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Wisconsin Outdoor News Calendar – May 6, 2022

April 5 Spring Election - Lincoln County races - Merrill Foto News

TINA L. SCOTT EDITOR On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, residents of Lincoln County will go to the polls to elect County Board Supervisors and a Multi-Jurisdictional Municipal Judge for Merrill and Tomahawk. Many of these races are contested, with a much-larger-than-average number of candidates running for offices in Lincoln County. This edition includes introductions to candidates running for election who returned their completed questionnaires. Lincoln County Board of Supervisors race Lincoln County District 1 Incumbent William R. Bialecki is running unopposed in Lincoln County District 1. Name: William (Bill) Bialecki (Incumbent) Age: 76 Family: Spouse Judy, 9 children, 4 grandchildren […]

Coyotes among us: Wily survivalists spotted throughout Madison, but few conflicts reported

A little after lunchtime on Jan. 14, Brad Herrick was heading out the door to walk his dog, Ruby, when he thought he saw a dog running loose. About 20 yards away, it was trotting down the sidewalk on East Dayton Street past Lapham Elementary School. It was skinny and its brown coat looked “disheveled.” Herrick, an ecologist with the UW Arboretum, did a double-take. “That’s a coyote,” he realized. Karl Lang shot this photo of a coyote feasting on a rabbit from the window of his home on Waunona Way. It s wearing a radio collar researchers use to track its movement.

Excise tax programs reap a record $1.09 billion for state conservation efforts

Excise tax programs reap a record $1.09 billion for state conservation efforts Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Paul A. Smith Sales of firearms and ammunition in 2020, including those used at clinics such as this Wingshooting in Wisconsin program held July 26 at Milford Hills Hunt Club in Johnson Creek, helped generate a record $1.09 billion to benefit conservation through the federal Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 will go down as an especially significant year in American history. That includes the COVID-19 effect on conservation programs. In a nutshell, it was a boon. The latest data to support that conclusion emerged Thursday from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The agency reported it would distribute a record $1.09 billion this year to state natural resources agencies through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs (WSFR).

Wisconsin’s No. 1 mink farming industry now seen as a COVID-19 risk

By Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Jan 30, 2021 3:01 PM By Kate Golden For Wisconsin Watch The first sign of trouble was that the mink stopped eating, said Hugh Hildebrandt, one of two main mink vets in Wisconsin. Next came coughing and sneezing, lethargy and labored breathing. Hildebrandt had worked with mink for 30 years. He wrote the Merck Veterinary Manual section on mink. But he had never seen anything like this. Captive mink have a flu season in the fall, just like people they get it from us, in fact. But what appeared in the two Taylor County, Wisconsin mink farms that saw outbreaks in October was not flu, which tends to sicken the weakest animals. This took out the strongest mink, the mature adult females. Over a few days, it killed hundreds per day and about 5,500 total on the two ranches. It whipped through by coat color, light to dark: The lighter-coat mink, ranch-bred to bring out recessive genes, have long been more delicate.