May 2011 - Wisconsin Wildlife Federation

MAY 2011
VOLUME 38
NUMBER 5
Woodstoves and
Outdoor Wood Boilers
Cause Wildfires—AND,
You Get the Bill!
M
ADISON – Wisconsin’s peak wildfire season typically occurs just after the snow melts in conjunction
with cool, dry and windy weather conditions, and
state forestry officials caution that woodstoves, wood-fired outdoor boilers and debris fires cause numerous, and costly, wildfires every year about this time.
“When cleaning out a woodstove or fireplace, it’s important
to empty ashes in a metal container with a tight fitting lid,”
says Catherine Koele, wildfire prevention specialist with the
Department of Natural Resources. “Let the embers cool by
drowning and stirring the ashes with plenty of water and a
shovel. Since embers can remain hot for days, avoid disposing ashes in the outdoors unless the
ground is completely snow-covered or
on bare ground such as a plowed field
or tilled garden. Be sure to check for
hot glowing embers as you dispose of
them.”
Outdoor wood boilers are another source of wildfires caused by the
sparks from chimney stacks. Wood
boilers often throw sparks from the
chimney stacks during fueling.
“In dry and windy conditions, these embers and sparks cause
nearly 100 wildfires every year and those numbers are increasing as more and more people purchase these units,” Koele says.
To help prevent wildfires, people using these units should
remove all flammable vegetation surrounding them down to
mineral soil. Install a chimney stack screen can help prevent
sparks and embers from escaping, and chimney stack height
should be sufficient for sparks and embers to cool before landing. People should check with fireplace dealers for stack height
recommendations.
“The cost of putting a wildfire out, as a result of improper
ash disposal or sparks from chimney stacks, will be billed to the
responsible party,” Koele says.
This also includes any situation where the responsible party
burned debris in a burn barrel, on the ground in a pile, a field,
or a warming or cooking fire. If deliberately burned material
escapes and starts a wildfire, the responsible party could be
cited and liable for all suppression costs.
Not only are can ashes, embers and sparks from outdoor wood
boilers and woodstoves cause wildfires, but there are many adverse health effects associated with their smoke. These health
effects may include: asthma, cardiovascular disease, cancer,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and carbon monoxide
poisoning. Clean burning woodstoves and boilers that show
little or no smoke from the stack can reduce these risks.
Burning permit requirements and the most current fire danger, are avaiable on the DNR website. For more information
on the negative health effects associated with woodstoves and
outdoor wood boilers visit the outdoor wood boilers page of the
Wisconsin Department of Health Services website.
Partnership to
Uncover Secrets of
Winnebago System
Walleyes
O
SHKOSH – State fish biologists are teaming up with local
fishing clubs and other organizations to help learn more about walleye
in the Winnebago System that they hope
will make fishing for anglers’ No. 1 target
even better on the state’s largest inland
lake and its connected waters.
Department of Natural Resources fish
biologists are implanting 100 walleyes
with sonic tags that will enable them to
study walleye movement patterns in the
Winnebago system. Local fishing clubs
and other organizations have raised the
entire $32,000 needed to purchase the
sonic tags.
“This is an exciting project and a
great partnership,” according to Kendall
Kamke, a DNR senior fisheries biologist
stationed in Oshkosh. “For it be successful, we need anglers fishing
the Winnebago system to be on the lookout for fish that have been
surgically implanted with the sonic tags, and to release those fish unharmed if they should catch one.”
The sonic tagged fish will have two or three blue monofilament sutures on their stomach and a 3-inch long piece of yellow nylon inserted
closer to their tail in addition to a numbered yellow tag, which have
been used on the system for many years.
“For years, anglers have asked us questions about the timing and
movement patterns of walleye in the system and we’ve just been able
to speculate,” Kamke says. “These sonic tags should give us some great
information to answer those movement questions.”
A 2006 economic impact study found that walleye were the favorite
target by an overwhelming majority of anglers who fish the Winnebago system and say they target a specific species. The study, conducted
by UW-Extension, UW-Green Bay and the DNR, also found that angling on the system generates a total impact of $234 million on the
local economy and supports 4,200 jobs.
Walleye work to begin this week
Starting this week, DNR fisheries crews from the Oshkosh office
will implant the sonic tags into 100 walleye of various sizes. Fish will
be tagged on the Fox River at Eureka and in the New London, Shiocton and County Road CCC areas on the Wolf River to characterize
movement of walleyes collected from various locations, Kamke says.
In addition, spawning fish captured in Lake Winnebago will be implanted with sonic tags to see if they stay in the lake or eventually migrate upstream. The walleye receiving the sonic tags will range from
16 to 26 inches this spring.
The tags are similar to those used on sturgeon and catfish in the
system and the existing network of 27 sonic receivers will be used to
record the movement of the implanted walleye. Data are downloaded
from the receivers in June and September, Kamke says.
The tags cost $320 each and have a battery life of about 900 days.
Monies for the $32,600 project were entirely donated by sports clubs
and organizations from around the Winnebago area, Kamke says. The
sonic tags will enable DNR to track a fish’s movement on their downstream migration this year and for two more years of both up and
downstream spring runs, IF that fish doesn’t die or get harvested.
“That’s where cooperation from anglers is vital to keeping as many
of these implanted fish swimming for as long as possible,” he says.
“My hope is that anglers will value this information, and the cost of
the donated tags, enough to release the walleye with sutures on their
bellies.”
Posters showing anglers what to look for will be placed at many
popular landings.
If anglers do end up harvesting one of the sonic tagged fish, Kamke
is asking the angler to call him at (920) 424-7880 and make arrangements to return the small black cylindrical tag to the DNR so that the
tag can be implanted in another walleye.
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WISCONSERVATION
* * * OFFICERS * * *
President Chuck Matyska, Route 1 5055 Cty V, Cecil, WI 54111, (715) 745-6382. Email:
[email protected]
May 2011
Executive Director Activity
First Vice President John Wagner, 722A S Silver Lake St., Oconomowoc, WI 53066,
(262) 560-1230. Email: [email protected]
Second Vice President George Borchert, 7420 S. Hwy 45, Oshkosh, WI 54902, (920) 9221409.
Secretary Tom Nissen, 811 S. Imperial Drive, Hartland, WI 53029, (262) 719-5295. Email:
[email protected]
Treasurer Larry Laehn, 9536 N. State Road 26, Milton, WI 53563, (920) 540-9927. Email:
[email protected]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / LEGISLATION
George Meyer, 201 Randolph Dr., Madison, WI 53717, (608) 516-5545. Email: georgemeyer@
tds.net
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DISTRICT 1
Connie Pribnow, Port Wing, WI, (715) 774-3301.
Al Pribnow, Port Wing, WI, (715) 774-3301.
DISTRICT 2
Larry Vanderhoef, Plainfield, WI, (715) 366-2453.
Walt Camp, St. Germain, WI, (715) 542-3856.
Jack Macholl, Amery, WI, (715) 554-2829.
DISTRICT 3
Dave Hraychuck, Balsam Lake, WI, (715) 485-3362.
Russ Hitz, Wheeler, WI, (715) 632-2143.
David Lorentz, Rice Lake, WI, (715) 931-8707.
DISTRICT 4
Randy Teresinski, Granton, WI, (715) 238-8010.
Dave Verhage, Plover, WI, (715) 344-3497.
DISTRICT 8
Jack Nissen, Dousman, WI, (262) 370-8154.
John Wagner, Oconomowoc, WI, (262) 560-1230.
Mike Rynearson, Oconomowoc, WI, (414) 313-2079.
DISTRICT 11
Larry Freitag, Sheboygan, WI, (920) 458-4117.
Richard Baudhuin, Sturgeon Bay, WI, (920) 743-2581.
Keith Pamperin, Green Bay, WI, (920) 494-3990.
DISTRICT 12
Chuck Matyska, Cecil, WI, (715) 745-6382.
Jim Weishan, Wabeno, WI, (715) 473-6013.
WWF OFFICE PHONE:
800-897-4161 - Toll Free
FAX 608-635-2743
DISTRICT 6
Dennis Reinhardt, Osseo, WI, (715) 597-3535.
John Wetzel, Holmen, WI, (608) 526-4238.
Ed Rollins, Humbird, WI, (630) 561-3099.
WEB PAGE ADDRESS:
www.wiwf.org
N.W.F. REGIONAL REP
Jason Dinsmore, 213 W Liberty, Suite 200, Ann
Arbor, MI 48104. Office: (734) 887-7112. Phone:
(517) 204-8962. Email: [email protected].
