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Natural Resources Board approves bear quota for 2024

As is customary every year, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) came to the Natural Resources Board (NRB) for approval of the black bear harvest quotas for the fall hunting season. Wildlife bureau director Eric Lobner spoke to the board and first gave a review of the 2023 season.

Spring hearings offer in-person option for 2024

Each year the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WCC) hold what are known as the Spring Hearings. In these hearings, stakeholders are asked to weigh in on a number of natural resource related proposals. The meetings are held on the second Monday in April in …

Proposed bills would impact natural resources, hunters and other sportsmen

Several pieces of proposed legislation in the current session have bearing on those in the outdoor sporting community. Here is a brief look at several of those bills.

Mike Engleson talks riparian rights at Winter Water Talk

The Citizen Lake Monitoring Network and the Water Action Volunteers partner in a series of webinars entitled Winter Water Talks. The most recent edition featured Mike Engleson, executive director of Wisconsin Lakes, who spoke about riparian water rights.

Fish Like a GIRL

Groundhog Day! It always reminds me of the movie with Bill Murray. Lately the weather has been reminiscent of that as well. Still too warm.
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The Lake Where You Live

I borrowed the headline from a poem by Janet Taliaferro, written in tribute to the late Rob Hagge, who passed away on Jan. 6.

EPA taking a closer look at impacts of pesticide approvals on threatened and endangered species

Last week Brian Anderson, associate director of the Environmental Fate and Effects Division Office of Pesticide Programs from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), spoke at a North American Invasive Species Management Association (NAISMA) presentation regarding pesticide use and considerations for endangered or threatened species.

World Championship Musky Classic draws to a close after nearly five decades

In 1977, North Lakeland Elementary School administrator Bill Sherer spoke with community education director Ken Reinicke about the potential for the school to support the economy in the area in some way.

19th annual trappers workshop, new name honors Arduin brothers

The Community Center in Hermansville will once again be filled with traps, trapping gear, the scent of lures, pelts, expert trappers, prizes, and of course lots of youngsters eager to win prizes and learn how to be a trapper.

DNR partners with MADD to promote snowmobile safety this winter

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) are teaming up to promote a safe snowmobile season and educate Wisconsinites on the dangers of operating a snowmobile while impaired by alcohol and/or other drugs.
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The Lake Where You Live

It’s hard to think about spring when it’s zero degrees outside and your lake is nothing but a sheet of white.

Fish Like a GIRL

“Hey! Why can’t you just be nice?” It is usually a comment more than a question, and I cannot be the only bird watcher that has ever asked the question to a “bully” bird outside the window.

Rapidly changing weather brings unsafe ice conditions statewide

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) urges the public to practice ice safety on all of Wisconsin’s waterbodies and remember that no ice is safe ice.

Northwoods Yard & Garden

Strawberries. Most of us enjoy eating them but have not tried growing them. Strawberries are an easy to grow crop by following some essential guidelines to assure success.

It's all about communication

Over the Christmas holidays, seeing that we hardly had any snow on the ground, if any, allowed me the opportunity to venture into the big woods to an area that supported a few deer throughout the summer and fall season.
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