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Wisconsin invites public comments on deer management, harvest goals

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is seeking public comments for the 2023 deer season, including harvest quotas and other key parts of deer management as part of the annual County Deer Advisory Council process. The public comment period is open today through ...

Requiem for a rabbit

Throughout the winter, we’ve had an oversized rabbit in the yard I dubbed Big Bunny. We weren’t the only ones in the neighborhood to notice this very large cottontail, which made me think of the character Bigwig in “Watership Down,” a 1972 novel by Richard Adams that centered on a ...

Conservation Congress to host open houses

MADISON, Wis. ­— The Wisconsin Conservation Congress and Department of Natural Resources invite the public to get involved in April during the annual spring hearing public input opportunity. The WCC/DNR Spring Hearings focus on natural resource-related questions and proposed rule changes. They will again be held in a virtual format, as they have been since 2020. This year’s online questionnaire will be open from April 10 at noon through April 13 at noon via the Wisconsin Conservation Congress Spring Hearing webpage at https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/about/wcc/springhearing. New ...

Turkey permits available for UP

IRON MOUNTAIN — Spring turkey licenses remain available for an Upper Peninsula hunt that begins April 22 and runs through May 31. You can buy a license from any license agent, online at Michigan.gov/DNRLicenses, or through the Michigan DNR Hunt Fish app. More information is available at https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/things-to-do/hunting/turkey. Wisconsin’s spring turkey season opens with a statewide youth hunt April 15-16. Youth hunters must have completed hunter education or participated in the mentored hunting program to be eligible. Wisconsin’s spring turkey season consists ...

DNR extends snowmobile trail grooming season

MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Parks and Recreation Division notified trail grant sponsors that the snowmobile trail grooming contract season will be extended through the weekend, under certain conditions. Typically, grooming contracts with local snowmobile clubs are in effect each winter from Dec. 1 through March 31. Snowmobilers should check with local clubs where they plan to ride, or the club’s social media pages, to confirm whether grooming will be taking place in specific areas. Parameters to be met by grant sponsors to continue grooming over the ...

‘Icy grip’ begins to loosen

Every year, certain signs point to the region really turning the corner from winter to spring. At Six Mile Lake, one such indicator is the sound of trickling water that inevitably finds its way to the lake, especially from Solberg Creek on the northwestern corner. As snowmelt feeds into ...