Steel shot seminars scheduled by DNR and Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
The Department of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation will host three three hour steel shot seminars next week open to the public. Tom Roster will lead sessions July 15 Green Bay UW-Green Bay July 18 Wausau NC Technical Institute July 20 La Crosse UW-La Crosse Cartwright Center. Participants will learn about steel and lead shells, ballistics, and shotgun shooting tests. For more information call John Wetzel at 608-266-8841.
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Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
Tom Roster
la Crosse
John Wetzel
DNR
Congress Keeps Fishing Trust Fund Safe for Now
Wisconsin would receive 4.1 million of 77 million from fishing equipment and boat fuel fees and imported gear. Congressman Obey says Congress blocked the Reagan administration plan to seize the funds, which fund Boating Safety and Sport Fish Enhancement Act programs for shoreline protection erosion control boat ramps and fish stocking.
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David Obey
Wausau
Congress
Reagan Administration
House
Senate
Wisconsin
Ruffed Grouse Workshop Set For Green Bay July 20
A ruffed grouse management workshop for Wisconsin land owners begins at 9 a.m. July 20 at Northeast Wisconsin Technical Institute in Green Bay. Presented by the Wisconsin Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society with the DNR, the program covers grouse ecology and land management, forester roles, and a field trip to Navarino Wildlife Area. A $3 registration includes bus transport and refreshments. Call Tom Bahti at 414-497-4365 for details.
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Wisconsin
Northeast Wisconsin Technical Institute
Green Bay
The
Ruffed Grouse Society
DNR
Navarino Wildlife Area
Bears Alleged Illegal Killing Linked to Korea Trade
Records filed in U.S. District courts allege Wisconsin bears were illegally killed frozen and shipped whole to Korea. Affidavits tie game farms in Neshkoro and Rockford Illinois to a ring selling wild bears. one owner said he sold up to 23 bears at a time. Another farm sold 132 bears between 1983 and May.
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U.S
Wisconsin
Korea
Neshkoro
Rockford
Ill
Jan Kearny
Milwaukee
Richard Dickinson
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Purple martin wing study seeks citizen help across states
Researchers aim to map purple martin migration from Brazil to the U S and Canada using ultraviolet spray marks. Readers are asked to mail dead bird wings with details and permit PRT-675458 to Kathy Klimkiewicz in Laurel Maryland or contact Ed Knittle in Denver. The team, a US Brazilian collaboration, marked almost 1 170 000 martins in Brazil to study movement and wintering ranges.
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Federal Collection Center
Mr. Knittle
Ms. Klimkiewicz
U.S
Brazil
Canada
Knittle
Wildlife Service proposes duck harvest rules for 1985 86
After review of public comments the U S Fish and Wildlife Service releases a supplemental proposed rulemaking for the 1985 86 migratory bird hunting season. It favors stabilized regulations and may tighten rules if mallard and pintail populations stay low, with interim limits to cut harvest 25 percent until populations recover. Public comments invited with deadlines in the Federal Register.
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U.S
Canadian Wildlife Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register
Fish and Wildlife Service
United States
Canada
Indian Territory
Ceded Lands
Department of the Interior
Washington
Tribal
Commission
Besaday
FWS
R.A. Jantzen
DNR opposes tribal waterfowl season plan in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin DNR objects to a Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission proposal for an earlier liberal duck season and broader goose limits on ceded lands. The plan would start Sept 15 and run to Nov 19 with a 10 geese per hunter Canada quota and a 5 goose daily limit for snow and other geese, plus a 100 point daily bag system valuing ducks differently.
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DNR
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
Carroll O’ Besadny
Fish and Wildlife
Boaters rescue Bayfield Coast Guard by funding
The House passed a supplemental bill reversing budget cuts proposed by David Stockman. It frees 15 million from the Boat Safety Account to keep the Bayfield Coast Guard station open year round, instead of four months. The plan also spares Marquette and North Superior stations on Lake Superior.
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David Stockman
Coast Guard
Great Lakes
Bayfield
Bayfield Coast Guard
Lake Superior
Marquette
Mich
North Superior
Minn
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Community Sciences
North Central Technical Institute
Cartwright Center
Uw—La Crosse
Fishing Trust Fund
Safe For Now
Office of Management and Budget
Cong. Obey
Ms. Kearny
Martin
South America
Midwest
Kathy Klimkiewicz
Laurel, Md
Ms.Klimkiewicz
Ed Knit
Tle
Denver Wildlife Research Center
Federal Center
Denver
Colo
Missouri
Kansas
Louisiana
Texas
Central Flyway
USFWS
Dalgas Frisch
Brazilian Association For Preservation of Wildlife
Nature Society
Griggsville, Ill
Wildlife Service
Paul, Minn
Madison
Mr. Besaday
Boaters’ Tax Fund
Aquatic Resources Trust Fund
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