Important Timely News
Retired Rick
Feb 25, 2025
A Historic Year For The Wisconsin State Park System
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites the public to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Wisconsin State Park System by learning about its history of outdoor recreation, tourism and stewardship.
Over the last 125 years, Wisconsin's state park system has grown in both size and opportunity to meet the needs of Wisconsinites and visitors.
The states parks, forests, trails and recreation areas are managed to conserve and protect some of Wisconsins most exceptional natural resources. From the expansive Northwoods to the shores of Lake Michigan to the picturesque Driftless Region and everything in between, the state park system offers opportunities to recreate in virtually every part of the state.
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Retired Rick
Feb 19, 2025
Wisconsinites Invited To Participate In Wisconsin Conservation Congress Resolution Process
The Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WCC) invites all Wisconsinites to take part in its annual spring hearing process.
The WCC is an independent organization of residents that advises the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on how to responsibly manage Wisconsins natural resources.
Each year residents have an opportunity to submit ideas as resolutions to the WCC.
Wisconsinites can submit proposed resolutions via the online process now through Feb. 24, 2025. Resolutions must meet the following criteria:
The concern must be of statewide impact.
The concern must be practical, achievable and reasonable.
The concern must be within the mission and vision of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress.
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Retired Rick
Feb 18, 2025
NER RETIREE AND GUEST SPRING LUNCHEON
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
WHERE: 1951 WEST (ROCK GARDEN)
1951 Bond St., Green Bay
Social: 11:45 AM in the bar
Lunch: 12:30 in the Garden Room
Menu (Order when you get there)
Wild Berry Chicken Salad $14
Beef Tenderloin 6oz dinner $18
Broiled Salmon $17
Broasted Chicken - 2 piece $12
Daily soup and side salad will also be available. We will have individual bills.
RSVP: By Monday, April 14. Please reply to this email indicating if you will be attending and if you will be bringing a guest, or call or text Peggy Beaumier at (920) 680-9876.
Our Treasurer, Annette Weissbach, will be collecting 2025 annual $5 dues if you have not already paid.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Retired Rick
Feb 12, 2025
DNR Seeks Volunteers With Hunting Skills To Instruct Students Of All Ages
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is looking for individuals to volunteer to help others enjoy safe and ethical hunts.
There are fun options to share your hunting expertise, enthusiasm and stories with novices of all ages who are interested in this activity.
You could become a mentor, lead a learn-to-hunt outing or hold a workshop to teach new hunters how to cook meat from harvested deer. Opportunities abound. Here are the fulfilling and satisfying ways you can share your skills with others.
Mentor A Novice
If you prefer a one-on-one opportunity, consider becoming a mentor. Learn about the Mentored Hunting Law on the DNRs website. This program allows novice hunters to hunt within arms reach of a qualified mentor without first completing a Hunter Education course.
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Retired Rick
Feb 10, 2025
DNR Seeking Public Comment On Future Wildlife Management Objectives
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is currently drafting a strategic plan for managing our states wildlife species and habitat and is seeking public feedback on the plans objectives.
This strategic plan will guide how the DNRs Wildlife Program prioritizes its resources and work in the coming years. The DNR values public input and believes that it is important for Wisconsinites to weigh in on the draft plans objectives and share which are the most important to them.
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Retired Rick
Feb 10, 2025
DNR Offers Ready-To-Plant Oak Seedlings Four Species Are Available For Purchase
MADISON, Wis. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced it has 2-year-old oak seedlings available for purchase. The seedlings are from Wisconsins Wilson State Nursery and are ready for planting.
The seedlings are available because of a high-quality acorn crop and harvest in 2022. While many 1-year-old seedlings were purchased last year, others were grown for another year, resulting in a bumper crop of 2-year-old seedlings. Oak trees are ideal for reforesting a property, enhancing habitat or starting an oak grove.
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Retired Rick
Feb 5, 2025
2025 Sturgeon Spearing Season Opens Feb. 8
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is preparing for the sturgeon spearing season that will open Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, on the Winnebago System.
With one of the largest lake sturgeon populations in North America, the Winnebago System supports an annual spearing season that runs for a maximum of 16 days (it closes Feb. 23) or until any of the predetermined harvest caps have been met.
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Retired Rick
Jan 27, 2025
DNR Announces Primary Results Of Southwest Wisconsin CWD, Deer And Predator Study
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today presented the primary results of the Southwest Wisconsin Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), Deer and Predator Study to the Natural Resources Board (NRB). A recording of the NRB meeting, including this presentation, is available on the DNR's YouTube channel.
The purpose of this study was to determine how CWD impacts deer populations. This involved estimating deer survival rates and how they were influenced by CWD.
Fieldwork for this project took place in northern Iowa, Dane and Grant counties. This area was selected for study as it is the region where CWD was first detected in Wisconsin in 2002 and has maintained a high CWD prevalence in the years since.
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Retired Rick
Jan 26, 2025
Wisconsin DNR: CWD Sinking Deer Herds in Disease-Endemic Areas
If youre seeing too few deer in southwestern Wisconsin for your hunting or viewing pleasure, its time to accept the obvious reason:
The culprit is chronic wasting disease, the always fatal sickness whose infectious prions now kill more female deer in highly contaminated areas than hunters kill with bullets and arrows. Roughly speaking, thats much of Iowa, Sauk and Richland counties, and western Dane County.
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Retired Rick
Jan 23, 2025
FIELD NOTES JANUARY 2025
HOW DOES CWD AFFECT WISCONSIN'S DEER POPULATION
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