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
Craig Challoner, Omro, WI
Russell Froehlich, Oak Creek, WI
Bob Chojnowski, Plover, WI
Mike Arrowood, Oakfield, WI
Jim Huhn, Watertown, WI
Mike “Oscar” Stueck, Whitelaw, WI
Norb Moes, Green Bay, WI
Roxanne Taylor, Plymouth, WI
Jeff Nania, Portage, WI
Clay Utzig, UWSP
Tom Nissen, Hartland, WI
Mike Bizak, UWSP
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LRB1821/1 Deer Hunting Regulations
Dear Senator:
Currently a bill draft is being circulated for signature which would eliminate
the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to adopt Earn-a-Buck and
October deer hunts (except in CWD areas) for all future deer hunting seasons.
The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
urges you to use caution and to not sign
on to such a bill until you have heard an
opportunity to hear from conservationists, farmers and those engaged in forestry in this state. There is no urgency
for this legislation since the Department
of Natural Resources is already proposing such regulations deleting Earn-aBuck for the 2011 deer hunting season.
Those regulations will be voted on by the
DNR Board next week. The Federation is
supporting the proposed DNR 2011 deer
hunting regulations.
While Wisconsin deer hunters are
concerned about low deer herd numbers
now in many locations in the state, it
was only ten years ago that farmers and
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
DISTRICT 10
Al Phelan, Madison, WI, (608) 241-7538.
DISTRICT 5
George Borchert, Oshkosh, WI, (920) 922-1409.
Dan Gries, Menasha, WI, (920) 725-0052.
Bob Kirk, Omro, WI, (920) 685-5254.
DISTRICT 7
Dave Chingway, Watertown, WI, (920) 261-0379.
Don Hammes, Middleton, WI, (608) 836-1205.
Greg Taylor, Watertown, WI.
Communications
DISTRICT 9
Rick Lazarczyk, West Allis, WI, (414) 321-5750.
Roger Borkowski, Milwaukee, WI, (414) 571-0002.
forest owners were literally demanding
that the DNR and the Legislature adopt
strong new measures to reduce the substantial agricultural and forest damage
from an out of control deer herd. Out of
those demands came the Earn-a-Buck
and October hunt requirements. For
those of you that were in the legislature
at that time, you will recall Earn-a-Buck
was put into place by the DNR Board as
a compromise with the Legislature. Then
Speaker John Gard was the proponent of
Earn-a-Buck.
Deer populations in Wisconsin are
very dynamic and can swing from low
populations to excessive populations
in just a few years. There are over 120
deer hunting units in Wisconsin and it
is not responsible deer management to
say that there will never be a need for
the DNR to use Earn-a-Buck or October
hunts to bring the deer herd back into
control. Loss of agricultural and forestry
production will occur if those tools are
not at least available to the DNR.
March 30, 2011
To:
From:
Subject:
Assembly Natural Resources Committee
George Meyer, Executive Director, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
Wisconsin Sportsmen and Women Strongly Oppose Culling In Fish
Tournaments—Assembly Bill 35
Wisconsin sportsmen and women have repeatedly stated overwhelming opposition
to fish tournaments being allowed to cull fish in Wisconsin. Normal fishing by all other
Wisconsin anglers does not allow the culling of fish.
The issue of allowing culling during bass tournaments has been before the legislature in the past. In order to provide legislators information as to whether their
constituents favor or oppose the culling of fish in tournaments, the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation conducted a statewide poll in 2004. That poll of Wisconsin fishermen
showed very strong opposition to culling in fish tournaments.
The Federation asked this question in the poll:
“Wisconsin law now requires all anglers to decide AT THE TIME of catch whether to
keep the catch or return the catch. Now, supporters of some fishing tournaments have
asked the Legislature to allow exceptions for anglers in those tournaments to wait
until AFTER THE TIME of catch to decide which catch to keep and which to return.
Do you favor or oppose allowing exceptions for anglers in some fishing tournaments
to wait to decide which catch to keep and which to return?
Do you strongly (favor/oppose) this or just somewhat (favor/oppose) it?
18% Strongly favor
15% Somewhat favor
16% Somewhat oppose
61% Oppose—33% Favor
45% Strongly oppose
7% Don’t know/Refuse”
The average Wisconsin angler disapproves of the practice of culling and believes
that it is unfair for one group of anglers to be allowed to have special fishing regulations.
Later the Legislature asked the Department of Natural Resources to conduct research in regards to culling in fish tournaments. DNR did that research in 2007 including a further survey of whether Wisconsin sportsmen and women favored or opposed
culling in fish tournaments.
The question was asked of anglers: “Should culling in tournaments be allowed with
and/or without live-well regulations.” The results were:
General angler
Tournament angler
Total anglers
Allow culling without live-well regulations?
Allow
6%
1%
5%
Unsure 11%
5%
10%
Prohibit 83%
94%
85%
Allow culling with live-well regulations?
Allow
30%
38%
32%
Unsure 19%
10%
17%
Prohibit 51%
52%
51%
As we look at these survey results, please keep in mind that AB 35 as drafted does
not require that bass tournament anglers use live wells when fishing in tournaments.
When asked the questions whether culling should be allowed in tournaments without requirements for live wells, 85% of anglers opposed culling and strikingly 94% of
tournament anglers opposed culling of fish in fish tournaments.
When the question was asked whether culling should be allowed in tournaments if
live wells are required, there still was strong opposition to culling by both tournaments
and non-tournament anglers. Overall anglers opposed culling in fish tournaments 51%
to 32% and even tournament anglers opposed culling in fish tournaments with live
wells, 52% to 38%.
Please represent the great majority of sportsmen and women in your district that
oppose culling in fish tournaments with or without live wells.
Thank you for the opportunity to testify here today on behalf of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation.
Submitted by:
George Meyer, Executive Director
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
The Federation does believe that
Earn-a-Buck was overused as a management tool by DNR in many deer management units in the past decade, but the
solution is not to totally remove it as a
deer management tool.
Some have indicated that the deer
herd can be managed by just issuing
more deer tags. That was the strategy
that was employed by the DNR during
the 1990s when I was DNR Secretary
and it did not work as the deer herd exploded in the state over that time period.
In conclusion, the Federation is urging you to not support LRB1821/1 but to
continue to provide strong oversight of
DNR rulemaking to assure that Earn-aBuck is used properly as a deer management tool.
Thank you on behalf of the Wisconsin
Wildlife Federation.
George Meyer
Executive Director
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WISCONSERVATION
May 2011
Gray Wolf Update
States and Canada.
The Service is seeking information
from governmental agencies, Native
American tribes, scientific community, industry and any other
interested parties on
threats, population
size and trends, and
other data that could
affect the long-term
survival of the Western Great Lakes DPS
of the gray wolf. The
Service is also seeking information on
the status of the eastern wolf (Canis lycaon) throughout its
range in the United
States and Canada.
Written comments
may be submitted by
one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments to Docket
No. [FWS-R3-ES-2011-0029].
• U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public
Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No.
[FWS-R3-ES-2011-0029]; Division of
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core area of Minnesota, Michigan, and
Wisconsin, as well as parts of adjacent
states that are within the range of wolves
dispersing from the
core recovery area.
After reviewing the
latest available scientific and taxonomic
information, the Service now recognizes
the presence of two
species of wolves in
the Western Great
Lakes: the gray wolf
(Canis lupus), the
wolf species currently
listed under the ESA,
and the eastern wolf
(Canis lycaon), with a
historical range that
includes portions of
eastern Canada and
the
northeastern
United States. Recent
wolf genetic studies
indicate that what was formerly thought
to be a subspecies of gray wolf (Canis
lupus lycaon) is actually a distinct species (Canis lycaon). To establish the
status of this newly recognized species,
the Service is initiating a review of C. lycaon throughout its range in the United
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T
he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced
a proposal to remove gray
wolves in the Western Great Lakes area
– which includes Minnesota, Michigan
and Wisconsin – from the Federal List of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife because wolves have recovered in this area
and no longer require the protection of
the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Wolves in the Western Great Lakes
area have exceeded recovery goals and
continue to thrive. Wolf numbers total
more than 4,000 animals in the three
core recovery states. Minnesota’s population is estimated at 2,922 wolves; there
are an estimated 557 wolves in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and another 690
in Wisconsin. Each state has developed a
plan to manage wolves once federal protection is no longer needed.
“Wolves in the Western Great Lakes
have achieved recovery,” said Fish and
Wildlife Service Acting Director Rowan
Gould. “We are taking this step because
wolf populations have met recovery goals
and no longer need the protection of the
Endangered Species Act. We are asking
the public to review this proposal and
provide us with any additional information that can help inform our final decision.”
