Conservation Plea Warns Wildlife Decline Across Regions
Dutch biologist de Vos warns Wisconsin and Ontario wildlife face gradual depletion due to farming and forestry. Restocking marten and fisher is suggested, while lynx and hare cycles depend on prey availability. He urges hedgerow management and reduced habitat disturbance to protect species amid human pressures.
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Sappensch & Pees Ee
Wisconsin
Netherlands Committee For International Nature
de Vos
Ontario
Isconein
Marten
Fisher
U.S
Canadian Wildlife Service
U. S
Forest Areas Favor Study in Wisconsin Counties
Wisconsin 32 forest counties agree to cooperate on a statewide inventory measuring growth and potential timber to be cut. Final results will impact the state economy and provide counties with timber value, harvest volumes, replacement rates, and future forest management insights.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Calumet Joins In Soil Conservation District Formation
Calumet county becomes the 60th county to form a soil conservation district, as the state soil conservation committee reports. Agricultural committee members Oscar Kos(s?) man Joseph Schneider and Arthur Weber encouraged the action and supported early farm-planning efforts.
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Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Calumet County
State Soil Conservation Committee
Ates SS
Oscar Kossman
Joseph Schneider
Arthur Weber
State Bulletin
Venison Shortage After Wisconsin Deer Season
Wisconsin conservation officials report a venison shortage for sale after a hunting season where all deer were legal targets. Wardens confiscated few animals and few remained for salvage, with quantities turned over to sports clubs and others.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Conservation Department
Cne Et
Wisconsin hunting arrests show few women involved
In Madison a state patrol report notes hunting has become popular among women in Wisconsin but few face trouble. Of 755 arrests that month, five trials occurred, nine cases are pending, and the rest were convicted.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Santa
Conservation Christmas Wish Letter to Santa
A long Santa letter calls for united conservation effort across the U S and Wisconsin. It asks readers to consolidate policies fund preservation programs and educate youth while supporting war era recreation and natural resources. It emphasizes conservation commissions clubs and public participation for a healthier future.
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Santa
Deer Season Triggers Traffic Spike Across State Highways
State highway photo-recorders show deer season doubled traffic on key routes. On November 17 the average weekday car count rose from 38 to a peak surpassing 63,000 across ten sites, with major increases near Milwaukee and several towns including Menominee Falls Waupaca An tigo Medford Cameron Sauk City Mer DePere and Dickey-Vo.
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Madison
Wis
State Highway Department
Milwaukee
Menominee Falls
Waupaca
Antigo
Medford
Cameron
Sauk City
Mer
DePere
Dickey- Vo
Predators Put Under Control On Isle Predators
Madison report says local predators on Outer Island in Lake Superior are under control amid experimental black grouse and capercaillie plantings. State stocked these game birds a year ago and experts worried about foxes and other threats. John M. Keener leads the project and asserts predator pressure is mitigated.
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Madison
Wis
Lake Superior
John M. Keener
Commercial Fishing Hearing Set At Hudson
Wisconsin conservation department announces a public hearing at Hudson courthouse at 7:30 pm on December 20 to review proposed rule changes for Lake St Croix and the St Croix River along the Wisconsin Minnesota boundary.
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Hudson
Madison
Wis
Conservation Department
Lake St Croix
St. Croix River
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Sharp-Tail Grouse Sighted In Northern Oconto County
A flock of 30 sharp-tail grouse was seen traveling in a tight, uniform group toward a roosting site among jack pine and birch trees in northern Oconto County. The observation was reported to the Conservation Department by game manager Harold A. Steinke.
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Madison
Wis
Oconto County
Conservation Department
Harold A. Steinke
State study expands beaver population estimates in Wisconsin
Intensive field work by George Knudsen's beaver research project estimates 7000 active colonies and a total population near 35000. Average colony size is about five animals. Beaver otter season starts February 15 for 45 days in the north and 30 days in the south and west with trapping in 59 counties for beaver and 37 for otter.
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Tribune Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
George Knudsen
Conservation Department
Knudsen
The
Conservation Commission
Wisconsin
Poacher Arrested After Aerial Deer Trail Find
Conservation Warden C. Jack spotted blood on a deer trail from a patrol plane and arrested Leonard N. Siverling of New Auburn for killing a deer out of season. He was fined $75.
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Madison
Wis
C. Jack
Leonard N. Siverling
New Auburn
More Pheasant Hens Increase Wisconsin Population
Madison reports pheasant research shows brood chick counts were down slightly from last year while hen numbers rose. The overall pheasant population likely increased, with a low point reached in 1947 and only moderate gains since.
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Madison
Wis
Reopen Deer Seasons To Aid Army
The Tanners Council of America urges states to reopen or extend deer seasons to supply gloves for troops in Arctic zones. Army officials say only native deer skin gloves offer protection and action. Fulton County Tanners chief Fred A. Rulison cites looming shortages of horsehide and deer skin by July 1, with totals of 6 million and 3 million feet respectively after a Chicago quartermaster conference.
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New York
Tanners Council of America
Army Quartermaster Corps
Gloversville
N. Y
Fred A. Rulison
Fulton County Tanners Association
Army
Rulison
Quartermaster Corps
Chicago
Wisconsin Farms Lead in Soil Conservation Plans
The U S Soil Conservation Service reports 16 254 Wisconsin farms organized for intensive soil conservation farming by end of 1949. Wisconsin ranks high among eight states with a total of 96 000 active conservation farm plans across the region.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Wisconsin State Soil Conservation Committee
Wisconsin Anglers Favor Bass and Pike Over Muskellunge
A study by Victor H. Lanning shows non resident visitors rank black bass first 28 percent and walleyed pike second 27 percent as top Wisconsin game fish. Muskellunge is third with 21 percent while northern pike pan fishes and trout trail. Fishing remains the key draw with 55 percent calling it very important and 20 percent saying it matters some. Higher income visitors were likelier to be dissatisfied with fishing last year.
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Tribune Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Victor H. Lanning
University of Wisconsin School of Commerce
Lanning
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