Subcommittee Rejects State License Increase Plan
The Natural Resources Subcommittee rejected Gov. Anthony Earl’s plan to raise hunting and fishing licenses from 30 to over 50 percent and add a $1 surcharge for wildlife damage and hunter access programs, potentially generating more than $5 million. It backed canoe fees and a graduated motor boat registration scheme to offset lost revenue while urging voluntary canoeist contributions.
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Natural Resources Subcommittee
Joint Finance Committee
Anthony Earl
DNR
Special 1983 fish rules update summary
The 1983-84 fish rules omit updates including muskellunge minimums of 34 inches on Lake Winter Sawyer County and Bone Lake Polk County and Big Lake Vilas County with posted signs. Motor trolling ban on Lake Winter and Brunet River refuge 500 feet below Lake Winter April 1 to May 15. Corps of Engineers restricts fishing within 300 feet of Mississippi locks and dams. Namekagon River walleyes 10 to 15 inches barred in Lenroot Section with artificial lures only. Perch in Green Bay allowed with daily bag limit 25 to upstream to first dam or lake.
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Lake Winter
Sawyer County
Bone Lake
Polk County
Big Lake
Vilas County
Brunet River
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
Namekagon
Lenroot
Phipps
Pac Wa Wong
Green Bay
DNR
Hunters approve rifle use for deer in Buffalo County
At a spring fish and game hearing in Alma a large majority of 60 attendees voted to resume rifle deer hunting with a two day shotgun season followed by seven days of shotgun or rifle. County officials expect a rifle season by 1985, though farmers oppose rifles due to safety concerns. Buffalo County last had rifle deer hunting in 1963.
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Alma
Buffalo County
DNR
Dave Linderud
UW Stevens Point professor wins NSF grant for catfish research
Professor William LeGrande at UW Stevens Point received a National Science Foundation grant to fund ichthyology work with a computer on North American catfish. The award totals $20,100 for equipment purchases.
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Uw-Stevens Point
National Science Foundation
William LeGrande
Wisconsin DNR Maintains Mississippi PCB Advisory
Wisconsin DNR continues its PCB advisory for the Mississippi River from Prescott to Lake Pepin advising one fish meal per week and none for certain groups. Snapping turtles are added to the list as potentially contaminated. tests show PCBs in Lake Pepin carp and other sport fish, with ongoing sampling planned for Lake Pepin and Pool 5.
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Wisconsin Dnr
Mississippi River
Lake Pepin
DNR
Prescott
Lake
Pepin
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
St. Paul
Lake City
Minn
Minnesota Pollution Control Board
Alma
Pool 5
Wisconsin Moves to End Preferrential Park Reservations
Wisconsin legislators move to repeal the preferential campground reservation system. State Rep Patricia Smith says the change could unlock up to 10 million in federal funds. Interior Department warned the policy violates federal anti discrimination law by favoring Wisconsin residents in park site access.
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Wisconsin
Patricia Smith
Shell
Rep. Smith
The
Assembly Tourism and Recreation Committee
Interior Department
Earl
State Park
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Mississippi
Wisconsin Division of Health
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