Walter Scott’s Death Echoes in Schmidt Woods Wildlife Tribute
A Wisconsin naturalist recounts a personal walk through Schmidt Woods as he mourns Walter Scott at 72, praising his lifelong environmental stewardship. The piece blends nature observation with a memorial to Scott’s influence on land preservation, bird study, and the Wisconsin Ornithology Society.
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Franklin Schmidt
The
Nature Conservancy
Wisconsin
Walter Scott
Walter
Walter — Stauch
Birds of
Sidk Woods
Ter
Schmidt Woods
ORAP
Wisconsin’s Natural Resources A Brief Overview
A concise overview notes Wisconsin’s natural resources include forests lakes and minerals with historical use shaping state policy. It highlights timber fisheries and mineral deposits as key economic factors and references conservation efforts and public lands supporting sustainable management.
Trapping changes approve bear hunt delay and muskellunge shift
Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved a one week delay to the bear season to reduce harvests that recently topped 1 000 bears. The muskellunge season north of Highway 64 was moved back one week to protect trophy fish during spawning. New trapping rules include eliminating beaver registrations this year and a two zone coyote and fox season structure. Proposals to create fish refuges on Chippewa River and Dells Pond were withdrawn for study.
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The
Natural Resources Board
Highway 10
Chippewa River
Jim Falls
Chippewa County
Dells Pond
Eau Claire
DNR
Congress Warmwater Fish Study Committee
Autopsy on Grizzly Killer Bear Yields No Clear Cause
An autopsy of the grizzly that killed Wisconsin man William May at Rainbow Campground June 25 found no injuries, disease, or internal damage to explain the attack. Hair from the bear matched May, and officials say an explanation may never be known. Tent camping at Rainbow Point will be barred. hard sided units only, in West Yellowstone area campgrounds.
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Wisconsin
Forest Service
William Roger May
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Mr. May
Rainbow Campground
Rainbow Point
Baker’s Hole
Hebgen Lake
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Wisconsin Society For Ornithology
United States
Canada
Wildlife Resource of
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By Sam Robbins
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Essure
Wisconsin Trappers Association
Wisconsin Conservation Congress
Congress
Bozeman, Mont
Gary Brown
Yellowstone National Park
Ted Moore
West Yellowstone
Radio Shack
Radio
CitiLine
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