4:30 I spent some time this new year’s holiday trying to decide what to write about; as sometimes happens, in this case, an idea came to me from the headlines. The Wisconsin DNR has released its draft ten-year elk management plan. I thought I would take this opportunity to encourage you to get involved. After all, these are your elk, and as residents, citizens, hunters of Wisconsin this affects your recreation, your sportsman’s dollars, your agricultural outputs, and many other facets of life. Now statistically, about a quarter of you listening right now are not aware that Wisconsin historically had elk, or that our state has reintroduced elk populations into two locations. I have done a couple of episodes about elk over the years, my most recent one about the ELF antenna array on the Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest, so maybe that percentage among WXPR listeners is even lower. Since I only have a few minutes a week to share information with you, I can’t possibly go over the background of Wisconsin elk in any great detail, but I can hit the high points.