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APRIL 2013VOLUME 40NUMBER 4

Application Form -See Page 3

Conservation Leadership Corps

Interested in being a leader in con-servation?

Interested in having your voiceheard on conservation issues by Wiscon-sin and National policymakers?

The Wisconsin Wildlife Federationis creating a Conservation LeadershipTraining Program for you!

We welcome high school students intheir junior/senior year or freshman/sophomore college students to receivetraining in conservation leadership, con-servation policy development and how toadvocate for sound conservation policies.Training will be provided by experiencedconservation leaders.

Training will provide an excellent

opportunity to network with state, fed-eral and private conservation organi-zations.

All your expenses for involvement inthe program will be paid for by the Wis-consin Wildlife Federation. At the suc-cessful completion of the program youwill receive a $250 scholarship to furtheryour conservation education!

Please visit our website: www.wiwf.org for further details. You may also con-tact Leah McSherry, WWF ConservationLeadership Corps Coordinator at [email protected] or George Meyer, WWFExecutive Director at [email protected] with any questions or to express yourinterest in the program.

General Information on theConservation Leadership Corps

The Board of Directors ofthe Wisconsin WildlifeFederation (WWF) has

initiated an exciting new programto assist in the development of fu-ture conservation leaders in Wis-consin, known as the WisconsinConservation Leadership Corps(CLC). WWF has based the CLCon a highly successful and simi-lar project developed by the Con-servation Federation of Missouri,our counterpart organization.

The CLC is designed to provideexpert training for juniors andseniors in high school along withcollege freshmen and sophomoresto develop leadership skills andtechniques to allow students theability to analyze as well as devel-op conservation policies in his orher subject of interest. Studentsinvolved will also gain experienceadvocating their conservationresolutions at the Annual Meet-ing for WWF. Successfully written

and presented conservation reso-lutions may be adopted by WWFto serve as official policies.

Training will be provided bycurrent and former natural re-source professionals in both pub-lic, non-profit as well as privatesectors. Students will be present-ed with real-world experience andwill receive feedback from pro-fessionals with the conservationpolicy process. Such interactionswill be valuable to participants inrelation to school success, futurecareer aspirations, and involve-ment in organizations.

It is anticipated that the pro-gram will take place during the2013-2014 academic year. Eventswill be scheduled for three week-ends throughout the year. Con-servation resolution presenta-tions conducted by those involvedwould be made at the AnnualMeeting of the Wildlife Federationin April, 2014. Selected CLC can-

didates are encouraged to attendmost, if not all, of these events.All expenses encountered whileparticipating in the CLC programwill be covered by WWF. At thesuccessful completion of the year,each participant will receive aCertificate of Accomplishment forthe training program, a letter ofcommendation for their resumeportfolio and a $250 scholarshipto advance their continuing edu-cation.

Interested CLC candidatesshould fill out the applicationon page 3 and send it to LeahMcSherry, CLC Coordinator, [email protected] by May 15,2013. Candidates will be selectedby June 1, 2013. All applicantswill be notified of the results.More detailed information on theprogram will be provided to thoseselected over the 2013 summer.

WISCONSERVATION April 20132

WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION COMMITTEE CHAIRSCOMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON PHONE EMAILAchievement Awards John Wagner 262-560-1230 [email protected] Advisory Ed Rollins 630-561-3099 [email protected] Betty Borchert 920-688-3122 [email protected] Lil Pipping 920-876-4312 [email protected] Andrew Lewandowski 262-527-1988 [email protected]/Youth Ruth Ann Lee 608-635-2742 [email protected] Resources Chuck Matyska 715-745-6382 [email protected]/Wetlands Russ Hitz 715-632-2143 [email protected], Parks & Recreation Jerry Knuth 715-344-0017 [email protected] Lakes Fisheries Larry Freitag 920-458-4117Great Lakes Fisheries/Lake Superior Connie Pribnow 715-774-3301 [email protected] Fisheries Larry Vanderhoef 715-366-2453Membership Jack Nissen 262-370-8154 [email protected] Betty Borchert 920-688-3122 [email protected] Range Bill Tollard 920-379-3429Waterfowl John Wetzel 608-526-4238 [email protected]/State Affairs/Hunter Education Ralph Fritsch 715-850-2456 [email protected]

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* * * OFFICERS * * *

President Chuck Matyska, 5055 Cty V, Cecil, WI 54111, (715) 745-6382. Email: [email protected]

First Vice President John Wagner, 722A Silver Lake St., Oconomowoc, WI 53066,(262) 560-1230. Email: [email protected]

Second Vice President George Borchert, 7420 US Hwy 45, Oshkosh, WI 54902, (920)688-3122. Email: [email protected]

Secretary Carolyn Brown, 8131 N. Oak Ridge Drive, Milton, WI 53563, (608) 868-2514. Email:[email protected]

Treasurer Pat Ramirez, 3696 Blueberry Lane, Waldo, WI 53093, (920) 838-1266. Email:[email protected]

DISTRICT 7

Dave Chingway, Watertown, WI, (920) 261-0379.

Don Hammes, Middleton, WI, (608) 836-1205.

Mike Meyer, Watertown, WI, (920) 342-9439.

DISTRICT 8

Doug Kurth, Big Bend, WI, (414) 350-0940.

John Wagner, Oconomowoc, WI, (262) 560-1230.

Mike Rynearson, Oconomowoc, WI, (414) 313-2079.

DISTRICT 9

Rick Lazarczyk, West Allis, WI, (414) 321-5750.

Roger Borkowski, Milwaukee, WI, (414) 571-0002.

Gordon Merz, Pewaukee, WI, (262) 695-0060.

DISTRICT 10

Gary Dieck, Wonewoc, WI, (608) 464-3290.

DISTRICT 11

Larry Freitag, Sheboygan, WI, (920) 458-4117.

Richard Baudhuin, Sturgeon Bay, WI, (920) 743-2581.

Keith Pamperin, Green Bay, WI, (920) 494-3990.

DISTRICT 12

Chuck Matyska, Cecil, WI, (715) 745-6382.

Jim Weishan, Wabeno, WI, (715) 473-6013.

Mike “Oscar” Stueck, Crivitz, WI, (920) 323-9230.

N.W.F. REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Jason Dinsmore, 199 Kristin Drive NW, Rochester,

MN 55901. Office: (507) 206-3732. Cell: (517) 204-

8962. Email: [email protected].

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS

Craig Challoner, Omro, WI

Norb Moes, Green Bay, WI

Tom Nissen, Hartland, WI

Bob Chojnowski, Plover, WI

Roxanne Taylor, Plymouth, WI

Bill Tollard, Omro, WI

Jim Huhn, Watertown, WI

Pat Ramirez, Waldo, WI

Andy Lewandowski, Muskego, WI

Carolyn Brown, Milton, WI

Mike Kemper, New Berlin, WI

HONORARY DIRECTORS

Art Jorgenson

Catherine Koss, Land O’ Lakes, WI

Vern Mangless

Jim Mense, Menomonie, WI

Ray Rheinschmidt

J. L. Schneider

Betty Schneider-Borchert, Oshkosh, WI

Art Seidel, Brookfield, WI

Al Kube, Cochrane, WI

Joe Zanter, Sparta, WI

Bucky Kilishek, Menasha, WI

Martha Kilishek, Menasha, WI

Mary Cassidy, Plainfield, WI

Ken Zettlemeier, Waukesha, WI

HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS

Joseph A. Gruber, Campbellsport, WI

Dr. Dan Trainer, UW-Stevens Point

Les Voigt

PAST PRESIDENTS

Jack Nissen, Dousman, WI

Lil Pipping, Elkhart Lake, WI

Corky Meyer, Kewaskum, WI

Jerry Knuth, Plover, WI

James Weishan, Wabeno, WI

Martha Kilishek, Menasha, WI

Russell Hitz, Wheeler, WI

Jim Baldock, West Bend, WI

Ralph Fritsch, Townsend, WI

Robert Miller, Sparta, WI

Doug Olson, Viroqua, WI

Doug Johnson, Hartford, WI

James Wareing, Sussex, WI

Leo Roethe

Bill Buckley

Dick Hemp

Bob Lachmund

Jerry Laudon

Ron Piskula

Harold Spencer

Les Woerpel

STATE AFFILIATES

DIRECTORS/REPRESENTATIVESAmerican Wild Turkey Hunting Dog AssociationJon Fries, Maribel, WI, 920-776-1272

Challenge The Outdoors, Inc.Larry Laehn, Milton, WI, 920-540-9927

Izaak Walton League, Bill Cook ChapterRonald Macdonald, Stevens Point, WI, 715-344-0054

Sturgeon for Tomorrow, North ChapterWayne Hoelzel, Menasha, WI, 920-725-1206

Trout Unlimited, Aldo Leopold ChapterMichael Barniskis, Beaver Dam, WI, 920-356-0081

