Wildlife Habitat
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2022 Keep Wildlife Wild Poster Contest Now Open
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced today that the 2022 Keep Wildlife Wild poster contest is now open. Students in fourth, fifth and sixth grades enrolled in public, private, parochial or home schools in Wisconsin are eligible to participate.
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DNR Increases Efforts To Protect At-Risk Songbird
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that it will work with partners to increase efforts to protect the at-risk Connecticut warbler in northwest Wisconsin.
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Reminder: Spring Wild Turkey Harvest Authorization Applications Are Due Dec. 10
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds the public that the 2022 spring wild turkey harvest applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2021.
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DNR To Host Virtual CWD Response Plan Review Committee Meeting Dec. 10
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced it will host a virtual Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Response Plan Committee meeting on Friday, Dec. 10 from 9-11 a.m.
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Public Meeting on the CWD Response Plan Review
Over the course of upcoming meetings, the committee will develop and provide input on the plan’s implementation and actions to consider as it completes this second five-year review.
- Hearing/Meeting
Public hearing on a permanent rule, Board Order WM-06-21, to revise ch. NR 19 relating amending the list of date-regulated wild rice harvesting waters in s. NR 19.09(4)
This is a public hearing on a permanent rule, Board Order WM-06-21, to revise ch. NR 19 relating amending the list of date-regulated wild rice harvesting waters in s. NR 19.09(4).
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Wildlife Rehabilitation Advisory Council Meeting
This is a meeting of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Advisory Council (WRAC).
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Partnerships Advance Native Mussel Conservation
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that federal and state endangered native mussels first discovered above the St. Croix Falls dam in the St. Croix River in 1987 are still alive and estimated to be more than 100 years old.
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Deer Season Is Here: Test Harvested Deer For CWD Before Consuming Venison
Hunters are encouraged to get their deer tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) before consuming venison.
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Public Meeting on the CWD Response Plan Review
The DNR will host a public comment meeting on the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Response Plan Review on Friday, Dec. 3 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. via Zoom. The meeting is an opportunity for the public to provide input to the CWD Response Plan Review…