Dreyfus vetoes pheasant pen funds in Wisconsin
Gov. Lee Dreyfus vetoed a $1 million appropriation by the Legislature to modernize Wisconsin pheasant rearing at the Poynette game farm. DNR planners shift to pay-as-you-go funding across multiple budgets while considering a $340,000 first phase. Prospects of an override or revival bill appear dim despite strong hunting-season optimism since 1977.
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Wisconsin
Poynette
Lee Dreyfus
Paynette
DNR
Mr. Johnson
Poynette pheasant farm die off hits 10000 birds
Wisconsin DNR secretary furious over June outbreak at Poynette pheasant pens killing about 10,000 birds. Reports say cock pheasants and ulcers prompted a review while Gov. Dreyfus’ veto on a 1.006 million modernization bond lingers.
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Wisconsin
DNR
C.D
Buzz) Besaday
Poynette
Bone Lake fish kill probes underway in Polk County
DNR officials said it will be weeks before the cause of a major fish kill on Bone Lake can be pinpointed. Inspectors found 50 to 100 dead northern pike and muskies on July 27 and 42 northerns plus other species on Aug 5 as part of ongoing efforts including water samples and examinations by a Madison specialist and a Fish and Wildlife Service lab. They urge reporting further kills and say fish caught on line can be eaten.
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Bruce Braun
DNR
Office of Planning and Analysis
Bone Lake
Polk County
Rick Cornelius
Tom Beard
Glenn Chaffee
Frank Koshere
Terry Amundson
Madison
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Laboratory
Higgins eye clam delisting under review by FWS
The U S Fish and Wildlife Service weighs removing the Higgins eye clam from endangered status as a recovery team evaluates how many specimens are needed for persistence. A September or October report is expected. Separately the DNR schedules Aug 14 public hearing in Madison on captive wildlife regulations for game farms exhibits fur farms deer farms falconry rehabilitation and propagation.
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The
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Higgins’ Eye
Engel
DNR
South Webster St
Madison
Timber rattlers alarm Ferryville residents in Crawford County
In Ferryville timber rattlers return yearly with residents rattled by sightings. About 25 snakes have been seen, two killed on the post office steps and another two near the mayor’s home. Local funds support a hunter, while officials warn that bounties won’t solve the issue and advise cleaning wood piles and weed patches to deter snakes.
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Leon Crum
Rattle Inn
Hale
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Besaday
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Milwaukee Sentinel
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Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
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C.D. Besaday
Braun
Ed Frank
Mr. Frank
Frank
Barron
Feedall Research and Development
P.O
Rice Lake
James Engel
United States
Bureau of Wildlife Management
Ferryville
Crawford County
Mississippi River
River Bluffs
Prairie du Chien
Mr. Crum
Crum
James Hale
Department of Natural Resources Office of Endangered and Nongame Species
Grant
Crawford
Kiefer
Olson's
Olson
Pigeon Falls
Co-op Sporting Goods Dept
Eau Claire Consumers Co-op
Consumers Co-Op
Highland Avenue
Eau Claire
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