Warbler watchers find a fall riot of color and sound
In a damp marsh at peak passerine migration, a detailed field report describes swamp sparrows, sedge and long billed marsh wrens, yellow warblers, and Lincoln's sparrows. The observer notes two warbler species, northern waterthrush calls, and a night of heavy thrush migration. A Wisconsin reader shares pelican sightings near Lake Wissota, with context from The Country Today and ornithology notes.
Hunters Allowed Flashlights During Open Season
Hunters may use a flashlight at the point of kill while on foot for raccoon fox or unprotected animals during the open season. This provision clarifies permissible equipment use to aid hunting activity within regulated timeframes and species limits.
Sturgeon creel census resumes on Big Yellow Lake
Spooner DNA fisheries biologists will run a six week creel census on Big Yellow Lake in Burnett County through Oct 15 to assess fishing pressure catch rate harvest and exploitation on the lake sturgeon population. The effort follows state record size sturgeon catches since 1979 and notes there are 164 tagged sturgeon ranging 23 to 80 inches.
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Senate hits Watt wilderness plan rallying 51 senators
Fifty-one senators signed on as co sponsors of a bill to ban oil and natural gas drilling in vast wilderness preserves. Sen. Henry M. Jackson said the bloc shows waning public support for Interior Secretary James Watt's wilderness policies. Hunters notified that Oct 1 is the deadline to apply for the first state turkey hunt next spring and for the 1982 hunter's choice permit, with forms available at DNR outlets and field stations.
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Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
James Watt
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