Wisconsin DNR Weekly News April 17, 2012Activities around state provide opportunities to celebrate Earth Day 2012MADISON - People will have multiple opportunities to help celebrate Earth Day 2012 by participating in a wide variety of events and activities that will be held around Wisconsin. While Earth Day ...
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"Read to Lead" events being held at Wisconsin State ParksMADISON -- Children ages five to nine are being challenged to read 20 or more nature books in a "Read to Lead in Wisconsin State Parks" program the Department of Natural Resources has launched as part of a statewide ?Read to Lead? initiative....
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2115Communities and schools will celebrate Arbor Day April 27MADISON -- Arbor Day, a day set aside for planting trees, is celebrated each year on the last Friday of April in Wisconsin and on a day during the appropriate tree planting season in all 50 states ...
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2116Wildfire Prevention Week April 15-21MADISON - Spring arrived early, quickly leaving many areas very dry and at high risk for wildfire....
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=211799 waters to be added to special watch category for phosphorus impactsMADISON - Ninety-nine lakes and rivers exceeding the state's new numeric phosphorus standards but not experiencing biological impacts to aquatic life ? like algal blooms -- are being added to Wisconsin's proposed 2012 list of impaired waters....
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2118Wisconsin residents can drop off prescription drugs for safe disposalMADISON -- Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen and DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp urge Wisconsin residents with expired or unused medications to safely dispose of them this Saturday, April 28, 2012, during the Drug Enforcement Administration?s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day....
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Changes in the Wisconsin wolf depredation payment programMADISON - Recently enacted legislation has changed the process and timeline and may impact the compensation schedule for livestock, hunting dogs and pets proven to have been killed or injured by gray wolves....
http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=2120Learn to Hunt Bear application process openMADISON - People interested in learning to hunt Wisconsin's largest game animal have until May 25 to apply to participate in a Learn to Hunt Bear outing featuring classroom and field instruction ...
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Closed areas surrounding Mazomanie Beach expandedMAZOMANIE - The area of land surrounding the popular Mazomanie Beach on the Wisconsin River that is closed to public access is expanding, ...
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Public meetings to discuss potential Lake Michigan trout and salmon stocking reductionMILWAUKEE -- Public meetings are set for May 1 in Milwaukee and May 8 in Green Bay for anglers and others who want to learn more about, and weigh in on, potential stocking reductions in Lake Michigan that scientists say are necessary to balance game fish with the available food source....
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New laws approved regulating use of utility terrain vehiclesMADISON -- A new Wisconsin law providing for permanent registration and updated regulation of utility terrain vehicles will go into effect on July 1, 2012....
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