The proposal identifies the Western
Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of wolves, which includes a
Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Gray Wolves in
the Western Great Lakes Have Recovered
M
ay
USFWS Release 4/16/11
Policy and Directives Management; U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, MS 2042-PDM; Arlington, VA
22203.
The proposed rule was delivered to the
Federal Register today and is expected to
publish within the next two weeks. Comments must be received within 60 days
from publication in the Federal Register.
The Service will post all comments on
http://www.regulations.gov. This generally means the agency will post any personal information provided through the
process. The Service is not able to accept
email or faxes.
Following the close of the comment
period, the Service will consider all new
information and other data and make a
final decision on the proposal to delist the
Western Great Lakes DPS of wolves. In
the meantime, gray wolves in the Western Great Lakes area will remain classified as endangered, except in Minnesota
where they will remain threatened.
More information on the recovery of
gray wolves in the Western Great Lakes
can be found at http://www.fws.gov/midwest/wolf/.
The ESA provides a critical safety
net for America’s native fish, wildlife
and plants. We are working to actively
engage conservation partners and the
public in the search for improved and
innovative ways to conserve and recover
imperiled species. To learn more about
the Endangered Species Program, visit
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/.
WWF Citizen Wolf Petition Garners 36,739 Signatures
By George Meyer, Executive Director
A
t its August 2010 meeting, the
Wildlife Federation Board set a
very ambitious goal. The Federation earlier had filed a petition with the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to have the
wolf removed from the Federal Endangered Species list in Wisconsin. However
the WWF Directors wanted to show the
Secretary of the Interior that there was
strong citizen support for the wolf delisting. The Board decided that the Federation would circulate a “Citizens Petition”
in the state to gather 10,000 signatures
by the end of December to present to the
Secretary of Interior and the Wisconsin
Congressional delegation.
The petition signature effort was
amazingly successful. By the end of the
2010, the Federation received petitions
with 36,739 signatures asking the Secretary of Interior to remove the wolf from
the Endangered Species list in Wisconsin. On March 30th and 31st, the signed
petitions were hand-delivered to the Department of Interior and each member of
the Wisconsin Congressional delegation.
Information was provided to them about
the problems that the high wolf population in Wisconsin was having on farmers, hunters and pet owners. The petition was well received by the Wisconsin
Congressional delegation that was fully
aware of the seriousness of the wolf issue in the state. Copies of the petition
were also presented to DNR Secretary
Cathy Stepp at the WWF Board meeting
in April.
On April 15th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that they were
proposing the formal delisting of the wolf
from the Endangered Species list in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. The
public notice stated “ ‘Wolves in the western Great Lakes have achieved recovery,”
said Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Director Rowan Gould. “We are taking this
step because wolf populations have met
recovery goals and no longer need the
protection of the Endangered Species
Act. We are asking the public to review
this proposal and provide us with any
additional information that can help inform our final decision.’ ”
The official Fish and Wildlife Service
is published in this issue of the Wisconservation.
Please read the notice and submit your comments supporting the
delisting of the wolf in Wisconsin either electronically or by mail. Numbers of comments do count in this
process. The WWF will resubmit the
Citizen Petitions to the Fish and Wildlife
Service as part of this formal delisting
process.
Wolf Petitions Delivered!
Stevens Point: Wildlife Committee Chairman Ralph Fritsch (right) presented DNR
Secretary Kathy Stepp with 24.3 lbs of Wolf Petitions containing 36,739 signatures
after the Secretary addressed directors and delegates attending the 2011 Federation
annual meeting.
Below, President Nissen and Past President Ralph Fritsch personally delivered
the bundle of petitions to Wisconsin’s entire Washington D.C. delegation finally
serving the Secretary of the Department of Interior.
Washington D.C. Congressman Tom Petri (Fond du Lac).
Washington D. C. Congressman Sean Duffy (Ashland).
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WISCONSERVATION
May 2011
Affiliate Club Activity
Record Numbers for Challenge the Outdoors – 501 Shooters
Unidentified participant awaiting shooting relay assignment.
CTO photo
by Judy Paluch
S
aturday, April 2nd we opened
the doors at J&H Game Farm
with a great smell of chicken
booyah, brats and hot dogs grilling on
the large grill outside, and sloppy joes
heating up in the kitchen. This was the
day of our 13th Annual Sporting Clay
Shoot Fund Raiser. We were a bit worried because the thaw made a bit of a
mess out of the trails, but Steve from
J&H Game Farm went down both of the
trail set-ups and smoothed them out.
When we opened the doors at 8:00 a.m.,
people started filing in and signing up to
shoot, and it continued all day. All our
old friends and many new friends came
in numbers to sign up and shoot. We hit
our highest number of first round shooters for the day at 501. There were second
round shooters and third round shooters
WWF Treasurer Larry Laehn and Rod
Barkhaus exchange shooting strategies
at the April CTO Shoot – “Don’t Miss”!
Steve Kettenhoven, right, Jim Adamovich and Bruce Rosenberg participated in the
April CTO Sporting Clays event.
at great numbers too. The mud made it a
must to wear boots to get around after a
while, and everyone just joked about it.
This was just so wonderful, and everyone
had a smile on their face.
Many of our members of Challenge
The Outdoors and J&H Game Farm
all helped out in the kitchen, at the different registration and ticket tables,
passing out door prizes, making the food,
cleaning tables, helping to get the tables
cleared for more of the people coming in
to eat, and so much more. We want to
thank all those wonderful workers for
such a great job done.
We want to especially thank J&H
Game Farm so very much for all their
help and giving us the area to hold our
fund raiser. They also made it easier for
people to get set for shooting, eating a
great hot meal, making our Fund Raiser
run so smooth, and helping us make the
fund raiser such a great success.
A BIG THANK YOU goes to all the
wonderful people that came out and
shot in our event, and the many that just
came for the fun. All of you helped us
raise money to help our disabled members enjoy the outdoors in fishing, hunting, shooting, and some great sporting
events. We have over 25 events that we
have during the year where we supply
helpers to any person that needs a little
or a lot of help, and a hot meal to make
the day complete.
If you want to find out more information about us, please visit our web site
at http://www.ctoforme.org; or need
any information or have any questions,
please e-mail us at ctoforme@yahoo.
com.
2011 Annual Meeting Synopsis
by Editor Daniel A. Gries
S
tevens Point, WI – WWF President Jack Nissen called the
annual meeting BOD meeting
to order at 7:30pm Friday April 7th.
Following the “Pledge of Allegiance,” financial requests were solicited from attending Directors followed by evening’s
guest speaker; Wisconsin Department
of Natural Resources Wildlife Biologist
Dr. Scott Walter. Topic: The Decline of
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa Umbellus) in
Wisconsin’s Southwest.
Dr. Walter, previously a professor at
UW Richland Center, conducted a five
year research project. On-site nesting
monitoring (egg counting) and tracking grouse movements through radio
collars attached to captured/released
grouse was conducted. Revisiting the
nesting areas and graphing movement
distances continued through the project
timeframe. Paraphrasing the presentation and the research project specifics,
grouse population totals and reduced
movements were determined/verified.
Predication: Although natural predators
play a role in population numbers, (Owls,
Hawks, Skunks, Fox, Coyotes, Opossum,
and Raccoons) to name a few. However,
the loss of adequate ground cover played
a major role. Landowner logging activity select or clear cutting, the removal of
ground cover and windfall trees creating
pasture acreage vs. forest lands contributed dramatically in grouse populations.
Photographs over time of the project research area confirmed the substantial
elimination of forestland and habitat
groundcover. The decline of the Ruffed
Grouse population in Wisconsin’s southwest is confirmed.
Editor Comment: I have noticed
over the years in the area I frequent to
hunt Canada Geese primarily (Manitowoc County) that fences no longer drape
the topography separating acreage. No
stone, barbed wire or straight wire fences. No vegetation stubble or overgrowth
attributed with fence lines. The “cover” is
gone! So is the cackle of the ever present
roving pheasant.
Saturday’s meeting also started with
the “Pledge of Allegiance” followed by a
delegate orientation session. Past Presidents Jerry Knuth and Ralph Fritsch.
“Keeping the line of Communications”
open of Out of Door activities is vital
between Directors, Associate Directors,
Committee chairs, WWF associate membership, and affiliates. Including, affiliate issue positions and political issues.
President’s Report: President Jack
Nissen addressed the delegation on ongoing Federation initiatives and thanked
“all” for their dedication of Federation
goals. There is a vital need to remain
aggressive in future “Calendar” sales as
this financial source is critical to the operating budget.
