WDNR Weekly News Update 8.18.09

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Hunters: stay legal and ask to hunt private lands
MADISON - Got your eye on a prime hunting spot resting on choice Wisconsin private lands for your fall hunting expedition? That's a solid, smart first step to a successful hunt, says the ... Read Full Article ... http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_Lookup.asp?id=183#art1

Deer hunters asked to send in wildlife observations from field
MADISON - Wisconsin deer hunters can assist state wildlife officials in monitoring a variety of game and non-game mammals and birds in Wisconsin by submitting their field observations through a ... Read Full Article ... http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_Lookup.asp?id=183#art2

Last casts for inland trout season
MADISON - Kicking yourself that you haven't yet wet a line after trout? Don't despair! There is still about a month left until the season ends on Sept.30, and here are four good reasons to get ... Read Full Article ... http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_Lookup.asp?id=183#art3

Volunteers, sophisticated electronics, help monitor Wisconsin's bat populations
MADISON - With bat populations in decline worldwide, and a new disease devastating bat populations in the Eastern United States, Wisconsin wildlife officials are turning to sophisticated ... Read Full Article ... http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_Lookup.asp?id=183#art4

New book explores Wisconsin's love affair with lake sturgeon
MADISON - The title says it all: "People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish" and now this glossy, 292-page hard cover book is available online and in local ... Read Full Article ...
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Hook and line sturgeon season opens Sept. 5
MADISON - The statewide hook and line lake sturgeon season opens on Saturday, Sept. 5 on those waters open for the season, and closes Sept. 30, providing anglers with an opportunity to land the ... Read Full Article ... http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_Lookup.asp?id=183#art6

Test results show VHS fish disease hasn't spread
Disease found in Green Bay in 2009 but no new waters MADISON - Results are in from several dozen waters tested in 2009 for VHS fish disease and the news is good. No new waters have been found ... Read Full Article ... http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_Lookup.asp?id=183#art7