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Team collaborates in an attempt to bring wild rice back to Spur Lake in Oneida County
The most recent installment of Wetland Coffee Breaks from the Wisconsin Wetlands Association looked specifically at Spur Lake in Oneida County.
Dr. Jessica Hua looks at relationship between pollutants, pathogens and contaminants in amphibians
At a recent Science on Tap presentation in Minocqua, Dr. Jessica Hua spoke to those in attendance about her research and using natural science as well as social science to bring more attention to amphibians and the effects of pollutants from road salt that may find their way into wetlands …
Early ice poses dangers
Each year there is at least one news story or tale lingering about a morning coffee clutch of an angler who went through the ice early in the year. For some, the allure of first ice is tempting to the point that they may not make all the best decisions …
Fish Like a GIRL
The Christmas Bird Count from the Audubon Society kicks off next week. The Count runs from December 14 to January 5 every year. I participate in the Feeder Watch Program through the Cornell Lab and have been proactively been getting better at identifying birds and learning about their behaviors and …
DNR celebrates successful elk hunt for 2023
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is celebrating a successful elk hunting season. The state’s sixth elk hunting season opened Saturday, Oct. 14 and closed Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, as a result of all four state licensed hunters filling their harvest authorizations.
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Black bear harvest authorization due Dec. 10
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds black bear hunters that applications for the 2024 season are due by 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2023.
Northwoods Almanac
Every five years the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducts a survey to help gauge outdoor activity in the nation. More than 100,000 Americans responded to the 2022 survey in households across America.
Department of Natural Resources and Natural Resource Board accused of meeting violations regarding wolf management plan
The Great Lakes Wildlife Alliance filed a suit last week in Dane County Circuit Court, asking the judge to declare the Department of Natural Resource’s (DNR’s) wolf management plan invalid and void.
Legislation aimed at Chronic Wasting Disease
With the nine-day gun deer hunt in the rearview mirror, some hunters may still be waiting on test results for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) from their late season harvest.
Seventh District Court deems parts of Wisconsin’s Hunter Harassment bill unconstitutional
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently released their opinion on Wisconsin’s Hunter Harassment Law.
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Land owners can use wetland conservation practices to create wildlife habitat
Recently Tally Hamilton of Ducks Unlimited and Gretchen Skudlarczyk of Pheasant Forever got together for a Wisconsin Wetlands Association presentation entitled, “Wetland conservation practices for landowners.”
Fish Like a GIRL
About 20 minutes ago I was loading the boat and getting ready for the first tournament of the year. It seems that way, anyway.
The Lake Where You Live
We’re just back from a Thanksgiving visit with daughter Sonya, son-in-law Chad, and grandsons Tucker and Perrin. We go to see them because Sonya’s work schedule as a chef precludes the visits to grandma’s house on the holiday.
The case against 2,4-D
2,4-D has been an often used chemical herbicide in many lakes, not only in the Northwoods, but in many locations.
Preliminary 2023 gun deer hunt opening weekend numbers show drop in harvest statewide
As of midnight on Nov. 19, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) website showed that all deer license sales were down by 0.61 percent for opening weekend.
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