Treasurers Report: Treasurer Larry Laehn presented the Treasury Report
which revealed a “stable” budgetary adherence conditions. Both reports were
unanimously accepted!
Guest Speaker: Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp
addressed the Directors and delegates
of customer service changes underway.
The department is going to be decisive,
accessible offering “better service to the
public.” Secretary Stepp indicated emails
and citizen letters to her are welcomed –
she personally answers all inquires. The
current department possible retirement
could possibly involve 50% of the current
staff. Many positions require specific
educational and background experience.
Only time will tell how many positions
will become vacant. A considerable Q&A
session followed addressing a vast area
of subjects with Secretary Stepp closing
her remarks by complementing the directors and delegates for their environmental enthusiam.
Executive Director: Executive Director George Meyer presented a legislative update and current Federation issues such as – The recent Department of
Natural Resources purchase of the Hall
Deer farm in Marathon County. (Editor
Note: A CWD nightmare without maintaining existing containment fencing).
National Wildlife Federation:
NWF Jason Dinsmore Ann Arbor
Michigan, updated attendees on current projects and initiatives national is
addressing.
Junior Trappers: Junior Trappers
Association representatives Maegan
Loka (Tomahawk Wis.) and Sara Shumaker (Caroline Wis.) presented an
overview of their association’s outreach
and community activities throughout
the state. These two young ladies are
very informed concerning Wisconsin’s
great outdoors. The association members
and their parents set up an informational booth throughout the day’s activities.
RESOLUTIONS: Resolutions were
presented for initial identification/
acceptance. Discussion review/revision
and voting scheduled at the end of the
agenda day. The 2011 approved Resolutions will appear in the June issue of
Wisconservation.
Election of Officers/Directors/Associate Directors: See Wisconservation Page 2.
2011 Achievement Awards: All
Maegan Loka (right) of Tomahawk, Wis.
and Sara Shumaker (left) of Caroline,
Wis., representing the Junior Trappers
Association, gave an overview of their
association’s statewide activities.
2011 achievement awards featured on
pages 6 & 7 of the May 2011 issue of Wisconservation.
Sunday: Announcements – Committee Reports – Old & new business – Adjourn.
As always, Be Safe Out There!
…Dag
President’s Report
May 2011
I
’d like to thank the district directors and exec. director for your
support in electing me to the office of president. I have a wife and two
grown daughters. I’ve been hunting, fishing, trapping, planting trees, have raised
beagles, herefords, and presently raise
chickens. Hunting with handgun thru
muzzle loader, with archery, recurves
and own made stickbows. Our environment and habitat are important issues
to me.
With the changes in the legislative
climate and political pressures there is
a need, more than ever, to have a united,
educated voice of the sports men and
women of Wisconsin. The future will be
challenging.
I am here to work with and for you,
the WWF, and promote our mission of
conservation education and advocacy for
all hunters, fishers, trappers, dog groups,
and all our conservation groups that love
Wisconsin. With increased membership
and open communication, involving all
stakeholders, we will continue to strive
for sound, ethical, scientific management
of our resources.
We will continue to focus on conservation education and increased involvement of youth in out-of-doors, activities.
We will represent our clubs and affiliates with a united voice before the
legislature, natural resource board, and
conservation congress. Our district directors will be held responsible to provide
important feedback from their respective
clubs and associates.
We will continue to grow our partnership with the “Friends of MacKenzie”
and the MacKenzie Environmental Center, increasing and expanding our educational mission.
To all, I welcome your input and help.
Sincerely,
Chuck Matyska
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0/" $#!+ #3 $#-,13-#32 *(%-+#13- /3) '3-&%.What is the distribution of oak wilt?
What causes this disease?
Oak wilt is caused by a fungus, Ceratocystis fagacearum. The fungus invades
water-conducting vessels and induces the
formation of balloon-like projections called
tyloses which also plug the vessels. As water movement within the tree is slowed, the
leaves wilt and drop off the tree.
Which trees are susceptible?
Oaks in the red oak group (black, northern red, northern pin and others with
pointed leaf edges) are most susceptible.
Oaks in the white oak group (white, swamp
white, burr and others with rounded leaf
edges) are less susceptible.
What are the symptoms?
Red oak group
These trees drop their leaves rapidly
(usually within a 3-week period) most often
in late June and throughout July and August. Some lose a portion of their leaves in
September then rapidly lose all their leaves
just after they come out in the spring.
White oak group
These trees drop their leaves on 1 to several branches several years in a row. Trees
in the white oak group do not always die;
they may survive an infection.
How does this disease spread?
Underground
Most oak wilt moves from diseased trees
to healthy trees through roots that have
become interconnected (root grafts). Most
root grafts form between oaks of the same
species; red oak roots graft more commonly
than do white oak roots, and grafts between
red and white oaks are very rare.
Overland
Some movement of oak wilt is overland via sap-feeding beetles. In the spring,
fungal mats (small masses of Ceratocystis
fagacearum) develop under the bark of
some trees that have died from oak wilt the
year before. These mats force the bark to
crack open. The fungus produces a sweet
odor that attracts sap-feeding beetles on
the mats. The beetles then fly to healthier oaks to feed on sap flowing from fresh
wounds, thus infecting healthy trees.
Overland spread can also occur
when firewood or logs from infected trees harboring fungal mats are
moved.
How do I confirm my tree has oak wilt?
Collect 3 twigs (about 1/2” in diameter
and 4” in length) from 3 different branches with wilting leaves. Samples must still
have live tissue. Scratch the sample branch
with your fingernail. If the wood under the
bark is a light color (white to green), the
sample is fresh. If the wood is brown or
dark, it is too old to be sampled. Wrap the
sample in wax paper and keep it cool until
you mail it. Mail the sample to:
Don’t Prune Oaks April through July
to Avoid Oak Wilt
P
eople who value their oak trees
should not prune them from April
through July, according to the latest recommendations from state forestry
officials. The reason? Spring and early summer pruning makes oak trees vulnerable to
oak wilt, a serious and almost-always fatal
fungal disease of red oaks.
Special care should also be taken to
avoid wounding oaks from April through
July, according to Kyoko Scanlon, Department of Natural Resources forest pathologist. Any action that might provide an
opening into the tree such as carving initials into the tree or attaching a birdfeeder
or clothes line, could provide an opportunity for the oak wilt fungus to invade and establish itself in the tree.
If an oak tree is pruned
from April through July, a
wound dressing or paint
should be applied to the
cut surface as soon as
the wound is created.
Even half an hour can be
enough time for beetles
that transmit the disease
to land on a fresh wound
and infect your tree, according to Scanlon. While
the risk of spreading oak
wilt is low after July, she
said homeowners should
avoid pruning or wounding oaks until autumn, to
be on the safe side.
“Oak wilt can spread from a diseased
tree to a healthy tree through a connected
root system as well as by insects,” according
to Scanlon. “Very small sap beetles transport fungal spores by landing on fungal
mats found beneath the cracked bark of
trees that died the previous year. The spores
are then transmitted from the beetle body
onto the fresh wound of a healthy oak tree
while the beetle is feeding at the pruned or
damaged site. A beetle that transmits oak
wilt disease is not capable of boring into a
tree,” Scanlon added.
If a wound is left unprotected, a new oak
wilt pocket may develop in a location where
oak wilt did not previously exist and will
radiate to other oaks through the connected
root systems. If no management steps are
taken, Scanlon said the pocket could continue to expand year after year. Once oak
wilt establishes itself in an area, control of
the disease is both difficult and costly. The
prevention of oak wilt is the best approach.
Scanlon said builders and developers
should also be very careful as many oak
wilt infections and deaths have occurred
through inadvertent damage to roots,
trunks, or branches during the construction process.
Oak wilt is found in all Wisconsin counties except Ashland, Bayfield, Calumet,
Door, Douglas, Forest, Iron, Kewaunee, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Sheboygan, Taylor, Vilas, and Washburn. Oak
wilt was confirmed in Oneida County for
the first time last summer.
The disease kills many oaks in the state
by interfering with the tree’s water and
nutrient-conducting systems, essentially starving the tree. Leaves begin
to wilt and the tree may
eventually die. Trees in
the red oak group, such
as northern red and
northern pin oak are especially vulnerable. Once
wilting symptoms become
visible the tree loses most
of its leaves and dies
very quickly, often within
weeks. Trees in the white
oak group – those with
rounded or lobed leaves –
are more resistant to oak
wilt and the disease progresses much more slowly, often one branch at a time. White oaks
could live with oak wilt for many years, and
some trees may recover from the disease.
