Wisconsin DNR Weekly News February 28, 2012

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Wisconsin DNR Weekly News  February 28, 2012

Wildlife officials seek to reverse declining tax check-off donations
MADISON -- Private donations to fund state efforts to protect and restore rare wildlife have dropped in Wisconsin and elsewhere in recent years, spurring state wildlife officials to encourage more Wisconsinites to consider consider making a voluntary donation to the Endangered Resources Fund when filling out their 2011 state income tax form....
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2056

Wisconsin Public Radio teams with DNR to highlight rare wildlife
MADISON -- The successful restoration of bald eagles, trumpeter swans and other rare species under the state's 40-year-old endangered species law will be featured in a year-long series on Wisconsin Public Radio's The Larry Meiller Show....
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2057

Visit DNR display at Milwaukee Sport Show, March 7-11
WEST ALLIS - Outdoor enthusiasts will have an opportunity to meet Department of Natural Resources staff at the 72nd Annual Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sports Show, see an aquarium full of native fish and the Wall of Shame, a display of impressive but illegally harvested bucks....
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2058

Hunters register 5,523 birds in 2011 fall wild turkey hunt
MADISON - Wisconsin wild turkey hunters registered a combined 5,433 birds during the regular fall 2011 wild turkey season and the extended season in Turkey Management Zones 1-5. ...
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2060

2012 sturgeon spearing season enters record books
OSHKOSH -- The 80th consecutive Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing season is one for the record books and its fans, as they do in baseball, are already saying, "Wait 'til next year!" ...
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2059

Deadline for invasive species poster contest is April 2
MADISON - Wisconsin fourth and fifth grade students have until April 2 to submit their poster design to increase awareness of invasive plants and animals affecting Wisconsin shorelines...
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2061

Editor's Note: Another Deer Hunter Forum Set
Editor's Note: Another Deer Hunter Forum has been scheduled for 2012 for southeastern Wisconsin and adjustments have been made to some meetings to allow them to go later into the evening...
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2062