Wisconsin lawmaker seeks delay on hunting rule expansion
Rep. Marlin Schneider asks Wisconsin DNR to postpone a rule expansion he says could bar nonlicensee family members from accompanying hunters. He says the change would redefine hunting to include anyone participating in the act, even without firing a weapon, and sent a letter to DNR Secretary Carroll Besaday.
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Marlin Schneider
Wisconsin Rapids
Rep. Schneider
Carroll Besaday
Wisconsin sets 1982 duck season point values
The 1982 duck season point system remains unchanged with canvasback and black duck at 100 points for the season. The hen mallard is 100 points in the first part and then drops to 70 points in the final segment. The Wisconsin DNA established these values for the season beginning November 24.
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Wisconsin Dna
Wilderness drilling ban hailed by environmentalists worldwide
The House voted 340 to 58 to ban oil and natural gas drilling in federally protected wilderness areas. Wilderness advocates call it a landmark conservation action, while the Senate faces uncertain fate and committee scrutiny. The bill covers about 34.4 million acres, mainly in the West, and would block Watt from approving around 1000 pending drilling applications. A separate federal appeals ruling criticized Interior Secretary Watt's coastal oil lease negotiations, highlighting regulatory setbacks.
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House
Charles Clusen
The
Wilderness Society
James Watt
Watt
Sale of confiscated guns nets state $36000 at two DNR auctions
The Wisconsin DNR held two auctions this year, Black River Falls and Tomahawk, selling surplus equipment and 223 confiscated firearms to raise about $36,000. About 111 rifles and shotguns from game law violations plus various surplus items were sold, with proceeds split: 82 percent to the state school fund and 18 percent as a handling fee to the DNR.
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DNR
Tomahawk
Black River Falls
Annette Henning
Madison
Henning
Department
Wisconsin
Bob Spencer
Scientists unearth prehistoric polar bear in Norway
In Stavanger area, archaeologists excavate remains of a polar bear that died over 10,000 years ago. The find was made by a man digging in his basement, with parts including legs spine jaw tail bones and ribs recovered for study.
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Stavanger
Norway
Great gray owls owe big debt to Dan Follen
Dan G. Follen of Arpin has spent thousands of hours and dollars promoting great gray owls in Wisconsin. He maintains a five year study, offers rewards for sightings and nest proofs, anddonates owl specimens to UW Stevens Point. Follen travels 12,000 to 17,000 miles yearly, pays for validated sightings, and received a $1,000 grant from the American Philosophical Society. He urges locating owls in bogs, fallow fields and hardwood forests and notes nesting mainly in abandoned hawk or raven nests. Contact 9201 Rock Inn Road, Arpin 715-652-2510.
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Dan Follen
Arpin
Uw-Stevens Point
Medford
Taylor County
Lester Buehler
Follen
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Museum of Natural History
The
American Philosophical Society
Wisconsin
Necedah
Rock Inn Road
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