Check out our newest inductee webpages for Roy and Charlotte Lukes, George Meyer and Arlie Schorger. If you are aware of articles and info that should be added to the inductee’s webpage, please let us know and we’ll review it for uploading to their webpage.…
Read moreMid-America Monarch Conservation Strategy – Comments due May 31st
Reprinted from Midwest Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (MAFWA):
Seeking Public Comments on Draft of Mid-America Monarch Conservation Strategy
The Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (MAFWA) welcomes public comments through May 31 on a draft conservation plan that provides a blueprint for reversing the decline of the eastern monarch butterfly population. Click here to view or download a PDF of the Mid-America Monarch Conservation Strategy 2018-2038, and please direct all comments, questions, and suggestions to MidAmericaMonarch@gmail.com…
Read moreLukes, Meyer, Schorger Inducted into Hall of Fame
Well, it took a second planning, but Roy and Charlotte Lukes, George Meyer and Arlie Schorger were finally inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame on May 5, 2018. Amazingly more than two-thirds of the guests who registered the first time around, were present for the induction. The whole affair when off without a hitch and everyone had a wonderful time getting reacquainted and catching up with friends and even family.…
Read moreLooking for Occupied Bald Eagle Nests in Southeastern Wisconsin
The following is reprinted from the WDNR Weekly On-line News dated April 10, 2018:
Ecologists ask for public’s help in reporting occupied bald eagle nests in southeastern Wisconsin
MADISON – State ecologists conducting aerial surveys for occupied bald eagle nests this spring are asking for the public’s help in locating nests in southeastern Wisconsin.
Bald eagles are on their nests in southern Wisconsin, including this one along the Lower Wisconsin Riverway in the Spring Green Area, and DNR aerial surveys for occupied nests are underway. Photo credit: Michael Balfanz
The discovery last year of a bald eagle nest in Kenosha County leaves Milwaukee and Walworth counties as the only remaining counties with no confirmed active bald …
Read moreWisconsin Conservation Congress 2018
Reference the earlier post on this year’s Wisconsin Conservation Congress question about neonics. Besides that question, there are several more on which you might be interested in submitting comments. Participating in this citizen advisory opportunity is especially important these days in light of the current political climate.
The questionnaire/ballot is filled with the usual questions about fishing, hunting and trapping, but it also contains these:…
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