Trout Unlimited, Green Bay ChapterPaul Kruse, Green Bay, WI, 920-494-4220

Walleyes for Tomorrow, Inc.Michael Arrowood, Oakfield, WI, 920-922-0905

WI Association of Field Trial ClubsJim Gleash, Madison, WI, 608-257-3089

WI Association of Sporting DogsRobbie Brooks, Cascade, WI, 920-602-1439

WI Association of Beagle ClubsJerry Knuth, Stevens Point, WI, 715-340-5414

WI Coon Hunters AssociationDennis Roehrborn, Plymouth, WI, 920-467-3845

WI Council of Sportfishing OrganizationsJohn Durben, Cecil, WI, 715-745-2248

WI Deer Hunters AssociationMark Toso, Roberts, WI, 715-781-4887

WI Deer Hunters Inc.Dennis Hoffman, Neshkoro, WI, 920-293-4098

WI Federation of Great Lake Sport Fishing ClubsMark Hasenberg, Kenosha, WI, 262-652-9503

WI Hunter Ed Instructor AssociationNorb Moes, Green Bay, WI, 920-434-1999

WI Muzzleloaders AssociationCarolyn Brown, Milton, WI, 608-868-2514

WI Sharp Tailed Grouse SocietyJim Evrard, Grantsburg, WI, 715-463-2446

WI Taxidermist AssociationBucky/Martha Kilishek, Menasha, WI, 920-734-8774

WI Trappers AssociationScott McAuley, Wisconsin Rapids, WI, 715-423-3229

WI Woodland Owners AssociationDale Zaug, Tigerton, WI, 715-754-5774

Wild Ones Natural Landscapers LTD.Donna VanBuecken, Neenah, WI, 920-730-3981

Wildlife Society, WI ChapterPat Kaiser, Lodi, WI, 608-592-7974

Wings Over WI

Burt Bushke, Mayville, WI, 920-387-5198

WI Chapter American Fisheries SocietyThomas Slawski, New Berlin, WI

WI Division – Izaak Walton League of AmericaGeorge Guyant, Amherst Junction, WI, 715-824-4205

WI Trapshooting AssociationBruce Stitely, Tomahawk, WI, 715-453-5271

WI Waterfowl AssociationPat Smith, Janesville, WI, 608-774-1157

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DISTRICT 1

Pat Quaintance, Bayfield, WI, (715) 779-5104.

DISTRICT 2

Walt Camp, St. Germain, WI, (715) 542-3856.

Laurie Groskopf, Tomahawk, WI, (715) 453-6301.

Larry Vanderhoef, Plainfield, WI, (715) 366-2453.

DISTRICT 3

Dave Hraychuck, Balsam Lake, WI, (715) 485-3362.

Russ Hitz, Wheeler, WI, (715) 632-2143.

Dean Borofka, Rice Lake, WI, (715) 234-6303.

DISTRICT 4

Dale Zaug, Tigerton, WI, (715) 754-5774.

Randy Teresinski, Granton, WI, (715) 238-8010.

Dave Verhage, Plover, WI, (715) 344-3497.

DISTRICT 5

George Borchert, Oshkosh, WI, (920) 688-3122.

Dan Gries, Menasha, WI, (920) 725-4092.

Bob Kirk, Omro, WI, (920) 685-5254.

DISTRICT 6

Dennis Reinhardt, Osseo, WI, (715) 597-3535.

John Wetzel, Holmen, WI, (608) 526-4238.

Ed Rollins, Humbird, WI, (630) 561-3099.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / LEGISLATIONGeorge Meyer, 201 Randolph Dr., Madison, WI 53717, (608) 516-5545. Email: [email protected]

BUSINESS MANAGERJennifer Evans, W2516 Kuehn Road, Cambria, WI 53923, (608) 635-2742. Email: [email protected]


President’s ReportVol. III Part xII

Our Annual Meeting is theweekend of April 12, 13,14, at the Mead Hotel in

Wisconsin Rapids. You should con-tact Jennifer at the office: 608-635-2742 or [email protected]. I hope alldirectors and club representativesare already registered. The AnnualMeeting; with Art contest, distin-guished speakers, conservation is-sues, and a few surprises; will be funand informative. This is a great timefor our affiliates to become involvedwith the workings of the WWF.

We have a new ConservationLeadership Corps program for high

school juniors, seniors, and fresh-men and sophomores in college. Thisnew committee will enable youngerpeople interested in conservation tobecome involved. Take a look at ourwebsite http://www.wiwf.org/ for fur-ther info. and applications. This pro-gram will help develop the leaders oftomorrow.

We invite you to attend the Annu-al Meeting and look forward to meet-ing our membership. Help supportthe voice of Wisconsin’s outdoors.

Chuck Matyska,President

Conservation Leadership Corps Committee Activity

Wisconsin Wildlife FederationConservation Leadership Corps Application(Please be concise and limit your response to two pages in length---the deadline date forapplications is 4 pm on May 3, 2013)

1. What is your personal and professional interest in conservation?2. What would you say are the high points in your life related to conservation, either from

an educational, personal, or organizational standpoint?3. Why do you want to be a member of the Conservation Leadership Corps with the

Wisconsin Wildlife Federation? What would you like to get out of the experience?4. Why is the concept of a Wisconsin Conservation Leadership Corps important?5. What role do you see conservation organizations have in the future of conservation in

Wisconsin?6. Will you be willing and able to attend a majority of the training sessions?

Background and Contact Information:Name: _________________________________________________________________Street Address: __________________________________________________________City, State and Zip Code: __________________________________________________Email Address: __________________________________________________________Telephone Number:_______________________________________________________Present School:__________________________________________________________Year in School (please specify whether High School or College): ________________________

Please include a name and contact information for a reference or references related toyour conservation interest. The reference or references can be a parent, teacher or otheradult that you have had contact with related to conservation. These references will be im-portant in the selection process.

Please send applications to the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, W7303 CTH CS, PoynetteWI 53955 or preferably electronically to Leah McSherry, WWF Leadership Corps Coordi-nator, at [email protected]

This is our story to share with youabout the weekend we attendedthe Missouri Annual Meeting on

February 21st through 24th.A new committee was formed called

Conservation Leadership Corps com-mittee which will be chaired by Lil Pip-ping. Lil with the corps co-coordinatorLeah McSherry and George Brochert, 2ndV.P. went to Missouri to take part in theirannual meeting and to learn more abouthow their club works.

First let me tell you that we picked theprefect weekend not to do this. When weleft on Thursday from Madison we headedtowards Missouri by way of Iowa. Roadswere great until we got closer to CantonMissouri. About 4 pm we started to noticethat we weren’t seeing much of the high-way any more so we decided that at thenext off ramp we were going to turn off.By 4:30 we were in a whiteout and hadreached a Comfort Hotel near Canton andthey had room in the Inn. We went to din-ner right away so when we got to our roomwe didn’t have to venture out again. Therewere many travelers stopping at this ho-tel, actually the county plow drivers alsostopped here to switch drivers and catchup on their sleep. Later I learned fromsome plow drivers that they closed thehighway down and if we would have con-tinued on we would have been stranded.

After a good night sleep we had an ear-ly breakfasts and by 8 am we were backon the road which by then were plowedand some were actually bare. We musthave encountered between 35-40 cars inthe ditches and at least 5 semis that wereturned over. It was most exciting. Thenour GPS lady told us to turn onto Hwy H.Now that didn’t seem like a wise choicebut what did we know. This was a 14 milestretch of road that actually turned into asingle lane right down the middle. Didn’tmeet any other cars and there was a semion its side in the ditch. Well when we fin-ished this beautiful stretch of road (actu-ally was beautiful scenery) we stopped ata gas station for a break and I asked aboutthis road and 2 people immediately said,“You never drive that road in the winter,never,” oh well we did.

We arrived at our destination around10:30 or so. We stayed at the Capitol PlazaHotel, lovely place about a block of so fromthe Capitol. Checked in, grabbed lunchand then started to prepare for a longnight. We were to shadow the Conserva-tion Leadership Corp of Missouri so wecan learn how to get ours up and runningsmoothly. Leah met up with some youthand started to work on their resolutionsthat they were going to present on Sat-urday and I joined another group. Georgefound some mentors from the DNR andhung with them. They had mentors therefrom all branches of the DNR and theyworked with each group on a topic of con-cern and then came up with their resolu-tion that they would present on Saturdaybefore the 3 person resolution board whoeither agreed to hear them or not. If theywere excepted then they would be brought

before the board on Sunday morning to bevoted to except or not.

Later Friday night was their awardbanquet. They gave out 13 awards simi-lar to WWF’s annual meeting. It lasteduntil 10 pm and then the youth groupswent back to finalize their resolutions. Weturned in at that time.

Saturday morning we had breakfastswith the CLC group and later in the morn-ing attended the Keynote session andthen we broke out into different Natu-ral Resource Committee session to listento what is going on in those areas. Afterlunch we were back to the work, attendedthe Resolutions committee meeting wherethey either voted ye or na to except theirresolutions (this was done by a 3 personcommittee). We actually had a couple ofhours of free time between 2 and 5. Theyhad some tours planned but we had notsigned up for any. 5 pm to 6:30 was social/silent auction time, they sold special wineglasses on Friday and Saturday night for$10 which gave you 3 glasses of wine. Thewine came from their local winery and yougot to keep the glass.

