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Wisconsin DNR ups ask to $100M annually for land stewardship program
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources is asking for $100 million each of the next 10 years for the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program, up from the current $33.25 million per year through 2026. The stewardship program was created in 1989 to buy and preserve natural areas and wildlife habitats. The request is part of the DNR’s biennial budget request but extends longer because bonding requests are not cash,...
An Outdoorsman’s Journal: Fall waterfowl hunt on the Turtle Flambeau Flowage
Hello friends, This week's column is going to go a mile a minute as there is a ton to write about. I generally hunt the northern Wisconsin duck opener on the Turtle Flambeau Flowage. I missed the opener due to the fact that my nephew Trent Schuster happened to get married to a very nice lady named Amanda Wendt. Run Amanda run! Instead, I headed north with the pups, my...
Election deniers’ last stand in Wisconsin
The mayor of Wausau, Wisconsin, made a national media splash this week when he dressed up in a hard hat and carted away his community’s only absentee ballot drop box, outraging local voters, city officials and voting rights advocates statewide. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would see a sitting mayor dressed […]
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