2013 11:20:00 AM
    The values demonstrated by the World War II veterans who rebuilt America in the 1940s and ‘50s are what Chief Conservation Warden Randy Stark says are the foundation of the Wisconsin Conservation Warden Service. "This is the generation whose lives exemplified honesty, honor, public service and strength,” Stark said. “It’s h...
  • 5/7/2013 11:10:00 AM
    April 25-28, 2013 – Burlington Conservation Club, Burlington WI – Seven years ago, the Burlington Conservation Club invited several youth trap shooting programs to compete in a season-opening tournament to better prepare the young athletes for upcoming competitions in the state of Wisconsin. Several local programs came to compete with t...
  • 5/7/2013 10:50:00 AM
    DATE: May 6, 2013 Contact: David MacFarland, DNR carnivore specialist, 715-365-8917; Bill Cosh, DNR spokesperson, 608-267-2773. MADISON - The 2013 Wisconsin wolf count indicates there are a minimum of 809 to 834 wolves in the state, including 215 packs and 15 lone wolves, according to Department of Natural Resources officials. This count compares...
  • 5/3/2013 3:20:00 PM
    Hi Folks!  Even though the wet dreary weather is here - it's time to make plans for Spring Birding.  See the announcement below for some great field trip opportunities that also raise funds for bird conservation right here in Wisconsin! Andy Paulios - WBCI Coordinator/WIDNR Announcing five exceptional birding trips in Southern Wisconsin...
  • 5/3/2013 2:05:00 PM
    Dear Winnebago Sturgeon Enthusiasts: It has been a wild and crazy spring, and the weather has affected the spring sturgeon spawn.  The warm weather late last week and early this week activated fish at numerous spawning sites throughout the Winnebago System and fish were spawning at numerous sites simultaneously during the early part of this w...
  • 5/3/2013 1:20:00 PM
    By: Dave Duwe “Back to the Future…Walworth County Chapter of Walleyes For Tomorrow leads the charge to bring back Lake Geneva’s walleye factory of the 1960s” By all accounts from the old timers, Lake Geneva in the 1960’s was a walleye factory.  Over the course of many years the population of walleyes has been...
  • 5/3/2013 10:40:00 AM
    May 2, 2013 By: Joanne M. Haas/Bureau of Law Enforcement Warden: One of the fastest runs on record! Sturgeon Guard 2013 is a wrap Talk about a whirlwind week for Conservation Warden April Dombrowski and members of the all-volunteer Sturgeon Guard. Days ago, Warden Dombrowski of Winnebago County declared the slow-to-arrive spring had the sturgeo...
  • 5/3/2013 10:30:00 AM
    Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Outdoor Report summary for May 2, 2013 Complete DNR Outdoor Report (Reports from conservation wardens, wildlife and fisheries staff and property managers from around the state) Spring snowstorm drops a foot of snow in northern Wisconsin; sturgeon spawning near peak on the Wolf River system The calendar s...
  • 5/3/2013 10:20:00 AM
    Find out what's new in education at the Department of Natural Resources through our Teacher Pages on EEK! http://dnr.wi.gov/eek/teacher/whatnew.htm
  • 5/3/2013 10:10:00 AM
    Get Ready for Summer Fun With Kids Through Our Workshops May May 4. WILD About Fish! Project WILD, WILD Aquatic K-8 and Angler Education Teacher Workshop. Aldo Leopold Nature Center, Monona, WI. May 18. Project WILD & Project WET Teacher Workshop. Wehr Nature Center, Franklin, WI. May 23. Angler Education Certification Workshop, Shorewood H...
  • 5/3/2013 9:55:00 AM
    MADISON - Ice cover and road conditions mean that some lakes in northern Wisconsin will not be stocked with catchable size trout before the May 4 opening day of the inland fishing season. Department of Natural Resources fisheries crews had hoped to have the stocking done in time for the opener but continuing ice cover on the lakes and difficult co...