Wow, they had about 70 plus silentauction items or more. When it was about6:20 they closed it down and then we hada lovely dinner. After which you went tothe items that you bid on and if you werethe last name on the sheet that item wasyours and you took it and the bid sheetto pay for it and you were done. We all 3left them some of our money. They haditems for all ages, babies and up. 6:30 thebanquet started, dinner, a couple of presi-dent’s awards and then the live auctionstarted. They had 34 live auctions itemsranging from prints to hunts in Argenti-na, juke box, hand made quilt and muchmore. They do not hold their award part ofit with the dinner part. 2 separate nights.

Well now it’s time to turn in and getpacked so after breakfasts on Sundaywe can get on the road. We stayed longenough to see the new president of CLCelected and off we were. The people werevery friendly and they really made us feelat home. So off we went. Roads were greatand we reached George Meyer’s home inMadison around 4 pm Sunday in whichGeorge & I still had another 99 miles togo to Oshkosh and then I picked up my carand headed 35 miles to home. Leah had togo to Stevens Point.

This round trip of 1236 miles was in-teresting and the company was great until

Leah McSherry, Education Outreach Co-ordinator/Wildlife Society UWSP (left)with 2nd VP George Borchert and PastPresident Lil Pipping.

WASHINGTON – Today, theU.S. Environmental Protec-tion Agency released the re-

sults of the first comprehensive surveylooking at the health of thousands ofstream and river miles across the coun-try, finding that more than half – 55 per-cent – are in poor condition for aquaticlife.

“The health of our Nation’s rivers,lakes, bays and coastal waters dependson the vast network of streams wherethey begin, and this new science showsthat America’s streams and rivers areunder significant pressure,” said Officeof Water Acting Assistant Administra-tor Nancy Stoner. “We must continue toinvest in protecting and restoring ournation’s streams and rivers as they arevital sources of our drinking water, pro-vide many recreational opportunities,and play a critical role in the economy.”

The 2008-2009 National Rivers andStream Assessment reflects the most re-cent data available, and is part of EPA’s

EPA Survey Finds More Than Half of the Nation’s River andStream Miles in Poor Conditionexpanded effort to monitor waterways inthe U.S. and gather scientific data on thecondition of the Nation’s water resources.

EPA partners, including states andtribes, collected data from approximately2,000 sites across the country. EPA, stateand university scientists analyzed thedata to determine the extent to whichrivers and streams support aquatic life,how major stressors may be affectingthem and how conditions are changingover time.

Findings of the assessment include:• Nitrogen and phosphorus are

at excessive levels. Twenty-seven per-cent of the nation’s rivers and streamshave excessive levels of nitrogen, and40 percent have high levels of phospho-rus. Too much nitrogen and phosphorusin the water—known as nutrient pollu-tion—causes significant increases in al-gae, which harms water quality, food re-sources and habitats, and decreases theoxygen that fish and other aquatic lifeneed to survive. Nutrient pollution has

impacted many streams, rivers, lakes,bays and coastal waters for the past sev-eral decades, resulting in serious envi-ronmental and human health issues, andimpacting the economy.

• Streams and rivers are at anincreased risk due to decreasedvegetation cover and increased hu-man disturbance. These conditions cancause streams and rivers to be more vul-nerable to flooding, erosion, and pollu-tion. Vegetation along rivers and streamsslows the flow of rainwater so it doesnot erode stream banks, removes pol-lutants carried by rainwater and helpsmaintain water temperatures that sup-port healthy streams for aquatic life. Ap-proximately 24 percent of the rivers andstreams monitored were rated poor dueto the loss of healthy vegetative cover.

• Increased bacteria levels. Highbacteria levels were found in nine per-cent of stream and river miles mak-ing those waters potentially unsafe forswimming and other recreation.

• Increased mercury levels. Morethan 13,000 miles of rivers have fish withmercury levels that may be unsafe forhuman consumption. For most people,the health risk from mercury by eatingfish and shellfish is not a health concern,but some fish and shellfish contain high-er levels of mercury that may harm anunborn baby or young child’s developingnervous system.

EPA plans to use this new data to in-form decision making about addressingcritical needs around the country for riv-ers, streams, and other waterbodies. Thiscomprehensive survey will also help de-velop improvements to monitoring theserivers and streams across jurisdictionalboundaries and enhance the ability ofstates and tribes to assess and managewater quality to help protect our water,aquatic life, and human health. Resultsare available for a dozen geographic andecological regions of the country.

I got about 5 miles from home and all ofa sudden in front of me were 4 big deeron the highway. I slammed on the breaksand everything flew off the seats and luckythe car behind me could stop or I would

have been wearing his car on my trunk. Sothat’s my story. Again, we are truly grate-ful that we were able to take part in thistrip and learning experience.

Lil Pipping


MADISON – Providing valu-able input and shaping de-cisions on the future of deer

management in Wisconsin is not justreserved for deer hunters. State wildlifeofficials want to hear from anyone inter-ested in deer, from farmers to landown-ers to wildlife watchers.

The Department of Natural Resourc-es has launched two new surveys to col-lect feedback from what is hoped to bea diverse set of interests representinghunters and non-hunters.

One survey, called the Deer Manage-ment Unit Survey will provide the valu-able local perspective the DNR and theNatural Resources Board will considerfor the 2013 hunting seasons. Surveyparticipants will be asked to choose theirpreferred deer management unit forwhich they will provide input. It can bethe unit the participant hunts in, lives inor is the most familiar with.

The survey asks whether the respon-dent hunts and if so, by which methodsand on private land, public land or bothand the type of deer the responded is in-terested in harvesting. Additional topicsinclude:

• past involvement with deer man-agement efforts;

• perception of the deer populationin the unit and whether there have beenmore or fewer deer in recent years;

• accuracy of the DNR populationestimate for the unit; how much impor-tance should be assigned to things likeagricultural and forestry wildlife dam-age, vehicle-deer collisions, hunter satis-faction and other topics;

• whether permit levels for the unitare too high, too low or acceptable levels;and

• what other information or infor-mation gathering tools the respondentwould be interested in having the DNRprovide.

The second survey, called the DeerTrustee Implementation Survey, focuseson broader long-term deer managementin Wisconsin and ways that it can be en-hanced.

This survey asks for county of resi-dence, landowner status, interest inwhite-tailed deer management, andwhether or not the respondent hunts.The survey also asks about:

• interest in a Deer ManagementAssistance Program that would provideprofessional assistance for managingdeer on their land;

• the importance of a variety of im-pacts the state’s deer herd has on otherresources

• issues identified in the Deer Trust-ee’s final report on actions Wisconsinshould take to establish regulations andseason structures, such as combiningDMUs, managing by county and limitingthe numbers of antlerless permits avail-able;

• opinions on baiting and feedingdeer and its impact on deer behavior anddisease transmission;

• opinions on deer herd health andchronic wasting disease and whetherand if so how the state should proceedwith efforts to control the spread of thedisease.

Additionally, opportunities toparticipate in meetings

A series of 34 public meetings to gath-er public input on what people would liketo see for a 2013 deer season structurebegan around the state this week andrun through the end of the month. Localwildlife biologists will be on hand to an-swer questions and talk about the cur-rent status of the local deer herd. Theywill listen to ideas and observations, anddiscuss possible strategies to manage theherd.

To find a meeting location and time,visit dnr.wi.gov and search keywords“Deer Hunter Forum.”

The public also has an opportunityto play an active role in shaping thelong-term future of deer management inWisconsin by participating in a series ofWisconsin’s Deer Trustee Report imple-mentation meetings. The report con-tains 62 recommendations assembled byJames Kroll, along with Gary Alt and Da-vid Guynn, who were commissioned bythe Gov. Scott Walker as the state’s deertrustees to perform an objective evalua-tion of deer management practices.

Four action teams have been formedto help move ideas from recommenda-tions to implementation on the ground.Each action team will be responsible forreviewing an area-specific grouping ofrecommendations pulled from the report.The team focus areas are: Deer Manage-ment Assistance Program; herd healthand chronic wasting disease; regulationsand season structure; and science andresearch.

Action teams will meet simultane-ously, so groups are encouraged to sendmultiple representatives if there is inter-est in serving on more than one actionteam. Additionally, those interested injoining a team must attend the April 6and all subsequent meetings. There willbe additional opportunities for input tothe action teams, but membership will befinalized on April 6.

Action team meetings are currentlyall scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. atthe UW-Stevens Point location above.The dates are April 6 and 27, May 18,June 8 and 29, and July 20, 2013. Allmeetings are scheduled to be completedby July 20 in order to meet deadlines forthe official rule making process. Peoplewho want to commit to serving on one ofthe action teams should attend the April6 meeting.

Both surveys will be available at thelocal DMU meetings, the Spring Conser-vation Congress Spring Hearings and thedeer trustee meetings as well as online.Hard copies can also be obtained by visit-ing a local DNR customer service centerand ask for a print out of the survey(s).

Public Asked to Participate inTwo Surveys on Deer Management

in Wisconsin

Guest speaker for the Wisconsin Deer Hunters, Inc. Annual Meeting was GeorgeMeyer (left), Executive Director of WWF, pictured with WWF President ChuckMatyska and Dennis Hoffman, President of Wisconsin Deer Hunters, Inc.

WWF meets with Wis. Deer Hunters, Inc.