“Besides oaks, pruning deciduous trees
in general should be avoided in the spring,
as this is the time when tree buds and
leaves are growing and food reserves are
low,” says Don Kissinger, a DNR urban forester. “The best time to prune any deciduous tree is winter, followed by mid-summer,
after leaves have completed their growth.”
Anyone interested in learning more
about oak wilt and other forest pests as
well as tree pruning should visit the Forest
Health pages of the DNR website for more
information. Additional information about
proper pruning techniques is available from
your community forester, a University of
Wisconsin-Extension agent, or DNR urban
forestry coordinators.
Brian Hudelson
Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic
Department of Plant Pathology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
1630 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1598
(608) 262-2863
There is a $15.00 fee for this service.
How do I prevent oak wilt?
Urban/Residential Setting
Oak trees are most susceptible to overland spread in the springtime, from bud
swelling until 2 to 3 weeks past full leaf
development. The Wisconsin Department
of Natural Resources advises to avoid
pruning, cutting, or wounding oak April
through July (April, May, June, and
July) in the urban setting. Observations
and unpublished research have shown that
overland infection can occur after July, yet
these mid-summer through early fall infections are not common. To take a very cautious approach, do not prune or otherwise
wound oaks from April to October.
In some years, spring comes much earlier than we expect. If daytime temperatures
begin to reach the 50F degree mark, stop
pruning oak at that time, even if it’s still
the middle of March.
If pruning needs to be conducted, the
wound surface should be covered with a
tree wound paint immediately. Tree wound
paint can actually slow the natural wound
closure process; limit the use of wound
paint to the situation described above.
Forested Setting
In the forest setting, more site-specific
oak harvest guidelines are applied. For
more information, refer to Oak Wilt: Guidelines for Reducing the Risk of Introduction
and Spread.
How do I manage oak wilt?
Management through disruption of
common root systems
Spread through grafted root systems
is the most common way that oak wilt
spreads. If healthy oaks of the same species are near an infected tree, removing
the infected tree will not control the
spread. In fact, movement of the fungus
through the root grafts may be hastened by
prompt removal of infected trees. The best
control measure is to install a root
graft barrier which disrupts the common root systems between healthy
and diseased trees. The most successful
methods of doing this involve physically
severing roots with a vibratory or cable
plow or trencher. Locating the barriers correctly is crucial to their success. Often adjacent healthy appearing oaks may already
be infected but are not yet showing symptoms. A forest pest specialist, forester
or consultant trained in oak wilt management should work with you to plan
barrier location.
What should I do with diseased wood?
After installing root graft barriers,
diseased wood may be removed and utilized for firewood or other projects. Trees
that have died from oak wilt can harbor
the fungal mats so if this wood is moved,
the fungal mats are moved and the disease may spread into areas currently unaffected. Any trees that have died from
oak wilt and have bark that is tightly
attached to the wood could harbor
fungal mats. This wood must receive
special treatment. Once the bark has become loose and falls off the wood, the mats
are no longer viable and no special treatment is necessary; movement of the wood
is no longer a concern.
Firewood
Two methods of wood treatment are effective in preventing overland spread via
firewood.
1. Debarking (removing the bark form
the wood) the wood will prevent the fungus mats from forming. Debarking must
be conducted before fungal mats form, thus
it should occur in the late summer, fall or
winter following tree death.
2. Cutting, splitting, stacking and covering the wood with a 4mm or thicker
plastic will also prevent overland spread.
All sharp edges or stubs should be cut to
eliminates the possibility of puncturing the
plastic. The entire pile must be sealed all
around. Seal the bottom by covering it with
dirt and logs or other heavy objects. If the
wood is not burned over the winter following tree death, leave the tarp on through
the next growing season (October 1) or until the bark is loose.
Other wood products
Wood from infected trees may be sold to
a sawmill or chipping facility--preferable
one which is several miles away form the
nearest red oak. Advise the purchaser that
the infected trees with tightly attached
bark must be utilized over the coming
winter.
The oak wilt fungal mat does not survive well when it is dried out, exposed to
other adverse conditions or put in competition with other wood decay fungi. Thus
wood chips from infected trees are highly
unlikely to serve as a source of disease inoculum or spores and can be used for landscaping.
Should I disinfect my saw after cutting diseased wood?
The research on this topic is minimal,
yet experience has shown that the likelihood of spreading oak wilt via saws is very
low. At this time, it does not appear necessary to disinfect your saw.
What will happen if I do not actively
try to stop oak wilt?
If you allow the disease to progress,
it will spread to healthy oaks that are
grafted through roots to the diseased
trees. In stands where oak is common and
root grafting prevalent, an ever-widening
pocket of dead oaks will form. In forests
where oak is mixed with other species
and is a minor component, spread will be
slower and may actually stop from a lack
of root grafting. New pockets may also be
formed via overland spread by sap-feeding
beetles.
Dead oak trees can serve as excellent
den trees for wildlife. Oaks do not decay
as quickly as aspen, birch and red maple,
thus will provide shelter for wildlife for
many years. Also, as oaks die, the site often becomes brushy for about 10 years.
Warblers, grosbeaks, cuckoos, cardinals,
grouse, rabbits, deer and shrews will be attracted to the brushy area. Brown creepers
may nest under the sloughing bark on dead
trees. Dead trees will also furnish insects
for birds, and large specimens may provide
perches for raptors.
Go to http://dnr.wi.gov/forestry/fh
and click on Local Forester to find
DNR Foresters by County.
WISCONSERVATION
Youth Organization…
Waukesha-Jefferson County
Trap League
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2011 W.W.F. Achievement Award Recipients
May 2011
Soil & Water Conservationist…
Clean Air and Water Systems
Through its Conservation Achievement Awards, the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation honors individuals, affiliates,
businesses, organizations and others for their outstanding contribution to conservation.
Water Conservationist…
Dave Vetrano
The Waukesha-Jefferson County Trap League was started in 2007 after Wisconsin
Wildlife Federation Board member Connie Pribnow suggested it to a few fellow
members of the federation at one of the monthly meetings. Shortly after that, five
clubs formed the league and they were started. The five founding clubs were the
Dousman Gun Club, Palmyra Fish and Game Club, Hartland Sportsman’s Club, Fin
and Feather Club and the Oconomowoc Sportsman’s Club. Each club would run
their own league and scores were posted weekly for all the kids to see. At the end
of the league all participants would gather at one of the ranges for a day of shooting, food and awards.To date this organization has hosted over 200 youth shooters.
In 2009 two of the instructors became certified coaches in order to better serve
these young shooters and to take this event to the next level. In 2010 the league
traveled to the State High School Shoot in Mayville, Wisconsin with 3 teams, two
from Kettle Moraine High School and one from Palmyra High School. Out of the 142
teams (695 shooters), these kids finished in the following places 42nd, 62nd, 81st,
103rd, and 207th. Also one young lady finished in 46th spot. Great results for some
first time shooters. A number of the leagues young shooters also went on to shoot
in the 2010 Wisconsin State Trap Shoot, with two of them placing in second place
in their division and one young man grabbing the Title of Wisconsin Youth
Champion High Gun.
Conservation Communicator…
Dean Bortz
Dean is the current Editor and Outdoor Writer of Wisconsin Outdoor News. This has
60,000 paid subscribers and a total readership of more than 207,000 each issue.
Dean has built this newspaper into a leading source of outdoor news in the state
and people (including D.N.R. employees) read it to find out what the latest is within
the Department. His interests and articles go to the heart of regulations and management, his views on new legislation, Conservation Congress proposals, D.N.R.
Committees, and the Natural Resources Board also appear in many articles within
the paper. Besides his interests listed above, Dean also shares his personal experiences on outdoor hunting and fishing trips. His words and comments bring his
readers in touch with those written words. Reading his articles touches the highs
and lows of everyone personal experiences they may have had doing the same
activities. When not speaking on outdoor activities, his honest word goes into finding correct answers to other outdoor articles that may not have guided its reader
to the correct source or wording off the article.
Warden of the Year…Jason Bayer
You know when you retire and people call you a “Rogue Biologist,” you have really
accomplished something for natural resources and are appreciated by the public.
