Muskellunge size hike tops Wisconsin conservation votes
Wisconsin Conservation Congress delegates in 12 Northwest District counties backed a 32 inch minimum muskellunge size, with statewide and district tallies showing broad support. The issue passed in all county hearings, and late spawning protection measures were debated alongside other fishing and hunting proposals across the state.
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Wisconsin Conservation Congress
Waukesha County
Lincoln
Taylor
Marathon
Clark
Wood Counties
Lake
Michigan
Dunn County
Eldin Stevens
John Harmon
The
Conservation Congress
Eau Claire County
Jerry Lahner
Donald Klingman
Chippewa County
Gary Gaier
John Melville Jr
Congress
Long Lake
Holcombe
Jim Falls
Chippewa River
Hwy. 10
Northwest
Wisconsin-Michigan
Rusk
Price
Washburn
Ashland
Barron
Burnett County
Yellow River
Yellow Lake
DNR
Dreyfus signs ban on Brule River tubing bill
Gov. Lee Dreyfus signed Senate Bill 351 banning inner tubes inflatable rafts and motorboats on the Brule River in Douglas County despite controversy over the ban. He praised protecting the largely unspoiled trout stream while noting possible future talks on a 3 mile tubing exception. SB 890 and AB 885 provisions were also signed increasing trail aid and easing grower self assessments.
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Scenic Brule River
Douglas County
Lee Dreyfus
Dreyfus
Brule River
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Arby Linder
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St. Croix County
Ralph Anderson
Paul C
Burch
Bone Lake
Polk County
Winter Lake
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Rusk County
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Smiskey
Jeff Smisky
Chippewa Falls
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Chetek
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