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12/11/2012 2:35:00 PMDecember 10, 2012 By Cathy Stepp, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource Earlier this year, the Wisconsin Legislature approved Wisconsin Act 168 known as the Sporting Heritage Act, with the intent of increasing participation in hunting trapping and outdoor skills in Wisconsin. An amendment to the bill that created the law expanded hu...
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12/11/2012 2:20:00 PMDecember 10, 2012 MADISON -- A deer from outside the boundary of the chronic wasting disease management zone in Grant County has tested positive for the disease. The 2.5 year old buck was killed and registered Nov. 18. “It’s disappointing but not unexpected to have a CWD-positive outside the current zone boundary. This is why we have ...
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12/11/2012 1:20:00 PMCATCHING A FEW BEAVERS: NOV 3rd - 9thBEAVER FUR AND WISCONSIN'S HERITAGE This week found me taking care of some beaver trapping opportunities. While the summer drought and hot temperatures greatly reduced the muskrat population, the beaver numbers actually increased. Beavers are a relative newcomer to present day Southern Wisconsin. ...
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12/11/2012 11:15:00 AMWith the impending cold front and subsequent cold temperatures, it looks like our lingering Tundra Swans and cranes will be on the move this weekend and early next week. Birders are still reporting good numbers of swans on the Mississippi River, Chequamegon Bay and Green Bay. These birds are expected to push east with this next weather ...
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12/11/2012 10:55:00 AMMADISON – The opening date for hunting and trapping would be moved back in certain parks with a high volume of late fall visitors and horseback riders, and areas around high winter use trail systems in some parks would be included in closed areas, under revisions the Department of Natural Resources State Parks Program is proposing to its orig...
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12/11/2012 10:45:00 AMUpdated 12-7-12: the information brief (green sheet) regarding the proposed plan for management of hunting, fishing, and trapping in Wisconsin State Parks in accordance with 2011 Wisconsin Act 168 has now been posted on the Natural Resources Board December agenda. Note: the information brief (green sheet) contains maps for state parks and trails w...
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12/11/2012 10:40:00 AMAs of today, Friday, December 7, 2012, 104 wolves have been harvested in Wisconsin. Breakdown by zone is below. Zone 1 closed on Sunday, December 2 and Zones 2 and 4 closed November 16. Zones 3, 5 and 6 remain open to harvest. Wolf harvest bulletins will be sent every Friday. For daily updates of the harvest, please visit our webs...
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12/11/2012 10:30:00 AMDecember 6, 2012 By: Bureau of Law Enforcement Southwest area warden team - Dodgeville base Wardens Cody Adams of Prairie du Chien, Mike Nice of Richland Center and Deputy Warden Mike Williams were investigating a case of multiple deer not being registered when they were contacted by the sheriff’s department regarding a trespass issue invo...
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12/11/2012 10:25:00 AMThe nine-day gun deer season and the muzzleloader season have closed for 2012, but opportunities remain to harvest a deer, and fill the freezer for the holidays. The late archery season is underway and continues until Jan. 6, 2013. There is also a statewide antlerless hunt beginning today, Dec. 6, through Sunday, Dec. 9, and a holiday hunt in the ...
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12/6/2012 1:15:00 PMDon't forget to apply for your spring 2013 wild turkey permit by close of business on Monday, December 10th!Applications for the permit drawing cost $3 and may be purchased at all authorized license agents, through the Online Licensing Center on the DNR website, at Wisconsin DNR Service Centers, or by calling toll-free 1-877-LICENSE (1-877-945-4236...
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12/6/2012 9:25:00 AMDo you trap from canoe? Know someone who will be trapping from a canoe this season? Interested in starting to trap using a canoe? Fresh Air Educators, who hosts Wisconsin ATV, snowmobile, boater and hunter education online courses, has recently unveiled a FREE Paddle Safety Course. It only takes about an hour to complete, and you don’t have ...
