Weekly News Article Published: August 11, 2009 by the Central Office
BABCOCK, Wis. --
First-time trappers are required to attend a trapper education course in Wisconsin, and people interested in trapping can fulfill this requirement by signing up for a workshop being offered this fall by the Department of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin Trappers Association.
The Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center near Babcock will sponsor the trapper education workshop on September 19-20, from 9 a.m. Saturday to 2 p.m. Sunday.
Students should provide their own sleeping bag, a bag lunch on Saturday, and appropriate clothing for working outdoors. They will also have to make their own arrangements for transportation to and from Sandhill. A registration fee of $25 is required, which includes the Wisconsin Trappers Association education manual, three meals, refreshments, and overnight stay in the dormitory.
The course is open to anyone 12 years and older interested in acquiring safe and humane trapping skills. Persons successfully completing the course will receive WTA-DNR trapper education graduation cards and free trapping privileges for the year.
Registration is limited to 25 people on a first-come, first-served basis. Register by mailing in $25 registration fee per person by Sept. 9.
Checks should be made out to DNR-Skills Center. Include the name of each participant, and the address and daytime phone number of one person in each party. Send your registration fee to: Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center, PO Box 156, Babcock, WI 54413. Inquiries on the status of registrations may be sent via e-mail Richard.Thiel@wisconsin.gov
The Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center is located 20 miles west of Wisconsin Rapids on County Highway X, 1 mile north of Highway 80 near Babcock, Wisconsin on the 9,000 acre Department of Natural Resources Sandhill Wildlife Area.
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/reclands/sandhill/outdoorskillscenter.htmFOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandhill Skills Center at: (715) 884-6333 or (715) 884-2437
