Wisconsin DNR at the Wisconsin State Fair

If you're heading for the State Fair this year, look for the "DNR Park" where you can get licenses, passes and park stickers, plus there are lots of fun interactive activities. Find all the details in this article from the DNR Weekly News:

WEST ALLIS, Wis. -- The 2013 Wisconsin State Fair kicks off this week in West Allis and the Department of Natural Resources has a lot of new things for the entire family to enjoy.

Start at the front desk where adults can pick up hunting and fishing licenses, trail passes and state park stickers, while kids can grab materials for their DNR Park scavenger hunt. Search with them for items in the DNR exhibit area such as an aquatic invasive crime scene, an insect that lives in water and a fish with a nose like a paddle. 

Full Story Visit DNR Park at the Wisconsin State Fair

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Wisconsin Park Photo Contest

Open to all amateur photographers 14 and over, a chance to be part of the 2014 Friends of Wisconsin Parks calendar.  Send in your photos from a Wisconsin park, trail or recreation area before August 30th.

Get all the details here Photo contest underway for 2014 Friends of Wisconsin State Parks Calendar

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Get Your Fall Licenses and Permits

The Wisconsin DNR is reminding everyone that August 1st is the deadline for many licenses and permits for fall hunting seasons.  Don't miss out!  Visit this DNR website link and get information and permits - Hunters, trappers and sturgeon spearers reminded that Aug. 1 is deadline for many season applications

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Hunting, Fishing and ATV Info

Looking to find out when your favorite hunting season begins? Need a quick link for County ATV trails? Need to find your local County Forester?

Find this information and more on BuyWisconsinLand.com. Check out our Wisconsin DNR Link page and our Wisconsin ATV Trails page. And while you're there check out the great wooded recreational properties available across Wisconsin.

Record number of Bald Eagle Nests in Wisconsin

According to the Wisconsin DNR, there are bald eagle nests in nearly every County in Wisconsin, something thought to be nearly impossible just a few years ago.

Check out the eagle's nest photos and story on WQOW.com

RHINELANDER (Press Release) – State biologists take to the skies again this month to count how many young bald eagles hatched this spring, buoyed by April aerial survey results suggesting a record number of occupied nests in a record number of counties.

"We're really close to having eagles nesting in all Wisconsin counties," says Jim Woodford, the Department of Natural Resources conservation biologist coordinating the survey this year. "We're well beyond what we would have thought possible in the state."

Full Story Record number of bald eagle nests found

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Free Fishing Weekend

June 1st and 2nd are the dates for the summer Free Fishing Weekend in Wisconsin. No license needed, but limits and other regulations still apply.

The Wisconsin DNR is holding several free Fishing Clinics on June 1st. Check here to see if one is in your area.

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Groundhog - or Woodchuck - Hunting Season?

A new proposal was put forth in Madison to create a groundhog hunting season.

Here is one man's take on the debate around the proposal - Patrick Durkin from madison.com

Let this flap about a hunting season for groundhogs be a lesson to lawmakers: Once people put a name with a face – especially one that’s borderline cute – expect mud fights and silent friends if you can’t specify good reasons to hunt the critter.

This proposal by state Rep. Andre Jacque, R-De Pere, was difficult from the start because we can’t even agree whether this overgrown ground squirrel is called a groundhog, woodchuck or whistlepig. And we sound downright cranky when declaring dates (March 1 to Dec. 31) when it’s OK to shoot Sun Prairie's “Jimmy the Groundhog” or Pennsylvania's “Punxsutawney Phil.”

Full Story: Patrick Durkin: Fuss over hunting groundhogs expected, of course

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