That is the phrase used to describe the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation’s 2011 Water
Conservationist, Dave Vetrano. Dave worked as a fish manager for DNR for 33 years
in the La Crosse Office. Originally from West Allis, he served in the Air Force as a
B-52 crew chief for four years before completing his degree in fish management at
UW-Stevens Point. He landed a job with DNR as a seasonal worker, then moved
through the ranks to become the fish manager with responsibility for fish management in a major part of Western Wisconsin’s Driftless Area. In 1983 he pioneered
the idea of stocking the local trout streams with fingerlings raised from wild trout
rather than hatchery fish. This resulted in a survival rate improvement of 6-1 and
made many of the streams self-sustaining once again. This success however was
not enough for Dave. Shortly after that, Dave pioneered a new system for bank
stabilization for the streams in the hill country of Western Wisconsin. He developed
a design called the “Little Underwater Neighborhood Keepers Encompassing
Rheotaxic Salmonids” or better known as “Lunkers.” This system while stabilizing
the banks in the flash food prone streams of the area provided outstanding success in increasing trout populations. Dave and his colleagues’ efforts have added
400 miles to the region’s list of classified trout waters. Western Wisconsin now has
the finest trout fishing in the Midwest and arguably in the country.
Paul is Administrator of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry and
Wisconsin’s Chief State Forester. Paul is one of 470 permanent and many seasonal employees
who work in concert with our countless internal and external partners to protect and sustainably
manage Wisconsin’s forest ecosystems to provide the wide array of ecological, economic and
social benefits for present and future generations. This particular stage in Paul’s quest began in
2003, and has seen him be part of collaborative efforts to, among many other things, complete a
Statewide Forest Plan, green certify public and private forests, maintain large blocks of working
forestland and minimize development in the wild land-urban interface, explore possibilities for
expanding the use of forest biomass for energy, and address the increasing threat of invasive
species. Needless to say, the quest continues. Paul’s service to the people of Wisconsin began in
1992 as the State Lands Specialist for Forestry. He later served as Chief of the Forestry Program
Support Section and then for five years as Deputy Chief State Forester. Prior to his career with the
Wisconsin DNR, Paul worked as a mediator for the RESOLVE Center for Environmental Dispute
Resolution, and subsequently as a senior program officer for the World Wildlife Fund, both in
Washington D.C. As a mediator, Paul brought together the full range of affected interests to find
collaborative solutions to an array of challenging environmental issues, including endangered
species, forests and wetlands. Paul received a bachelor’s degree in forestry from the University of
Wisconsin -Stevens Point and a master’s degree in natural resource policy from the University of
Michigan. A Certified Forester, Paul currently serves as President of the Northeast Area Association of State Foresters and Legislative Chair of the National Association of State Foresters. Paul
is married to his soul mate, Abby, and relishes time spent with her and their two children. Paul is
a recovering punster who loves to keep falling off the wagon. The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation’s
Forests, Park and Recreation Committee is pleased to nominate Paul DeLong as this year’s recipient as Conservationist of the Year in Forestry.
Hunter Education Instructors…
Koenig’s Conservation Club
Outdoor Conservation Education
Center…Camp Y-KODA
Outdoor Conservation Educator…
James Swanson
This past year, Jim was involved in a multiplicity of outdoor educational efforts.
Teaching youth and parents how to load and shoot muzzle loaders is one of Jim’s
primary passions. This year he organized and led four separate muzzle loading
events for youth. Jim’s muzzle loading youth events are fun, entertaining and learning events for the participants. Jim is a Living History practitioner. He portrays a
voyageur from the early 1700s in a muzzle loading station that is set up as a voyageur camp. Most of the team that put on the event is also dressed in 1700s period
garb. Jim even provides the clothing for his assistants who don’t have period attire.
Clay pigeons and bowling pins are the target, which of course give immediate
feedback to the shooter. This past year over 400 youth and adults participated in
these events. Jim has been doing them for over 10 years and estimates that 5000
people have gone through the shooting station. Jim has built most of the equipment and purchased most of the guns and ammo for what he calls, “his portable
shooting show.” This year shooting events were held at the MacKenzie Center,
Poynette, WI; Forts Folle Avione Rendezvous, Webster, WI; Red Cedar Women’s
Pheasants Forever Ring Neck Rally, Menomonie, WI, Sharing Our Resources,
Boyceville, WI. Jim is a high school teacher who works at Lucas Charter High
School, and is an advisor for the Sharing Our Resources Middle School Outdoor
Club (SOR). His role as advisor for the SOR club allows him monthly forums for
teaching middle school youth about the outdoors. SOR is unique in that it is a family club. Students are actually prohibited from attending meetings unless they bring
their parents or guardians. Usually both parents and many siblings attend the
meetings. Also, the younger siblings have so much fun at SOR that they join when
they get to middle school. SOR has monthly meetings that are designed to introduce students to a wide variety of outdoor activities. Some of the activities that
SOR students have explored include fly fishing, pigeon racing, bald eagles and
other raptors, muzzle loaded shooting, archery, forestry/logging, biking, whooping
cranes. Jim also does much more like field working at the Bjornson Environmental
Site, Jim and his co-advisor Tiffany Nicholas organize the famous Barbequed
Raccoon, and builds Wood duck houses in the Lower Chippewa River State Natural
Area.
Water Conservation Organization…
Friends of the Little Plover River
This group of 12 certified hunter education instructors has a combined total of 37
years of teaching. In the past year they have conducted 2 hunter education classes
at their clubhouse with a total of 44 students. They also taught 18 students at the
local YMCA camp, conducted live firing exercises for four other classes for a total
of 87 students. They also conduct Bowhunter education classes. They stress
hands-on training for all students. Students spend at last 1/2 hour of each class
plus a 4 hour field day of hands on activities. They also participate in our
Greenwing Outdoor field day sponsored by DU for youths 10 to 17. Mentor Learn
to Hunt Turkeys program for youth and assisted in Learn to Hunt programs for
pheasants. Two of their members have assisted with the BB gun shooting at
Wisconsin Outdoor Alliance day at Beaver Dam for the past 3 years. Pictured
above: Harold and Pat Holt.
Outdoor Conservation
Business…Milford Hills
Warden Jason Bayer arrived in the Phillips station during the early portion of
January 2009. Since arriving to the station, Jason has demonstrated a high level of
knowledge and expertise that has many of his peers considering him a veteran of
the Warden force when he has only been with us a little over three years. Once
arriving to the Phillips station, Jason hit the ground running and immediately
focused on building community relations in Price County. Jason quickly established reliable and trustworthy informants and bega to make some very significant
cases. Within the first six months of his arrival, Jason instituted multiple search
warrants which solidified a strong, formidable relationship with not only the DA’s
office and the Judge, but with the public as well. One of these cases resulted in the
issuance of six criminal arrests on bear related violations and several civic forfeitures. The subject was prosecuted and received fines totaling $4,975.00. The judge
also granted an unheard of authorization to Jason that stated Wardens could stop
in the defendant’s residence anytime without warning and search all premises for
violations of the defendant’s revocation. The subject also received six months in
jail. At the spring Northern Regional meeting, Jason was nominated and won the
outstanding arrest for the region. Jason also received a “Chiefs cup,” which is
recognition from the chief warden for outstanding accomplishments. Jason every
year since his arrival has assisted with LTH turkey program in Price County. Jason
has taken youth out one-on-one and was successful in harvesting a turkey. Jason
also started a learn to bear hunt during 2009 in the Price County area with 12 bear
tags issued to mentored students from different parts of the state. The students &
mentors harvested 9 bear over the 2 day hunt. During 2010, again Jason held the
program and had 17 students and again they had great success.
Conservationist of the Year…Paul DeLong
The Milford Hills Hunt Club (Dan and Lloyd Marks, co-owners of Milford Hills) of
Johnson Creek was awarded the WI DNR Hunter Education Award for outstanding
support and contributions to Wisconsin’s hunter education program. The award
was achieved through hosting hunter safety workshops, education courses, banquets and filming events for international service announcements. The award was
established to give back to the individuals and organizations that show outstanding contributions to Wisconsin’s Hunter Education Program, only three such
awards ever have been given out. Since 1967, nearly a million Wisconsinites have
graduated from Wisconsin’s Hunter Education program. Over 5,000 volunteers
donate their time to instruct 30,000 participating students annually. Wisconsin has
the largest program in the country. Dan and Lloyd not only operate Milford Hills
with its five star rating by the National Association of Shooting Ranges (NASR) as
Wisconsin’s only full-service event destination but also manage the McMiller
Sports Center located in the Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit just west of
Old World Wisconsin. McMiller Sports Center is operated under a lease from the WI
Department of Natural Resources and is open to the public. The Marks Brothers
have learned firsthand just what it takes to make their customers happy and want
to come back for more. That knowledge is what they apply at both of their facilities.
