Wisconsin DNR Weekly News February 21, 2012

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Wisconsin DNR Weekly News  February 21, 2012

Deer hunter forums to be held around state and on the Internet
MADISON - The deer hunting seasons might still be months away, but the Department of Natural Resources is already gearing up with a series of deer hunter forums in March....
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2048

Deer hunting forums offer opportunity to be active participant in deer management
By: Kevin Wallenfang, DNR big game ecologist
If you love deer hunting and everything that goes with it as much as I do, November seems like an eternity away. So this time of year we try to find an outlet for our anticipation to make the months go by quicker by going shed hunting, roaming our hunting property, tuning gear, and attending hunting shows to look at new toys and gawk at walls full of mounted trophy bucks taken in 2011. ...
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2048

Early inland trout season opens March 3 with
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- Anybody with a fishing rod and an itch to get outside will want to take note: the scant snow and poor ice behind a disappointing winter for sportsmen and women have set the stage for what state fisheries biologists say should be a fantastic early trout season opening March 3 on inland waters....
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2050

Ice conditions pose constant threat: Best to stay off
BEAVER DAM, Wis. -- The tragedy in Dodge County Feb. 18 when four snowmobiles drove into open water on Beaver Dam Lake again demonstrates the poor ice conditions all over Wisconsin....
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2051

Ice anglers may want to remove ice fishing shelters before deadlines
MADISON - With very a mild winter and many southern lakes having poor ice conditions, state recreational safety specialists are cautioning that anglers may want to remove their ice fishing shelters prior to established deadlines....
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2052

Manure runoff risk advisory forecast availaice fishing shelters prior to established deadlines.ble online
MADISON - Farmers can now go online for the latest forecast showing the risk that runoff from manure spread on their fields could pose to lakes, rivers or groundwater, ...
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2053

Angler education workshops set for March
MADISON -- Fishing club members, youth leaders, classroom teachers, and leaders of afterschool and summer recreation programs are encouraged to attend free angler education workshops in March in Madison, Menomonie, Milwaukee and Stevens Point....
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2054

Seminar looks at how nest boxes enhance habitat for cavity dwelling birds
HORICON, Wis. -- With spring fast approaching so is the return of many native birds that will be looking for a cavity or nest box in which to lay their eggs and raise young....
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2055