Hi all,Deer capture is in the closing weeks for

the 2013 season and the number of bucks ra-diocollared in both study areas has alreadyreached goals we set at the beginning of theseason. Due to this success we have increasedour radiocollared buck goal to 40 new adultbucks and 45 new button bucks in each re-spective study area, which should enhanceour understanding of buck mortality. Ourexcellent and dedicated technicians, as wellas favorable winter snow and temperatures,have contributed greatly to capture successthis year. We plan to end capture at the end ofMarch, so there is still time to get out and par-ticipate. Nearly every day technicians are in-volving public and DNR volunteers in captureefforts, with many individuals coming back tohelp multiple times.

As of March 18th, in the northern studywe have captured 31 adult bucks, 39 buttonbucks, 95 does, and 96 recaptures. Similarly,in the eastern study area we have caught 32adult bucks, 46 button bucks, 55 does, and 38recaptures. Below are a few pictures from re-cent field activities. Capture mortality is cur-rently at 3% and as in the past we will have

Brittany (eastern crew leader) and studentvolunteers from the University of Wisconsinwaiting for a deer to run into the capture net.

A few members of the eastern crew settingup a drop net used to capture deer.

Deer Mortality Updateall capture related deaths necropsied by thewildlife health lab.

If you or someone you know wants to helpthis winter in the northern study area (Win-ter, WI) call 608-219-0771 to get scheduled orin the eastern area (Shiocton, WI) call 920-373-3565. As a reminder, we have also gottenapproval to do fawn capture this spring andhave started ordering equipment and plan-ning for that as well. The 2011–2012 annualreport is now posted on our website for down-load by looking under the “Resources” headingon the website found here: (http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wildlifehabitat/research/whitetailed-deer.html).

Also, I recently worked with our WDNRmedia specialist to put together a video em-phasizing our request for research volunteers,it can be found here: http://youtu.be/bP1CK-BYvfWE. We will be adding additional infor-mation and pictures and videos to the websitewhen we can. Please let me know if you haveany other questions or concerns and I hopeyou get a chance to muddy up your clotheswith a buck or fawn capture!

Take care,Jared Duquette

SPOONER – Aerial surveys wereconducted recently by the Depart-ment of Natural Resources in the

Shell Lake area to help provide an index onthe number of deer within the survey area, aswell as identifying areas with especially highconcentrations of deer.

The survey focused on the areas nearShell Lake where a sick deer was discoveredin November 2011. It was tested and found tobe positive for chronic wasting ting disease(CWD).

The surveys covered an area of 36 squaremiles. Transects were flown a quarter-mileapart, totaling 144 linear miles surveyed. TwoDNR observers and a pilot with extensive aer-

Aerial Deer Survey of Shell LakeArea Completed

ial survey experience conducted the survey.An average of 465 deer was observed re-

cently during two, fix-wing aerial surveys.DNR wildlife biologists were able to identifymultiple areas containing high concentra-tions of deer. Several of these concentrationsare within 1 mile of the site where the initialCWD positive deer was detected. One illegalfeeding site was also detected.

While an important tool for surveyingwildlife populations, including deer, research-ers said only 50- to 60-percent of deer presentare typically seen during aerial observations.The ability to see deer from the air is effectedby aircraft speed, topography and forest den-sity.

Upon receiving annual tribal wall-eye harvest declarations from theChippewa tribes for waters in the

Ceded Territory covering the northern thirdof Wisconsin, DNR analysis indicates thatof the 535 lakes named for harvest, 197 werenamed at a level that will result in a one-walleye daily bag limit for anglers.

Waters named at a one-walleye bag limitinclude the Three Lakes Chain, part of theEagle Chain and a number of popular wall-eye fisheries in northwest Wisconsin.

Of the remaining 338 declared waters,331 will have a two-walleye daily bag limit,and seven will have a three-walleye daily baglimit.

The number of lakes declared is similar topast years. However, the percent of these lakesdeclared at a one-walleye bag limit is muchhigher than usual. Within the past 15 yearsno more than 10 lakes have been declared ata one-walleye bag limit in one year, and thattotal was reduced to five lakes before spearingstarted.

The Tribes do not always take as manyfish as they declare. When that happens, an-gler bag limits on individual lakes are re-adjusted when spearing activity diminishes,based on the percentage of walleye actuallytaken.

As part of this year’s declarations, the Lacdu Flambeau Tribe has named 232 of their233 total lakes at a two-fish daily bag limit.The lakes had previously been set at a three-bag limit as part of a long-standing Memo-randum of Agreement between the DNR andLac du Flambeau. Lac du Flambeau’s un-precedented change in declarations effective-ly terminated the 16-year Agreement.

As part of the Agreement, the Tribe re-ceived $84,500 from the state to maintainthe three-walleye bag limit. They also re-ceived revenue generated through sales ofsnowmobile, ATV and fishing license sales

DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp Statement on 2013Walleye Declarations by Chippewa Tribes

on reservation. Based on the tribe’s breach ofthe Agreement, the department has no choicebut to withhold the payment and the licenserevenue.

In response, DNR Secretary Cathy Stepphas issued the following statement:

“Wisconsin’s strong walleye fishery andthe tourism it produces are very importantin northern Wisconsin. As Secretary of theDepartment of Natural Resources, sustain-ing our fishery is foremost in my priorities.

The Chippewa tribes are acting lawfullywithin their treaty rights. However, over thepast 10 years, we have seen a maximum of10 lakes declared at one time for one-wall-eye bag limits. This drastic increase in lakesnamed at a one-walleye bag limit is signifi-cant, unprecedented, and a challenge to long-standing partnerships.

I remain committed to building on thesuccessful partnerships we have expandedupon and enjoyed together over my two yearsas DNR Secretary. However, I will stand upfor state interests, including angler harvestopportunities and the benefits they bring tolocal economies.

Be assured, the increased declarations donot endanger the fishery. The DNR managesthe fishery and has developed a nationallyrespected system designed to protect waterbodies from over harvest.

Over the next few weeks, DNR aims towork with the tribes in an effort to negotiatea reduction in their declarations.

We have displayed a willingness to coop-erate and negotiate with all of Wisconsin’stribes, and we have many success storiesthat represent that partnership.

We will continue to be available to workwith the Chippewa tribes for the propermanagement of our state’s abundant and im-portant natural resources. All of Wisconsin’scitizens--tribal and non-tribal--expect anddeserve that.”


2013-2014 Ceded Territory Walleye Bag LimitsInland waters not listed below have a total daily bag limit of 5, unless listed in the regulation pamphlet as a special regulation water. THESE BAG LIMITS ARE EFFECTIVE FROM MAY 4, 2013 TO MARCH2, 2014 INCLUSIVE.

The total daily bag limit for walleyes is five. If the lake you are fishing has a bag limit less than five, you can fish other lakes to fill your daily bag limit. While fishing, you cannot possess fish in excess of thatlake’s daily bag limit. Therefore, remember to remove all fish from your boat prior to fishing on a second lake that also has a restricted bag limit.

ASHLAND COUNTY BAG LIMITBear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Galilee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Gordon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Mineral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

BARRON COUNTYBear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Beaver Dam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Big Dummy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Big Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Granite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Horseshoe (115ac; T36N-R14E-S3) . .1Horseshoe (377ac; T34N-R14E-S6) . .1Lake Chetek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Lower Devils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Lower Turtle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Lower Vermilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Mud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Pokegama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Poskin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Prairie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Red Cedar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Staples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Upper Devils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Upper Turtle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

BAYFIELD COUNTYAtkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Bladder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Diamond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Middle Eau Claire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Namekagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Pike Chain (Buskey Bay, Hart,

Millicent, & Twin Bear Lakes) . . . . . .2Siskiwit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Upper Eau Claire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

BURNETT COUNTYBig McKenzie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Clam R Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Devils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Dunham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Lipsett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Little Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Rooney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Yellow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

CHIPPEWA COUNTYChain (Chippewa/Rusk Cos.) . . . . . . .2Holcombe Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Sand (Chippewa/Rusk Cos.) . . . . . . . .1Wissota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

DOUGLAS COUNTYAmnicon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Dowling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lower Eau Claire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Minnesuing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Nebagamon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Upper St Croix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Whitefish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

DUNN COUNTYTainter L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

FLORENCE COUNTYEmily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Fay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Fisher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Halsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Keyes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Patten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Pine R Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Sea Lion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

FOREST COUNTYArbutus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Butternut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Crane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Ground Hemlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Howell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Jungle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Lily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Little Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lucerne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Metonga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Pickerel (Forest/ Langlade Cos.) . . . . .1Pine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Range Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Stevens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Trump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

IRON COUNTYBig Pine (632 ac; T41N-R3E-S36). . . .2Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Fisher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Gile Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lake of the Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lower Springstead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Martha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Mercer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Pardee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Pike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Pine (312 ac; T44N-R3E-S29). . . . . . .1Randall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Sandy Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Spider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Trude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Turtle-Flambeau Flowage . . . . . . . . . .2

LANGLADE COUNTYBig Twin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Goto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Jessie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Moccasin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Mueller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Otter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Pickerel (Forest/ Langlade Cos.) . . . . .1Rolling Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Sawyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Summit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Upper Post. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

LINCOLN COUNTYAlexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Alice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Deer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Jersey City Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Mohawksin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Rice Reservoir/Nokomis Chain

