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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1979
Page
9
In this reminiscence from The Country Today, Winsor M. Tyler and I.C. discuss how birds used cavities in trees before nesting boxes and chimneys became common. They note bluebirds, tree swallows, screech owls, and chimney swifts thriving in human-altered habitats while recalling the impacts of forest fires and the dangers to young birds during storms.
The state outlines party deer quotas for 1979 while noting more party permits will be issued to meet targets. Roger Britton of Durand heads a new 24 member Wisconsin Conservation Congress executive council alongside Robert Link Minong Gordon Schulz Hayward Willard Lind Amery John Marcon Rice Lake Ralph Schommer Ellsworth and Merlin Lindow Neillsville. Lind joins big game and dogs committees. Lindow chairs dogs. Link will head upland game. Schommer leads Mississippi River. Marcon chairs forestry and parks with Schommer as secretary. Schulz chairs Great Lakes. Burton Michigan man fined 1000 and jailed three years for illegally transplanting two wolves from Minnesota to Michigan under the Lacey Act. Donald A. Lockrey 46 arrested for felon in possession of firearm first federal wolf protection violation case. Southern Wisconsin walnut crops bumper but many trees dying. forester cites seed production as possible cause. New Glarus Woods shows death risk while Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau counties face no reported die-offs.
IJC and EPA warnings flag vulnerable northern Wisconsin lakes to acid precipitation from sulfur and nitrogen oxides. DNR experts name Iron Oneida Vilas and other counties at risk as monitoring stations begin to track emissions and lake acidity levels.
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board reduced the party permit kill for this year’s deer hunt by 19 percent to 43 935 deer. Spokesmen for the Conservation Congress and the DNR hailed it as a red letter year while plans emerged for muzzle loader season at Fort McCoy and an antlerless deer hunt at Sandhill Wildlife Demonstration Area. The board delayed major changes to goose zones amid opposition and postponed expansion for this year, with a 35 000 harvest quota forecast compared with last year’s 50 000 as federal rules loom.
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