State wildlife officials have confirmed that a tissue sample collected from a deer in Oconto County has tested positive for the virus that causes epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD. This occurrence of the disease was identified after a landowner in Oconto County contacted the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) with recent observations of seven dead deer on a 40-acre property in the area north of Oconto Falls. Two additional dead deer were found and reported to the DNR from a neighboring property.
About/General | Public Health | Water Use
The Village of Alma Center in Jackson County is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP) to address deficiencies in their public drinking water system. The project entails repainting the exterior and wet interior and installing a sample tap and replace a vent on top of the tower.
Recreation | Regulations | Hunt
Duck hunters in the Northern Zone will begin another fall duck hunt on Saturday, Sept. 26. Southern and Mississippi River Zones open Saturday, Oct. 3.
Awards | Environmental Protection | Stewardship
An Eau Claire man who has photographed and reported an astonishing 14,000 dragonflies and damselflies, the longtime bat monitoring coordinator for a Manitowish Waters nature center and others are among recipients of the 2020 Wisconsin Citizen-based Monitoring Awards.
About/General | Monitoring | Forest Health
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) forestry staff have confirmed the presence of emerald ash borer (EAB) in the Town of Little Suamico in Oconto County and the city of Shawano in Shawano County.