(includes Rice R. Flowage,Nokomis and Bridge Lakes). . . . . . .2

Spirit R Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

MARATHON COUNTYBig Eau Pleine Reservoir. . . . . . . . . . .1

MARINETTE COUNTYBig Newton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Caldron Falls Reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . .1High Falls Reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Hilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Johnson Falls Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . .1Little Newton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Oneonta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Sandstone Flowage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

OCONTO COUNTYArchibald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Crooked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Horn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1John. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Maiden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Munger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Paya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Townsend Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Waubee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Wheeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

ONEIDA COUNTYAldridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Alva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Bass (124 ac; T37N-R9E-S31) . . . . . .1Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Bearskin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Big Carr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Big Fork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Big . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Big Stone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Bolger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Boom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Booth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Buckskin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Burrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Carrol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Clear (846 ac; T39N-R7E-S16) . . . . . .2Clear (36 ac; T36N-R9E-S10) . . . . . . .2Clear (30 ac; T37N-R7E-S24) . . . . . . .1Clear (62 ac; T38N-R8E-S2) . . . . . . . .1Clearwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Creek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Crescent (612 ac;T36N-R8E-S21) . . .2Crooked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Cunard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Currie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Dam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Deer (177 ac; T38N-R11E-S10) . . . . .1Diamond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Dog (37 ac; T39N-R8E-S18) . . . . . . . .2Dog (216 ac; T38N-R11E-S1) . . . . . . .1E Horsehead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Fifth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Fourmile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Fourth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Fuller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Garth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1George. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Gilmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Hancock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Hasbrook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Hat Rapids Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Hemlock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Hixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Hodstradt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Indian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Jennie Webber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Julia (238 ac; Rhinelander) . . . . . . . . .1Julia (401 ac; T38N-R11E-S1). . . . . . .1Kate Pier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Kathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Katherine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Kawaguesaga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Killarney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Laurel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Little Bearskin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Little Carr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Little Fork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Lone Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Long (620 ac; T39 R11E S8) . . . . . . . .1Long (113 ac; T37N-R7E-S10) . . . . . .1Long (56 ac; T39N-R10E-S3) . . . . . . .1Lost (155 ac; T38N-R9E-S24) . . . . . . .1Lower Kaubashine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Lumen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Manson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Maple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Margaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Mars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1McCormick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Mercer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Mid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Mildred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Minocqua. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Moccasin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Moen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Mud (41 ac; T38N-R7E-S8) . . . . . . . . .1Mud (124 ac; T38N-R11E-S1) . . . . . . .1Muskellunge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Muskie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2N Nokomis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2N Two. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Oatmeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Oneida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Paradise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Pelican. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Pickerel (736 ac; T39N-R8E-S18) . . . .2Pickerel (49 ac; T38N-R9E-S31) . . . . .2Pier (257 ac; T37N-R4E-S3) . . . . . . . .1Pine (203 ac; T39N-R4E-S36). . . . . . .1Pine (240 ac; T37N-R9E-S4). . . . . . . .2Planting Ground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Prairie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Rainbow Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Range Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Rhinelander Flowage. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Rice Reservoir/Nokomis Chain

(includes Rice R. Flowage,Nokomis and Bridge Lakes). . . . . . .2

Rocky Run Flowage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1S Pine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1S Two. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Sand (540 ac; T39N R9E S20) . . . . . .2Second . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Sevenmile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Seventeen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Shepard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Shishebogama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Skunk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Soo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Spider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Squash (392 ac; T36N-R7E-S24) . . . .2Squaw (Vilas/ Oneida Cos.) . . . . . . . .2Squirrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Stella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Stone (248 ac; T39N-R4E-S27). . . . . .1Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Sunset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Swamp (296 ac; T36N-R6E-S6) . . . . .1Swamsauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Sweeney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Tamarack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Third . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Thunder (172 ac; T37N R9E S32) . . . .1Thunder (1768 ac;T38NR10E S3). . . .2Tim Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Tom Doyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Tomahawk Lake Chain (includes

Tomahawk and Little Tomahawk) . . .2Townline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Turtle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Two Sisters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Upper Kaubashine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Venus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Virgin (276 ac; T38N-R11E-S14). . . . .2W Horsehead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Walters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Whitefish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Wildwood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Willow Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Willow Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

POLK COUNTYBalsam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Big Butternut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Big Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Half Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Indianhead Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1N Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Wapogasset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

PRICE COUNTYButternut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Duroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lac Sault Dore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Long (419 ac.; T37N R01W S14). . . . .2Long (238 ac.; T39N R02W S30). . . . .2Pike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Pixley Flowage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Solberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

RUSK COUNTYChain (Chippewa/ Rusk Cos.) . . . . . . .2Dairyland Reservoir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Potato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Pulaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Sand (Chippewa/ Rusk Cos.) . . . . . . .1

SAWYER COUNTYBarber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Chetac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Chippewa Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Connors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Durphee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Grindstone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lac Courte Oreilles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Little Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lost Land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Sissabagama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Spider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Teal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Tiger Cat Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Whitefish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Windfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Windigo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

ST. CROIx COUNTYCedar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

TAYLOR COUNTYRib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

VILAS COUNTYAlder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Allequash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Alma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Annabelle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Anvil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Apeekwa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Armour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Arrowhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Ballard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Beaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Belle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Benson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Big Arbor Vitae. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Big (T42N R06E S04; Hwy K) . . . . . . .2Big(T43N R08E S24;Cisco Chain) . . .2Big Crooked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Big Donahue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Big Gibson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Big Hurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Big Kitten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Big Muskellunge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Big Portage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Big Sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Big St. Germain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Black Oak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Boot (284 ac; T40N-R9E-S2). . . . . . . .2Boot (29 ac; T44N-R6E-S33). . . . . . . .2Boulder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Brandy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Catfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Circle Lily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Cleveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Cochran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Crab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Crampton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Cranberry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Crystal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Dead Pike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Deer (65 ac; T42N-R10E-S30) . . . . . .2Deer (37 ac; T43N-R5E-S10) . . . . . . .2Deerskin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Diamond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Dorothy Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2E Ellerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Eleanore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Erickson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Fawn (22 ac; T40N-R8E-S30) . . . . . . .2Fawn (74 ac; T42N-R5E-S11) . . . . . . .2Finger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Fishtrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Found . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Harris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Hiawatha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Horsehead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Imogene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Irving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Jag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Jenny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Katinka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Kentuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Kenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Kildare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lac Des Fleurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lac Vieux Desert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Laura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Little Arbor Vitae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Little Crooked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Little Horsehead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Little John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Little Papoose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Little Portage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Little Rice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Little Spider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Little St. Germain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Little Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Little Trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lone Pine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Loon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lost Canoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lower Aimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lower Buckatabon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lynx (22 ac; T40N-R10E-S15). . . . . . .2Lynx (339 ac; T43N-R7E-S18). . . . . . .2Mamie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Manitowish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Mann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2McCullough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Mermaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Meta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Middle Gresham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Moccasin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Morton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Murphy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Muskellunge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2N Crab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2N Turtle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Nelson (104 ac; T40N-R9E-S22). . . . .2Nixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2No Mans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Norwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Otter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Oxbow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Papoose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Partridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Pickerel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Pine Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Pioneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Plum (1033 ac; T41N-R7E-S36) . . . . .2Plum (100 ac; T44N-R42W-S12) . . . . .2Presque Isle Chain (Averil, Presque

Isle & Van Vliet Lakes) . . . . . . . . . . .2Rainbow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Razorback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Roach (51 ac; T40N-R7E-S9) . . . . . . .2Roach (125 ac; T43N-R8E-S7) . . . . . .3Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Rush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Sanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Scattering Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Snipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2S Turtle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Spectacle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Spider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Squaw (Vilas/ Oneida Cos.) . . . . . . . .2Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Stateline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Sturgeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Sumach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Tenderfoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Towanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Trout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Twin Lake Chain (includes North

and South Twin Lakes). . . . . . . . . . .2Upper Aimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Upper Buckatabon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Upper Gresham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Vance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Voyageur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2W Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2W Plum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2W Witches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Watersmeet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2White Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Wh. Sand (T42N R7E S27;HwyK) . . . .2Wild Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Wildcat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Wolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Yellow Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

WASHBURN COUNTYBalsam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Bass (130 ac; T37N-R10W-S7) . . . . . .1Bass Patterson (188 ac.) . . . . . . . . . . .1Big Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Middle McKenzie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Minong Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Nancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Shell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

SPECIAL SIZE AND BAG LIMITS:

WALLEYE IN LAC DU FLAMBEAURESERVATION WATERS:There is a bag limit of three and aminimum length limit of 18” for walleyeon the following waters:1. Shishebogama Lake, Oneida

County;2. Big Crooked Lake, T41N R5E S22,

Vilas County;3. Gunlock Lake, Vilas County;4. Lac du Flambeau Chain, including

Big Crawling Stone, Little CrawlingStone, Little Sand, Fence, Flam-beau, Long, Interlaken, Moss, NorthPlacid, Pokegama, South Placid,To-To-Tom, White Sand (T41N R5ES27) and Whitefish Lakes and allconnecting waters, Vilas County;

5. Little Trout Lake, Vilas County.

MUSKELLUNGE IN LAC DU FLAM-BEAU RESERVATION WATERS:There is a minimum length limit formuskellunge of 40” on all waters that liewithin the Lac du Flambeau reserva-tion.


