2024 trapping seasons opening around Wisconsin
MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds trappers to prepare for the opening of many furbearer trapping seasons across the state. Wisconsin is home to many furbearer species, and the state’s highly regulated trapping seasons play an important role in the DNR’s efforts to sustainably manage those populations. The first trapping seasons of the fall open on Oct. 19. Additional seasons for other species and zones will continue to open throughout the fall. Trappers are encouraged to double check season dates, trapping...
Paul Smith: DNR preparing proposal to allow Lake Michigan commercial fishers to keep, sell lake trout
A recovering native fish could be part of a commercial fishery in the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan if a new administrative rule is approved. The lake trout will be the subject of a commercial fishing scope statement being prepared by the Department of Natural Resources. ...
Tribal officials decry Wisconsin DNR allowing septage disposal on reservation
Ojibwe tribal officials are upset by a decision this month from the state’s Department of Natural Resources to approve a septage disposal site on their reservation in northern Wisconsin. "Our sovereignty is not negotiable and it is protected by the Treaty of 1854," Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe President John Johnson said in a...