Bird art exhibit shines at Woodson Museum in Wausau
The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum opens its third annual bird art show featuring 41 top English speaking world painters and 13 wood carvers led by Roger Tory Peterson. The exhibit runs through Oct 22 with hours posted. Nearby birds migrate through Crex Meadows and Horicon Marsh as dabblers and divers move across Wisconsin skies.
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Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Wausau
Wisconsin
Owen J. Gramme
Oklahoma
George Miksch Sutton
Roger Tory Peterson
Connecticut
Horicon permit deadline nears for Canada goose hunt
Applications for Canada goose hunting permits are available at DNA offices statewide. The Sept. 30 deadline applies. Horicon season runs noon Oct. 1 to Dec. 9 with tiered tag limits: one tag Oct. 1-15, two tags Oct. 16-31, and three tags Nov. 1-Dec. 9. East Central zone applicants may join the experimental managed hunt on the Grand River Wildlife Area by mailing name, address and current license number to DNR.
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DNA
Horicon
Grand River Wildlife Area
DNR
Madison
Several area creeks replanted across Dunn Pepin and Pierce counties
More than 18,000 brook trout fingerlings averaging two to three inches were stocked in area streams on July 11 and 12 to offset summer flood losses. Bert Apelgren said fish were released in Gilbert Creek middle fork 600 Gilbert Creek south fork 1,500 Hay Creek 2,000 Rush Creek 1,000 Knights Creek 2,000 Annis Creek 1,000 Bogus Creek 2,000 Little Trimbelle Creek 2,000 South Fork Kinnickinnic River 1,200 Lost Creek 2,000 Pine Creek 1,000 Cady Creek 1,500 Mine Creek 1,000.
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Dunn
Pepin
Pierce County
Bert Apelgren
Dunn County
Gilbert Creek
Middle Fork
South Fork
Hay Creek
Rush Creek
Knights Creek
Annis Creek
Roundup DNA crews musky fingerlings average 11 inches
DNA crews roundup musky fingerlings averaging 11 inches were taken last week from the Dorchester waste treatment pond in Clark County. Planted as fry in June, they grew to nine inches before being transplanted to Lake Wissota and the Holcombe Flowage and fed fathead minnows raised nearby. About 911 of 1,500 fry survived and were replanted.
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Dorchester
Clark County
Wissota
Holcombe
State grants study on wetlands and hazardous substances
UW Extension's Environmental Resources Unit received a 63473 dollar federal grant to educate Wisconsin residents on wetlands and hazardous substances. Project director John Reindl notes wetlands' importance for habitat, water purification, and flood control, while examining costs, substitutes, and existing laws.
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Environmental Resources Unit
ERU
Uw-Extension
Wisconsin
Stan Nichols
Mr. Reindl
U.S. Office of Environmental Education
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Willis Nest
By Sam Robbins
Eau Claire
J.N. Clark
L.E. Phillips Science Hall
Owen Gramme
Milwaukee
Peterson
Terrill Knaack
Mark Reece
Maynard Reece
Maynard
Mr. Gramme
William McVaugh Jr
Walter Breckinridge
Kenneth Carlson
Crex Meadows
Burnett County
Horicon Marsh
Robbins
Medford
United Church of Christ
Milwaukee Public Museum
Mill & Farm Supply, Inc. Sales & Service
Feters
Black Hawk
JLCO
Chippewa Falls
Keenan Ford
Mercury
Whitehall
Pepin County
Bogus Creek
Ted Barr
John Reindl
ERA Solid Waste Management
Minnesota
Michigan
U.S
Reindl
Kodiak
Alaska MidWest
Clark Street
Cedar St. Bridge
N. Clark St
FORD
GMC
Baldwin Motors
Baldwin
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