MAZOMANIE, Wis. – In a re-newed effort to curb illicitsex in public, drug use and

cruising on Mazomanie Beach, the De-partment of Natural Resources todayannounced that it is closing the entireproperty including the beach, islandsimmediately off the beach, and woodedareas to all public access either from thewater or land Monday through Fridayfrom today through September 15. Insubsequent years the closure will be ineffect March 1 through Sept. 15.

The beach will be open for public rec-reation Saturday and Sunday from 6a.m. to 8 p.m. throughout the year. Newsignage is being prepared and will be in-stalled as quickly as possible, accordingto property managers.

“The goal of this closure is to makeMazomanie Beach a safe and enjoyableenvironment for everyone who visits orfloats past the area,” said DNR Conser-vation Warden Nate Kroeplin. “It is clearfrom our records that the majority of il-licit activity is taking place on weekdays.Along with the closure we will add extra

law enforcement presence.”This closure expands upon an existing

closure of wooded areas of the propertythat left the beach area open and is thelatest in a series of access policies the de-partment has implemented over severalseasons in an attempt to curb sexual ac-tivity, drug use, cruising for sex and com-plaints.

The beach along the Lower WisconsinRiver located in the northwest corner ofDane County in the Town of Mazomaniehas attracted people to its open and ex-pansive shoreline for decades. Propertyalong the river was acquired in par-cels by the State of Wisconsin since the1950s to provide a full range of naturebased activities including hiking, wild-life viewing, hunting, fishing and wild-life habitat.

National websites have portrayedMazomanie Beach as a destination spotfor naturist activity. Some individualsfrom states as far away as Florida havetraveled to the beach for this and to lookfor a sexual encounter. Illegal drug usehas also been documented.

DNR To Close All of MazomanieBeach on Weekdays

FITCHBURG, Wis. – Alert troutanglers’ reports to state fish bi-ologists have brought to light

a potential threat to Wisconsin’s nativebrook trout, and all trout anglers are nowbeing asked to help track that threat.

Populations of a small parasitic crus-tacean – called a copepod by scientistsbut known commonly as gill lice – appearto be increasing in some southwesternWisconsin trout streams.

Brook trout and gill lice have alwayslived together in Wisconsin streams, ac-cording to Department of Natural Re-sources fisheries biologists, but recentlythe balance appears to be tipping towardhigher gill lice numbers in some streams.The creature attaches to a brook trout’sgills making it difficult for the fish tobreath and slowing normal growth anddevelopment. This increase in gill licein some streams may be reducing troutnumbers.

DNR fish scientists will be taking acloser look at gill lice in select Wiscon-sin trout streams during the 2013 fieldseason seeking a better understand-ing of why gill lice populations may beincreasing and where they are increas-ing. In addition to streamside research,a website has been set up to make it easyfor anglers across the state to report theappearance or absence of gill lice in thestreams they fish.

“Gill lice are not new in Wisconsinstreams,” said Matthew Mitro, researchscientist with the DNR Bureau of Sci-ence Services, “they’ve always lived inbalance with our native brook trout withneither having a significant negative im-pact on the other. Many trout anglers arefamiliar with them and the lice pose nothreat to human health. What is new tous was an increasing number of anglerstelling our fish biologists about increasesin gill lice in waters where they’d seenfew or none previously. That’s what gotour attention.

“Reports from anglers of a growinggill lice population in some streams firststarted coming in 2010 and 2011. Ourearly survey work in 2012 showed adramatic increase in infections betweenApril and October 2012 in one streamwhere in April, 42 percent of fish sur-veyed had the lice. By October we found95 percent infected. This is far ahead ofanything we’d expect to find. Many of theinfected fish had high numbers of the gilllice. With so many fish infected so heav-ily the end result may be lower growthrates, smaller fish, a higher death rateand a smaller brook trout population inthe stream.”

While researchers know that gill lice

Trout Anglers Being Asked to ReportIncidents of Gill Lice in Brook Trout

have been present all along they don’thave good knowledge of how widespreadthey are in Wisconsin’s trout streams orat what level. There are historic anec-dotal reports of severe infections in SeasBranch, a small creek in Vernon County,and Duncan Creek in Chippewa County,but nowhere else. Wisconsin fisheries sci-entists know that gill lice are present inother states with native brook trout pop-ulations, such as Minnesota, but littlehard data are available.

Partners lend a hand“This is where Wisconsin trout an-

glers can really help us document theconcern,” said Mitro. “It’s through a pro-cess called citizen-based monitoring anddoesn’t require any science training toparticipate.

“All trout anglers are asked to do is gofishing, as they would otherwise, and foreach location they fish, fill out a simplereport on the species of trout caught andif they observed any gill lice on brooktrout. It’s equally important to reportwhen they didn’t observe any gill licewhere they fished. Location informationis general so favorite fishing spots arenot disclosed.”

Survey information will go into amaster database and will be available tothe public as the information is entered.

A website has been set up for the an-gler reports with the help of WisconsinTrout Unlimited which maintains thewebsite and the River Alliance of Wis-consin. The effort is funded by a CitizenBased Monitoring grant.

Potential long-term impactsMitro says it is too early in this in-

vestigation into gill lice populations toidentify trends but suggests the lice areappearing in younger trout more fre-quently than before, potentially affectingpopulation growth.

During the 2012 field season re-searchers found trout less than one yearof age with the parasites. Slower growthand development in young-of-the-yearfish means surviving their first winteris more of a challenge. This in turn maynegatively affect brook trout populationgrowth rates.

“There are a number of factors wehope to evaluate as we look into thismore deeply,” says Mitro. “We just do notknow at this time how things like watertemperature, fish population density, thepresence or absence of other trout speciesand the physical characteristics of troutstream habitat may contribute to an in-crease in gill lice, if at all. These are someof the questions we hope to answer.”

Anew marsh boardwalk at Hori-con Marsh, a new accessiblecabin at Harrington Beach

State Park and a group picnic shelterat Rib Mountain State Park are amongthe improvements that will be madethanks to 16 state park friends groupsthat received matching grants from theKnowles Nelson Stewardship Program.

The State of Wisconsin Building Com-mission last month approved the releaseof $248,600 in Stewardship property de-velopment funds for the 16 friends groupprojects that will begin this spring andsummer after contracts are issued inearly March 2013. These friends groupsare providing a total of $668,000 in cashmatch for these projects.

A friends group is a group of peoplewho have an interest in Wisconsin’s nat-ural resources and who volunteer theirtime, services and support in order toenhance one of Wisconsin’s state parks,forests, trails and other properties.

There are more than 80 individualfriends groups for parks, forests, trails,nature centers and other properties inWisconsin, organized under an overallumbrella group, the Friends of WisconsinState Parks.

“These friends groups allow us tomake improvements to parks, trails andother properties that would not be pos-sible without their support, both finan-cially and through volunteer hours,” saysPatty Loosen, friends group coordinatorfor the Wisconsin state parks program.

The friends group projects that wereapproved by the building commission in-clude:

• Friends of Big Foot Beach StatePark, prairie & woodland restoration;interpretative signs at Big Foot BeachState Park.

• Friends of Browntown – CadizSprings, playground replacement at Ca-diz Springs Recreation Area.

• Friends of Cedarburg Bog, invasivespecies removal at Cedarburg Bog StateNatural Area.

• Friends of Devil’s Lake State Park,picnic area and campground infrastruc-ture improvements at Devil’s Lake StatePark.

• Friends of Harrington Beach State

16 ‘Friends Groups’ ReceiveStewardship Grants for State Park,

Forest and Trail ImprovementsPark, the second phase of accessiblecabin construction at Harrington BeachState Park.

• Heritage Hill Foundation, land-scaping and storm water management atHeritage Hill State Historical Park.

• Friends of High Cliff State Park thesecond phase of a butterfly pond recon-struction at High Cliff State Park.

• Friends of Red Cedar State Trail& Hoffman Hills, prairie restoration atHoffman Hills State Recreation Area.

• Friends of Horicon Marsh StateWildlife Area, marsh boardwalk con-struction at Horicon Marsh State Wild-life Area.

• Ice Age Trail Alliance, mobile skillscrew training for the Ice Age Trail.

• Friends of Interstate State Park,development of a beach house education-al center at Interstate State Park.

• Friends of Kohler-Andrae Inc.,bench & deck replacement at Kohler An-drae State Park.

• Friends of Lapham Peak, invasivespecies removal, snow making equip-ment and interpretive exhibits for theLapham Peak Unit of the Kettle MoraineState Forest.

• Friends of Peninsula State Park,nature center walkway renovation atPeninsula State Park.

• Friends of Rib Mountain StatePark, construction of a group picnic shel-ter at Rib Mountain State Park.

• Friends of Wyalusing State Park,Peterson shelter electrical upgrade atWyalusing State Park.

To located a state park property,search the DNR website dnr.wi.gov for“find a park.” To locate all DNR proper-ties search “state lands.”

The Wisconsin Legislature createdthe Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Pro-gram in 1989 to preserve valuable natu-ral areas and wildlife habitat, protectwater quality and fisheries, and expandopportunities for outdoor recreation.The property development and local as-sistance portion of the Stewardship pro-gram provides grants to friends groupsand non-profit conservation organiza-tions for property development activitieson DNR land.