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12/5/2012 1:15:00 PMDecember 5, 2012 By: Bureau of Law Enforcement Wautoma warden team Warden Bryan Lockman of New London worked with the New London Middle School and put on a daylong Outdoor Skills Program to twenty 6th graders. He covered Outdoor Survival Tools, Shelter Building, Fire Starting, Tree Identification, Predator/Prey and other outdoor skills. Warden ...
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12/5/2012 9:15:00 AMUpdated on 12-04-12: Wisconsin Natural Resources Board December agenda.
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12/5/2012 9:05:00 AMWisconsin DNR Weekly News Update Wisconsin DNR Weekly News On Wisconsin Outdoors brings you weekly reports from the Department of Natural Resources
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12/4/2012 12:25:00 PMA deer from Racine County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the first known CWD-positive in the county. The 3 1/2-year-old doe was harvested near Bohners Lake and volunteered to the Department of Natural Resources for sampling by a bow hunter when it was registered on November 12. Tim Lizotte, who heads the DNR's operations related ...
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12/4/2012 12:20:00 PMDecember 3, 2012 by:The Southeast Region Contact(s): Tim Lizotte, CWD Operations Supervisor, 262-574-2120Jennifer Pelej, Public Affairs Manager, 608-264-9248 MADISON -- A deer from Racine County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the first known CWD-positive in the county. The 3 1/2-year-old doe was harvested near Bohners Lake and ...
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12/4/2012 11:55:00 AMThe Department of Natural Resources has received an applications for a 50 percent matching grant from the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program to assist with the purchase of land. More information is available on the Stewardship Grant News page of the DNR Website. December 3, 2012 - Kenosha County seeks grant for acquisition of land Appendix...
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12/4/2012 11:50:00 AMBy: Bureau of Law Enforcement Frequently Asked Questions - December 3, 2012 Here are answers to some recent most frequently asked law enforcement questions taken by the DNR Call Center.The Call Center is staffed daily, 7 a.m. - 10 p.m., and offers bilingual service in Spanish and Hmong. The number is 1-888-936-7463. Question 1: Is the late holid...
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12/4/2012 10:55:00 AMDecember 2012 Natural Resources Board agenda
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12/4/2012 10:50:00 AMDATE: November 30, 2012 CONTACT: Karl Martin (608) 213-4184 MADISON – Jared Duquette will join the Department of Natural Resources – Bureau of Science Services as DNR’s deer and elk research scientist, taking over coordination and guidance of DNR’s ongoing multi-year deer research project into causes of death i...
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11/29/2012 12:20:00 PMNovember 28, 2012 By: Bureau of Law Enforcement Lower Chippewa warden team Warden Adam Hanna of Neillsville responded to a forest fire in Eau Claire County in October. An investigation revealed that the fire was started by an individual that was burning plastic coating off of stolen copper wire. The individual was eventually apprehended after ve...
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11/28/2012 3:25:00 PMCall your U.S. Senators to keep it Alive!202-224-3121 The Sportsmen's Act of 2012 (S.3525) still can be enacted in this Congress if we keep the pressure on. All hunters, target shooters and firearms owners should call your senators today and urge them to work in a bipartisan manner to resolve budgetary concerns raised on Monday so the Sportsmen'...
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11/28/2012 11:55:00 AMNovember 27, 2012 By: Bureau of Law Enforcement In St Croix County, Warden Paul Sickman helped organize a youth event at Forest Ridge Hunt Club with 60 youths participating in trap shooting, archery, fishing and pheasant hunting. Thanks to the hunt club, Pheasants Forever, Star Prairie Fish and Game Association, St Croix County Sportsman’s ...
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11/27/2012 5:00:00 PMNovember 27, 2012 - Wisconsin DNR Weekly News.
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11/27/2012 3:05:00 PMUpdates regarding the agendas and minutes of meetings for the Wisconsin Conservation Congress.