FLORENCE, Wis. — The Wisconsin Conservation Congress will hold the annual spring hearing Monday, April 14, in the lower level conference room at the Wild River/Natural Resource Center to go over citizen resolutions and elect WCC delegates. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the meeting starting at ...
With spring migration firmly in gear despite this week’s winter storm, the return of seasonal birds also could bring avian influenza back to the region. As most of the new arrivals in the Upper Peninsula travel through Wisconsin, I turned to that state’s Department of Natural Resources ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Upper Peninsula Trappers Association will have a reorganizational meeting Saturday, March 29, to help recruit, retain and reactivate trappers — or those interested in learning about trapping — in Gogebic, Ontonagon and Iron counties. The District 2 meeting will be at ...
The news Thursday that cougar cubs had turned up in the Upper Peninsula — Michigan’s first confirmed wild cubs in more than a century — sparked both elation and worry. The elation came that a female cougar may have actually made the 900-plus-miles journey from most likely the Black ...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is accepting public input on proposed 2026-2031 duck hunting season zones and splits. Every five years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives states an opportunity to change their duck hunting season structures. In addition to a series of ...
Researchers in the Upper Peninsula this winter met their primary goal of capturing and collaring 20 moose, including five calves, five bulls and 10 cows. The tracking collars will help them learn more about the Upper Peninsula core moose population, which has been declining. The “Factors ...