Camp Y-Koda Outdoor Skills and Education Center is a branch of the Sheboygan County YMCA
located on 80 acres on the Sheboygan River. For over 30 years it has provided a wide variety of
hands-on outdoor educational programs which now reaches over 4,700 pre-kindergarten through
12th grade students per year. Their signature program is their unique Wetland Ecology Program.
Since the early 90’s they have led over 18,000 students out of classrooms and into the Sheboygan
Marsh and Kiel Marsh Wildlife Areas to “get their feet wet” in a wetland ecosystem. This program
meets Wisconsin Model Academic Standards and offers each student hands-on experiences to
help them discover wetlands. The instructors – role playing “explorers” help to demonstrate and
explain the part that hunters and trappers play in conservation of natural resources. A laboratory
donated by the Sheboygan County Conservation Association and area businesses is located at
the Sheboygan Marsh for use during their program. Sponsor-A-Classroom Program is another
Camp innovation that was started in 2006 by Jeremiah Dentz, Camp Director. This program sponsors classes from local school that lack environment studies and brings them out to Camp to
participate in nature-based programs. Since its start, over 8,000 students from 27 schools have
been sponsored with over $26,000 in donations from area businesses, foundation and SCCA.
More could be said about this fine camp and directors but without a doubt their programs help to
nurture an awareness of nature and an involvement in our area natural resources that our youth
might not otherwise have the opportunity to experience in today’s world. So it is with great pride
that we honor tonight Jeremiah Dentz, Camp Director and Sarah Dezwarte, Director of Education
and Camp Y-Koda Outdoor Conservation Education Center.
Conservation Organization…
Star Prairie Fish & Game
Founded in 1991, the Star Prairie Fish & Game plays a very active role in providing educational,
environmental and conservation related programs and projects to the area. Their mission is “to
provide, protect and restore environmentally important land and water areas for fish, game and
wildlife that will create recreational and educational opportunities for all ages and abilities for
future generations.” Star Prairie is a non-profit, tax deductible, all volunteer organization, working
closely with: Pheasants Forever, Ducks Unlimited, Trout Unlimited, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, WI
Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Conservation Congress, Wisconsin Wildlife
Federation and many other organizations. Star Prairie works on many projects closely with the
WDNR fisheries managers and wildlife technicians including fish stocking surveys, fish crib construction on area lakes and wood duck house placement. Members assist WDNR fisheries staff
during trout stocking on the Willow and Apple Rivers. On August 22nd of 2010, Star Prairie Fish
& Game held their first Annual Rubber Duck Race in Island River Park. The race includes 480 rubber ducks. The club drops them into the river and each duck has a number on the bottom. The
person with the number of the duck that crosses the finish line first is the winner of the race.
For outstanding contribution to the conservation of our soil and water by providing
and installing many types of soil conservation products. Clean Air and Water
Systems has been providing and installing soil and water protecting products for
many years.Their services include supply and installation of geosynthetics. Design
and construction management of projects that include highly sensitive environmental applications such as lining hazardous waste landfills, installing heap leach
pads at mining sites. Heap leach pads are used in the mining process to extract
precious metals from the ore. During the process, crushed rock is stacked on the
lined area installed by Clear Air and Water Specialists. It is on the lined area that
cyanide is sprinkled onto the rock to dissolve the precious metals. The liner
installed is used to not only contain the liquid metal but also to capture the cyanide
so it does not leach into the soil or ground water. Clean Air and Water frequently
double lines the ponds designed to capture the liquid containing the precious metals. The double lining insures no contamination to the soils and ground waters.
Clean Air and Water Systems are truly leaders in the prevention of contaminated
soil and water in many areas, landfills, agriculture, wastewater, and mining and also
vapor barriers. Clean Air and Water has been an outstanding supporter of the
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation efforts to ensure clean water and soils and are members of the International Association of Geosynthetic Installers Association.
Wildlife Conservationist…
Dr. Scott Walter
Currently Dr. Scott Walter is employed by the University of Wisconsin-Richland
since 1999, and currently ranks as an Associate Professor in the Department of
Biological Sciences. His education background primarily deals with animals on the
organismal and population levels (BS in Biology from Beloit College; MS and PhD
in Wildlife Ecology from UW-Madison), but he teaches a diverse array of biology
courses. His passion is the ecology and management of our local wildlife species;
in particular early-successional forest wildlife. He has been involved with research
on Canada geese, ducks, ruffed grouse, polar bears, and actively seeking opportunities for his students to become involved in research projects. Dr. Walter has been
recognized nationally as an expert on the subject of the decline of the ruffed
grouse population due to the impact of maturing forests in Southwest Wisconsin.
He is a dynamic speaker and is a past winner of Alliant Energy’s Excellent in
Teaching Award presented to area U.W. faculty who are nominated by their students for being “engaging and passionate” regarding their subject matter. He is
very dedicated to the mission of the UW Colleges and strives to provide the best
learning environment for the UW-Richland students, both in the classroom and on
campus in general. Dr. Walter truly has earned the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
Award of 2011 Wildlife Conservationist.
Forest Conservationist…
Merlin Becker
The Little Plover River is one of the most studied rivers in the world. Back in the
late 60s it was predicted that an over use of high capacity wells “HCW” would
reduce the water table and the Little Plover’s importance as a Class I trout stream.
A fish kill in the summer of 2005 brought those early predictions to fruition. The
Central Sands area of Wisconsin is noted for its vegetable production. The number
of area HCWs has grown from less than 100 in 1960 to over 3,300 today. Is it any
wonder that our trout stream might suffer? Action was needed; so here comes a
couple of Barbs and a Jodi. It starts with Barb Feltz’ presentation, “welcome to
Barb’s world” which points to the low stream flow just outside her front door. The
next move was to organize The Friends of the Little Plover River who gathered support from a host of folks like the GSRC&D Council, UWSP professor George Kraft,
the River Alliance, the Portage County Conservationist, as well as the WIWF. The
Friends were instrumental in working with a local stakeholders group representing
area municipalities, agribusiness and vegetable processing interests. With guidance from the WDNR, this group is working hard to experiment with various short
and long term solutions aimed at improving river flow. The Friends pushed for the
public rights stage which led to an agreed upon 4 cfs minimum flow. The Friends
have benefited greatly by the organizational and education skills of Barb Gifford
and Jodi Hermsen. This trio of conservationists put together an outing for area 4th
graders called “Little Plover River Appreciation Day.” This class trip is held on the
first Friday in May and includes 7 different stations which discuss water use worldwide; here in Wisconsin, fish and critters in the river, fly fishing & tying, and are
now looking to add a Karner Blue Butterfly venue. Jodi has been particularly important in preparing the periodic pamphlets which provide history and status reports
about the river. In 2009, the Natural Resources Board asked the Friends for their
ability to deal with a very sensitive issue in a professional manner. The Friends of
the LPR, and in particular, Barb Feltz, Barb Gifford and Jodi Hermsen are to be
commended for their efforts on behalf of our water resources. It’s with great appreciation that the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation recognizes The Friends of the Little
Plover River as our Water Conservation Organization of the Year.
Executive Director George Meyer (right) and WWF
Past President Jack Nissen (left) in all photos.
Merlin C. Becker has a long history of volunteer work locally as well as at the state
level. He has served as a charter member and president of the Wisconsin Woodland
Owners Association (WWOA) Wolf River Chapter. He served several terms on the
Board of Directors of WWOA, as president for two years and presently is serving as
treasurer. He is a life member and has received its distinguished service award. He
completed the Woodland Leadership Institute course in 1988 and also attended the
Wisconsin Coverts training in 1995 and advanced training in 2006. He is also a
trained facilitator for the Ties to the Land Program assisting people in transferring
property to children. Merlin’s property has been designated the Waupaca County
Demonstration forest by the Golden Sands RC&D project and presently served as
a voting member on their council. He has been a long time member of the American
Tree Farm system ad presently serves on their Grass Roots Committee. He hosts
field days on his property doing so in 1992, 2000, 2004 and 2009 to show case his
improvements for wildlife and forestry. On his property he has completed; timber
stand improvements on his forest and pine plantation, reforestation of hardwoods,
invasive species control, wildlife habitat, streamside management zone through his
property, food plots, prescribed burning and crops for wildlife. He has his forestland enrolled in the Managed Forest Law which guarantees sustainable forestry for
25 years. As President of WWOA, Merlin actively campaigned for affiliate membership in WWF which it now has and served on its deer study committee and forestry
committee. Merlin never stops promoting management of natural resources and
believes strongly in the concept of stewardship and actively communicates that to
others including members of Congress and the state Legislature.