MADISON -- Figures just infrom the 2011 U.S. Censusshow Wisconsin’s forests

aren’t just growing trees, they are grow-ing jobs, with nearly 60,000 people work-ing in forest-related positions statewidein about 1,300 businesses.

“Wisconsin continues to lead the na-tion in the value of forest products pro-duced, demonstrating how our forestsare the foundation of one of Wisconsin’smost important economic sectors,” saidPaul DeLong, chief forester for the De-partment of Natural Resources. “Thoughthe sustainable harvesting of timber canbe visually concerning to some right afterharvest, the resulting values include notonly wood products but habitat for somehighly desired wildlife and a healthy,growing forest that will produce an arrayof benefits long into the future.”

The data also indicate the forest prod-ucts industry has held its own duringthe economy’s recent ride on the rollercoaster.

“Significantly, the forest product in-dustry’s importance as a percentage ofmanufacturing has stayed roughly thesame as before the downturn,” said Rog-er Nacker, an economist and presidentof the Wisconsin Economic DevelopmentInstitute. Nacker analyzes economic re-ports for the DNR Division of Forestry.

Steven Hubbard, DNR forest prod-ucts services specialist, notes the growth

Latest U.S. Census Figures ShowWisconsin’s Forest Industry Steady in

Rebuilding Economyin the forest products industry is goodnews for the entire state. For starters,last year the 2010 U.S. Census figuresshowed the industry had about 56,500employees. The newly released figuresshow an industry job growth to 58,136.

Add to that a growth in the value ofshipments to $19 billion – up from about$17 billion in 2010.

“This is why Wisconsin’s forests arethe foundation of one of the most diverseeconomic sectors – and one of the stron-gest,” Hubbard said.

Wisconsin’s forest industry includesfirms in the North American IndustryClassification System, wood and woodproducts sector, and the furniture andfixtures and the paper and allied prod-ucts sectors. Add to that the 270 firmsin forestry and logging with a payroll ofmore than $27 million and 800 employ-ees. Nursery and tree production also arein addition to these numbers.

The forest products industry also sup-ports thousands of related jobs, includingthose producing specialized machineryfor the forest products and paper indus-tries.

Overall, the industry contributesabout $2.6 billion annually in wages tothe Wisconsin economy, and supportsabout $228,000 in state and local taxes.


Preliminary results from system-atic monitoring of Wisconsinlakes for aquatic invasive spe-

cies confirm that boaters, not ducks orother birds, are spreading the invadersaround, state and University of Wiscon-sin-Madison researchers say.

None of the wilderness lakes surveyed– those in remote places and easily acces-sible only to wildlife – had any invasivespecies present while there was a directlink between the presence of invasivespecies and boat access from public andprivate property.

Thirty percent of the lakes with boataccess, however, had Eurasian water-milfoil, 18 percent of the suitable lakessurveyed with boat access had zebramussels, and three lake systems withboat access had spiny water fleas.

“The fact that accessible lakes arethe ones that are invaded indicates thatthese species are moved by boaters,” saysAlex Latzka, a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student involved inthe research. “While birds could trans-port invasive species from one lake toanother, our finding that remote lakesdo not have invasive species strongly in-dicates that birds are not an importantfactor.”

In recent years, DNR and the UW-Madison have collectively surveyed 450lakes for aquatic invasive species like ze-bra mussels, Eurasian water-milfoil andspiny water fleas.

UW-Madison researchers looked foraquatic invasive species in a range oflakes, including wilderness lakes.

DNR focused its sampling on thoselakes more likely to have invasive spe-cies present because they had boat ac-cess that ranged from wide, paved publicboat launches to private boat launchesto yard access. DNR is two years into its5-year sampling effort to understand theprevalence of aquatic invasive species inlakes statewide and also to understandwhether efforts to slow the spread areworking.

Two years of sampling is not enoughto tell if the rate of spread is slowing inlakes with boat access, although there

Monitoring Confirms that Boaters,Not Ducks, Moving Aquatic Invasive

Species Aroundare some positive signs, says Scott VanEgeren, the DNR limnologist who coordi-nated DNR’s sampling over the past twoyears.

• The number of lakes DNR sur-veyed and found with the different in-vasive species was about the same forboth years. Finishing up the five years ofmonitoring will help provide informationon the rate of the spread.

• Most lakes with boat access werestill free of the worst invasive species;70 percent of the lakes with public ac-cess surveyed were free of Eurasian wa-ter-milfoil, despite the fact the invasiveplant has been present in Wisconsin formore than 50 years and is considered arelatively widespread aquatic invasivespecies. And 82 percent of suitable lakeswith public access are still clear of zebramussels, present inland for more than 20years.

“While we did find one or more inva-sive species in many of the lakes withprivate and public boat access, the preva-lence of any one of them is relatively lowgiven that some of these invasive specieshave been present in Wisconsin watersfor decades,” Van Egeren says.

Bob Wakeman, who coordinates DNRresponse to aquatic invasive species,says the preliminary results underscorehow important it is that boaters take therequired steps to prevent the spread ofaquatic invasive species.

Regulations since 2006 for oceangoingships have effectively halted the intro-duction to the Great Lakes of new inva-sive species, Wakeman says, “so it’s upto boaters to keep those invasive speciesalready in the Great Lakes from beingspread to inland lakes.

“Out of 184 invasive species intro-duced to Lake Michigan over the pastcentury, just 29 have made it to inlandWisconsin lakes,” Wakeman says. “Boat-ers have done a good job in recent yearsin following the rules, and they can con-tinue to keep the damaging species out ofinland waters as long as they take a fewminutes to take some simple steps. “Andwe’re happy to say that ducks are not go-ing to undo your hard work!”

Turkey hunters interested inhunting in a Wisconsin statepark during the 2013 Wiscon-

sin spring turkey hunting season shouldnote that the 16 state parks that wereopen to spring turkey hunting prior to2013 are still designated as special tur-key hunting zones.

“To hunt in state park turkey zones,a person must have a turkey huntingpermit that is issued specifically for thatzone,” said Scott Loomans, wildlife regu-lations specialist for the Department ofNatural Resources. “The new law open-ing state park properties to hunting didnot eliminate the established state parkturkey zones that are set in current ad-ministrative codes.”

All state park properties, includingstate park turkey zones, are only openfor the first three turkey hunting pe-riods, which end April 30; they are notopen for the last three periods. Under itsauthority under Act 168 to restrict hunt-ing in parks for safety reasons, the stateNatural Resources Board limited hunt-ing in the spring from April 1 throughthe Tuesday nearest May 3.

State park spring turkey zone per-mits are issued through the same permitapplication process as permits for regu-lar turkey zones. Hunters had to applyfor those permits by the Dec. 10 applica-tion deadline, and all available permitsfor state park units were issued throughthe application process, so there are nogeneral state parks zone permits avail-able for over-the-counter sales.

Loomans says any of the new stateparks that will be open beginning in thespring of 2013 for turkey hunting will

Existing Wisconsin State Park Turkey Hunting Zones Remain in PlaceHunters need park-specific permit to hunt those parks; other parks are open to any hunters

not have their own special zone numberassigned. These parks will be open tohunting by any person who holds a tur-key hunting permit for the general tur-key hunting zone (zones 1-7) which thatparticular state park is located within.

Wisconsin State Park Director DanSchuller said the eventual goal will be toeliminate the existing state park turkeyzones.

“Until those rules are changed, peopleinterested in hunting in any of the 16established state park turkey zones willhave to continue to apply for a permit tohunt in any of those state parks,” Schul-ler said.

State parks that have turkey zonesinclude: Belmont Mound, Buckhorn,Devil’s Lake, Governor Dodge, HartmanCreek, Interstate, Mirror Lake, Natu-ral Bridge, Nelson Dewey, New GlarusWoods, Newport, Rocky Arbor, StraightLake, Wildcat Mountain, Willow Riverand Wyalusing, and the Loew Lake Unitof Kettle Moraine State Forest. Some ofthose state park zones are only open tohunters with disabilities who have beenissued either a Class A or Class C Dis-abled Hunter Permit.

A list of the state parks which havetheir own special zone designation, aswell as a map of the state turkey man-agement zones can be found in the SmallGame and Turkey Hunting regulationspamphlet.

The Wisconsin Legislature approvedAct 168, known as the Sporting Heri-tage Bill, last year with a broad goal ofincreasing participating in hunting, fish-ing and trapping. Among other things,Act 168: provided first-time hunters, an-

MADISON – People who wantto learn more about or justexplore a wide variety of Wis-

consin natural resources can begin sign-ing up March 20 for any of the more than120 field trips being offered this summerand fall by the Natural Resources Foun-dation of Wisconsin in partnership withthe Department of Natural Resourcesand other environmental educators.

“Any family is really missing out iftheir summer plans don’t include help-ing band fawns or elk, birding by ca-noe on the Wisconsin River, or hangingout with biologists as they electroshockstreams, search for mussels, or monitorbats,” said Ruth Oppedahl, Natural Re-sources Foundation executive director.

These are among some of the morepopular types of field trips offered. Thefield trips are guided by experts, includ-ing many DNR staff, who help peoplediscover some of the best-kept secretsof state parks, state natural areas andother locations.

