Wisconsin Agencies Unite On Conservation Effort
Madison report by Ernest Swift surveys 39 agencies including 8 federal 26 state and 5 local groups plus UW cooperators. Total oversight covers 2,000 man years and about 6,000,000 acres. federal funds fund roughly half. The bulletin urges a state coordinating council, consolidation of forest divisions, water laws, deer management reviews, soil conservation funding, and expanded conservation education. Public cooperation and ethical awareness are urged.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Ernest Swift
Agences Ant
University of Wisconsin
Goil Conservation Service
Upper Mississippi Valley Soil Conservation Experiment Station
Production and Marketing Administration
Geological Survey
Forest Service
Lake States Forest Experiment Station
Indian Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Conservation Department
Wisconsin Conservation Bulletin
Wisconsin state parks set attendance records in 1949
Wisconsin’s state parks and forests posted record attendance in 1949 with 3,558,452 visitors across 21 major recreation sites, led by Devil’s Lake at 864,470 and Peninsula at 548,838. Other popular sites included Interstate Park and various state forests such as Point Beach and Kettle Moraine.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Point Beach
Kettle Mardine
Devil's Lake
Peninsula State Park
Interstate Park
Parkson Park
Bronet Island
Copper Falls
Cushing Memorial
New County Warden Assigned to Houston County
Caledonia Minn. Alvin Breza of Winona has been named Houston County warden by the Minnesota division of game and fish. Breza replaces Fred Fischer, who has served as warden for years. Breza will be based at La Crescent, while the Fischers plan to move to Crookston where Fischer resumes warden duties.
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Caledonia
Minn
Spcfal
Alvin Breza
Winona
Minnesota Division of Game and Fish
Houston County
Breza
Fred Fischer
la Cres
Cent
Fischer
Crookston
Wisconsin Fish Catch Falls in Great Lakes In 1949
Wisconsin conservation reports show the 1949 commercial fish catch value in Great Lakes waters reaching about 2 008 million dollars, 2 million less than 1946 47 and 48. Lake Superior totals were 200 000 pounds while Lake Michigan Green Bay saw declines in lake trout and whitefish. Chub and herring catches rose as overall total hit roughly 4 200 000 pounds for 1949 with perch around 80 000 pounds.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Great Lakes
Conservation Department
Lake Superior
Herring Lake
Lake Michigan
Greenway
Green Bay
Wisconsin Sportmen face boat repair season ahead
With the fishing season ended in Wisconsin and Minnesota waters, readers are urged to prep boats motors and tackle. Guidance covers cleaning gear packing tackle boxes greasing trailer wheels and engine parts while noting local delays on municipal boat harbor progress and club plans for pheasant rearing and smelt drives.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Sparta native Arthur Molstad named Wisconsin conservation chair
Sparta native Arthur Molstad, 46, Milwaukee resident and longtime conservation advocate, was chosen head of Wisconsin’s conservation commission. He plans greater public land purchases, stricter protection for rivers, and broader public understanding of resource values to serve a growing population and future generations.
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Irribyne Wartinos Boreas
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
Wisconsin
Arthur Molstad
Milwaukee
Charles F. Smith
Wausau
Molstad
Commission
Internal Revenue Office
Federal Government
Lanis
Europe
Melstad
Malstad
Price County
Sparta
Badger Fishermen's Imague
Milwaukee Conservation Alliance
Wisconsin Bavk Hunters Association
Waller $. Goodland
Wisconsin Beavers Under Study To Balance Wildlife
Wisconsin conservation officials study how to fit abundant beavers into the state wildlife picture. Beavers, once nearly extinct, now number high and trapping continues with reports guiding a future inventory. George Knudsen leads the project to balance beaver populations with other wild and domestic resources.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Conservation Department
Canada Geese Fallen to Lead Poisoning at Rock Prairie Refuge
Madison Wisconsin special report notes 60 dead and sick Canada geese found in December at Rock Prairie refuge near Milton. Examinations show lead shot poisoning from feeding grounds with pellets in gizzards ranging up to 30 for adults and 23 for juveniles. Conservation officials cite Lake Puckaway and Lake Koshkoneng as possible shot sources where geese gathered in November and December.
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Madison
Wis
Rock Prairie Goose
Milton
Conservation Department
Lake Puckaway
Lake Koshkoneng
Winrich Re elected Blair Wisconsin Rod and Gun Club Officers
Blair Wisconsin at the last meeting of the Blair Ettrick Rod and Gun Club prior to the midwinter party reelected George Winrich as president Archie Korum as vice president and Lyman Toraason as secretary treasurer. Directors named include Arthur Knutson Welch Cunlee Harold Gunderson Lakes Coulee Archie Nelson Blair Albert Guerlerson Fitrick Analph Nyberg Larkin Valley Allen Hjelsand Vosse Coulee Donald Thompson Trump Coulee Elwood Austad Tappen Coulee Elwood Quarne Reynolds Coulee Sanford Severson Bear Creek Chester Odegaard Washington Coulee Kenneth Bue Hegg Arnold Solberg French Creek Norman Anderson Joe Coulee Leslie Larson South Branch Arnold Quarne Lower Trump Coulee Ralph Kittleson Kesang Keith Harile ran.
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Donald Thompson
Trump Coulee
Elwood Austad
Tappen Coulee
Elwood Quarne
Reynolds Coulee
Sanford Severson
Bear Creek
Chester Odegaard
Washington Coulee
Kenneth Bue
Hegg
Arnold Solberg
French Creek
Norman Anderson
Joe Coulee
Leslie Larson
South Branch
Arnold Quarne
Lower Trump Coulee
Ralph Kittleson
Keith Harile
Ran
Season delay proposed to await migrant ducks arrival
Wisconsin conservation officials call for delaying the autumn waterfowl season until northern migrant populations reach the state. They urge measures to reduce hunting pressure in early season and to establish refuges where feasible, noting many native ducks rely on local lakes and marshes.
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Erethyne Staginon
State Game Division
Wisconsin
Zimmerman
Mabel Sportsmen Club Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Malel Minn special report notes the Mabel Sportsmen club held its annual meeting electing Wind Macha as president. Other officers named include Gurdin Johnson secretary Paul BR Nar by treasurer and Arland Peter-50m, Carl Olson Vernon Johnson and Andy Newman as directors.
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Chetek
Lake Chetek
Eau Claire, Yrca
Lwy
Alfred Weance
Fisk
Warbor
U. S. Corps of Engine
Badger State Sportsmen's Club
Tuc
Tomade Thompson
Middle West
Swinning
Mississippi
Henry Krewser
Cny
Gongs Island
Lorigd
SEARS
Elgin
H.P. Elgin
Fifth Avenue South
Beaver
George Knudsen
Winrich
Westerner
Max's
Great West
Elax
Mats Capen
Renin Geal
Max’s Surplus & Wrecking CO
Marth
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