Oppedahl said some of the more popu-lar field trips fill up quickly, “so the soon-er you sign up the better your chancesfor getting into the field trips you aremost interested in, but there are lots oftrips offered, so if you don’t get into yourfirst choice, there are many other oppor-tunities.”

The field trips take place in just aboutevery corner of the state. Field trips in-clude:

• Mississippi River Eagle Nest andWarblers Boat Cruise, Crawford County,May 11

• Fawn Search & Collaring, Outaga-mie County, May 25 or 26

• Stream Ecology at Black EarthCreek, Dane County, June 1

• Bog Vs. Swamp in Florence County,June 14

• Treasures in the Stream: NativeMussels, Waukesha County on July 20,or Meridian County on July 27

• Wetlands of Northwest Wisconsin,Burnett County, Aug. 24

• Bat Swarm at Neda Mine, DodgeCounty, Aug. 23 or Sept. 20

• Tiffany Bottoms Antique TrainRide Plus Birds & Bluff Prairie Hike, Pe-pin County, Sept. 8

A complete list of field trips can bedownloaded from Natural Resources

Foundation website: www.WisConserva-tion.org.

All field trip participants must be amember of the Natural Resources Foun-dation to register, and can sign up fourguests for up to five field trips. Currentmembers receive exclusive early-birdregistration, which opens at noon onWed., March 20. People can become afoundation member online for $25 perperson or $40 per family before March20 and take advantage of the early-birdregistration.

After April 1, registration opens to thegeneral public, who can register with adiscounted $15 foundation membership.

Most trips have a $12 per person ($6per child) fee; some trips have additionalfees to support conservation or equip-ment rental. Many trips are great forkids, while others are best for adults;trips are marked to indicate their physi-cal demand level, ranging from easy toextreme.

This is the twentieth year the foun-dation has offered field trips, and morethan 30,000 people have participatedover the years.

“The field trips are perfect for the avidoutdoors type looking for something newor a family just beginning to try outsideadventures,” Oppedahl said. “There issimply no better, nor more first-hand,way to explore Wisconsin.”

Explore Wisconsin’s Hidden Secrets on aNatural Resources Foundation Field Trip

Participants in a previous field trip helpband Wisconsin’s smallest owl, thesaw-whet owl. © Anna Keaney

glers and trappers discounts on licenses;provided incentives for people who re-cruit others into buying licenses; and in-creased safety education opportunities.It also expanded hunting opportunitiesand allowed trapping for the first time onWisconsin state park system properties.

Hunting is only allowed within theparks in areas designated as open.Closed areas include within 100 feet ofdesignated use areas, such as parkinglots, campgrounds and picnic areas, aswell as within 100 feet of certain trails.Additional areas within parks may beclosed due to safety concerns. Also somestate parks have property that is withinmunicipal boundaries where the dis-charge of firearms is prohibited.

“It is each hunter’s responsibility toknow what areas within a park are opento hunting and which areas are closed,”Loomans said. Maps indicating closedand open areas are available on the DNRwebsite, at park offices, and will be post-ed at parking areas and other locationswithin parks.

Schuller notes that while early springis a lower use time at state parks, it isalso a very popular time for many birdwatchers to visit parks to observe mi-grating spring birds, so hunters shouldexpect to encounter other people usingthe park during spring turkey huntingperiods.

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District 3 North Brian Hobbs Feb. 23, 2013 Crickets Bar & Grill(Osceola) 715-294-3854 Amery, WI

District 4 East Jerry Knuth Sept. 5, 2013 Shooter’s(Plover) 715-344-0017 Plover, WI

District 4 West Tom Dahlen April 6, 2013 Fannie’s(Neillsville) 715-238-7814 “SOLD OUT” Neillsville, WI

District 5 J.T. Lingofski March 21, 2013 Darboy Club(Fox Valley) 920-841-8427 Appleton, WI

District 6 Michelle Graff Feb. 2, 2013 Baus Haus(LaCrosse) 608-787-7637 La Crosse, WI

District 6 Christine Schultz March 2, 2013 Club 95(Black River Falls) 715-299-4414 Hixton, WI

District 7 Dave Chingway Sept. 19, 2013 Turner Hall(Watertown) 920-253-5251 Watertown, WI

District 7 Ruth Ann Lee Oct. 12, 2013 MacKenzie Center(MacKenzie Banquet) 608-635-8105 Poynette, WI

District 8 Tom Nissen March 22, 2013 Olympia Resort(Waukesha) 262-719-5295 Oconomowoc, WI

District 9 Jack Nissen March 15, 2013 Klemmer’s(Milwaukee) 262-370-8154 Milwaukee, WI

Statewide Banquet Wayne Thayer Jan. 26, 2013 HoChunk Casino608-754-4965 Wis. Dells, WI

Take Note!WWF Conservation Leadership Corps. Pgs 1 & 3

EPA Survey Findings. Page 3

Whitetail Deer Update. Page 4

Walleye Bag Limits. Page 5

Editor D. A. Gries

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Don’t miss the opportunity to bring your class to the WisconsinOutdoor Education Expo 2013, and it’s FREE!!!

Dodge County Fairgrounds, Beaver Dam WI

Thursday May 16th and Friday May 17th

Events at the Expo will be linked to specific areas of academic achievement includingscience, mathematics, history and physical education.

The Expo teaches outdoor skills, encourages ethical behavior and perpetuatesWisconsin’s hunting, fishing, and conservation heritage.

If you are interested in sponsoring, volunteering, organizing a new Expo activity, orattending the Expo, please contact Coordinator Jon Schoepke

608-833-2040 or email [email protected]

“This was our first trip to the Expo and it was a lot of fun. My students learned a lot andmore importantly they were able to experience so many things they otherwise wouldn’t

without the Expo.” Blessed Sacrament - La Crosse, WI

Expo 2011 Sponsors:Theodore Roosevelt Sponsor ($10,000+): Wisconsin Friends of NRAAldo Leopold Sponsor ($5,000+): Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, Dane County

Conservation LeagueLegacy Partner ($2,500+): The Nature Conservancy, Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., Wiscon-

sin Wildlife Federation, Alliant Energy Foundation, and Rocky Mountain Elk FoundationHeritage Partner ($1,000+): Wisconsin Conservation Congress, Wings Over Wisconsin, Inc.,

Winnebagoland Conservation Alliance, Ice Age Trail Alliance Inc., Wisconsin Conservation War-den Association, Exxon Mobil Corporation, AFSCME Council 24, Manitowoc County Fish and

Game Protective Association, Safari Club International Badgerland ChapterSpecial In-Kind Contributor: Dodge County Fair Association, Wisconsin Department of Natural

Resources and Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Camp Coordinators/Camp Sponsor: Archery Camp - Wisconsin Bow Hunters Association,Wildlife Camp - Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, Heritage Camp - Wisconsin Conservation Con-

gress, Firearm Safety Camp - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources/NRA Firearm SafetyCamp Sponsor, Sporting Dogs Camp - Duck Creek Retrievers, Green Bay Pointing Dog Club,

and Central Wisconsin Shoot-to-Retrieve Club, Trail Recreation Camp - Wisconsin ATV Associa-tion, Fishing Camp - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Camping Camp - Gander

Mountain, and Ed-Venture Camp - Blackhawk Technical CollegeThe corporation is formed exclusively for charitable, educational, or scientific purposes within the meaning of Internal Revenue

Code 501 (c) (3). To the extent consistent with the general purpose, the corporation shall educate the public about the importanceof conserving natural resources for future generations and to educate children on the benefits of engaging in outdoor activities.

Youth Essay ContestOne Youth to Win BearHunting Opportunity

Poynette, WI – The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, in partnership with the Depart-ment of Natural Resources will reward one youth with an opportunity to participatein a chance of a lifetime bear hunt!

At the February 2013 Board Meeting of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation it wasdiscussed and voted on to pass our youth bear harvest tag for 2013 to the OcontoRiver Kids Adventure. It’s our intention to have a youth with a life threatening illnessparticipate in harvesting a bear during this year’s bear harvest season.

To enter, any individual, age 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, or 16 must submit an originaltyped, double-spaced essay, 500 words or fewer, addressing this question:

“What is the importance of youth involvement in hunting today?”

Only “novice hunters” are eligible to be selected as a participant in the Learn toHunt Bear Program. A “novice hunter” for the purpose of the Learn to Hunt BearProgram is:

“Novice participant” means for hunting any person who is 10 years old orolder, who has not received an approval authorizing hunting in any priorhunting license year, including a class B bear license, for the species thatwill be pursued in the specific educational outdoor skills activity they desireto attend.

Entries must be postmarked by or e-mailed by May 15 to:

Wisconsin Wildlife Federationc/o Bear Hunting Essay Contest

W7303 Cty Rd CS & QPoynette, WI 53955-9690

Email: [email protected]: 608-635-2742

Entries must include the contestant’s name, address, and email address, birth dateand phone number(s) on each page of the essay – and a completed, Learn to HuntBear Program application is available at; dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/hunt/bear/lth.htm

Essays will be chosen from each age category. The grand prize winner will be cho-sen by a random lottery. The winner will be notified by telephone.

7th Annual Little Plover RiverAppreciation Day – May 13, 2013

Little Plover River Park1501 Hoover Ave. Plover, WI 54467

“PUBLIC INVITED”:Come and learn about the River

Info: friendsofthelittleploverriver.org

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