8
WISCONSERVATION
May 2011
2011-2012 Ceded Territory Walleye Bag Limits
Inland waters not listed below have a total daily bag limit of 5, unless listed in the regulation pamphlet as a special regulation water. THESE BAG LIMITS ARE EFFECTIVE FROM MAY 7, 2011 TO MARCH
4, 2012 INCLUSIVE.
The total daily bag limit for walleyes is five. If the lake you are fishing has a bag limit less than five, you can fish other lakes to fill your daily bag limit. While fishing, you cannot possess fish in excess of that
lake’s daily bag limit. Therefore, remember to remove all fish from your boat prior to fishing on a second lake that also has a restricted bag limit.
ASHLAND COUNTY
BAG LIMIT
Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Gordon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
BARRON COUNTY
Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Beaver Dam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Big Dummy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Big Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Granite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Horseshoe (115 ac; T36N-R14E-S3) .2
Horseshoe (377 ac; T34N-R14E-S6) .2
Lake Chetek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Lower Devils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Lower Turtle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Lower Vermilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Mud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Pokegama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Poskin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Prairie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Red Cedar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Staples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Upper Devils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Upper Turtle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
BAYFIELD COUNTY
Atkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Bladder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Diamond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Middle Eau Claire . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Namekagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Pike Chain (Buskey Bay, Hart,
Millicent, & Twin Bear Lakes) . . . .2
Siskiwit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Upper Eau Claire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
BURNETT COUNTY
Big McKenzie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Clam River Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Devils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Dunham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Lipsett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Little Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Rooney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Yellow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
CHIPPEWA COUNTY
Chain (Chippewa/Rusk Cos.) . . . . .2
Holcombe Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Sand (Chippewa/Rusk Cos.) . . . . . .2
Wissota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Amnicon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Dowling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Lower Eau Claire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Minnesuing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Nebagamon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Upper St. Croix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Whitefish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
DUNN COUNTY
Tainter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
FLORENCE COUNTY
Emily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Fay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Fisher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Halsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Keyes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Patten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Pine River Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Sea Lion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
FOREST COUNTY
Arbutus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Butternut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Crane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Ground Hemlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Howell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Jungle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Lily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Little Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Lucerne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Metonga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Mole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Pickerel (Forest/Langlade Cos.) . . .2
Pine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Range Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Stevens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Trump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
IRON COUNTY
Big Pine (632 ac; T41N-R3E-S36) . .3
Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Fisher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Gile Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Lake of the Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Lower Springstead. . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Martha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Mercer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Pardee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Pike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Pine (312 ac; T44N-R3E-S29) . . . . .2
Randall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Sandy Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Spider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Trude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Turtle-Flambeau Flowage . . . . . . . .3
LANGLADE COUNTY
Big Twin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Goto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Jessie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Moccasin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Mueller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Otter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Pickerel (Forest/Langlade Cos.) . . .2
Rolling Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Sawyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Summit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Upper Post. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
LINCOLN COUNTY
Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Alice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Deer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Jersey City Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Mohawksin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Rice/Nokomis Chain (includes Rice
River Flowage, Nokomis and
Bridge Lakes). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Spirit River Flowage. . . . . . . . . . . . .3
MARATHON COUNTY
Big Eau Pleine Reservoir. . . . . . . . .2
MARINETTE COUNTY
Big Newton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Caldron Falls Reservoir . . . . . . . . . .2
High Falls Reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Hilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Johnson Falls Flowage . . . . . . . . . .2
Little Newton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Oneonta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Sandstone Flowage. . . . . . . . . . . . .2
OCONTO COUNTY
Archibald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Boulder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Crooked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Horn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
John. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Maiden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Munger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Paya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Townsend Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Waubee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Wheeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
ONEIDA COUNTY
Aldridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Alva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Bass (124 ac; T37N-R9E-S31) . . . .2
Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Bearskin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Big Carr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Big Fork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Big . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Big Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Bolger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Boom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Booth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Buckskin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Burrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Carrol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Clear (846 ac; T39N-R7E-S16) . . . .3
Clear (36 ac; T36N-R9E-S10) . . . . .2
Clear (30 ac; T37N-R7E-S24) . . . . .2
Clear (62 ac; T38N-R8E-S2) . . . . . .2
Clearwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Crescent (612 ac; T36N-R8E-S21) .2
Crooked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Cunard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Currie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Dam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Deer (177 ac; T38N-R11E-S10) . . .2
Diamond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Dog (37 ac; T39N-R8E-S18) . . . . . .2
Dog (216 ac; T38N-R11E-S1) . . . . .2
E Horsehead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
E Twin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Emma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Fifth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Fourmile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Fourth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Fuller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Garth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
George. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Gilmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Hancock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Hasbrook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Hat Rapids Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Hemlock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Hixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Hodstradt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Indian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Jennie Webber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Julia (238 ac; Rhinelander) . . . . . . .2
Julia (401 ac; T38N-R11E-S1). . . . .2
Kate Pier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Kathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Katherine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Kawaguesaga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Killarney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Laurel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Little Bearskin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Little Carr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Little Fork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Lone Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Long (620 ac; T39-R11E-S8). . . . . .2
Long (113 ac; T37N-R7E-S10) . . . .2
Long (56 ac; T39N-R10E-S3) . . . . .2
Lost (155 ac; T38N-R9E-S24) . . . . .2
Lower Kaubashine. . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Lumen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Manson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Maple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Margaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Mars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
McCormick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Mercer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Mid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Mildred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Minocqua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Moccasin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Moen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Mud (41 ac; T38N-R7E-S8) . . . . . . .2
Mud (124 ac; T38N-R11E-S1) . . . . .2
Muskellunge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Muskie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
N Nokomis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
N Two. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Oatmeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Oneida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Paradise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Pelican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Pickerel (736 ac; T39N-R8E-S18) . .3
Pickerel (49 ac; T38N-R9E-S31) . . .2
Pier (257 ac; T37N-R4E-S3) . . . . . .2
Pine (203 ac; T39N-R4E-S36) . . . . .3
Pine (240 ac; T37N-R9E-S4) . . . . . .3
Planting Ground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Prairie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Rainbow Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Range Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Rhinelander Flowage. . . . . . . . . . . .2
Rice Reservoir/Nokomis Chain
(includes Rice River Flowage,
Nokomis and Bridge Lakes). . . . .3
Rocky Run Flowage. . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
S Pine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
S Two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Sand (540 ac; T39N-R9E-S20) . . . .3
Second . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Sevenmile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Seventeen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Shepard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Shishebogama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Skunk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Soo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Spider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Squash (392 ac; T36N-R7E-S24) . .2
Squaw (Vilas/Oneida Cos.) . . . . . . .2
Squirrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Stella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Stone (248 ac; T39N-R4E-S27). . . .2
Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Sunset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Swamp (296 ac; T36N-R6E-S6) . . .2
Swamsauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Sweeney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Tamarack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Third . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Thunder (172 ac; T37N R9E S32) . . .2
Thunder (1768 ac; T38N R10E S3) . .3
Tim Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Tom Doyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Tomahawk Lake Chain (includes
Tomahawk and Little Tomahawk) .2
Townline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Turtle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Two Sisters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Upper Kaubashine. . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Venus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Virgin (276 ac; T38N-R11E-S14) . . .2
W Horsehead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
W Twin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Walters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Whitefish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Wildwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Willow Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Willow Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
POLK COUNTY
Balsam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Big Butternut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Big Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Half Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Indianhead Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . .2
N Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Wapogasset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
PRICE COUNTY
Butternut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Duroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Lac Sault Dore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Long (419 ac.; T37N R01W S14). . .3
Long (238 ac.; T39N R02W S30). . .3
Pike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Pixley Flowage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Solberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
RUSK COUNTY
Chain (Chippewa/Rusk Cos.) . . . . .2
Dairyland Reservoir. . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Potato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Pulaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Sand (Chippewa/Rusk Cos.) . . . . . .2
SAWYER COUNTY
Barber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Chetac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Chippewa Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Connors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Durphee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Grindstone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Lac Courte Oreilles . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Little Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Lost Land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Sissabagama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Spider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Teal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Tiger Cat Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Whitefish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Windfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Windigo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
ST. CROIX COUNTY
Cedar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
TAYLOR COUNTY
Rib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
VILAS COUNTY
Alder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Allequash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Alma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Annabelle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Anvil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Apeekwa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Armour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Arrowhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Ballard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Beaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Belle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Benson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Big Arbor Vitae. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Big (T42N R06E S04 - Hwy K) . . . .3
Big (T43N R08E S24 - Cisco
Chain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Big Crooked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Big Donahue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Big Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Big Hurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Big Kitten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Big Muskellunge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Big Portage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Big Sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Big St. Germain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Black Oak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Boot (284 ac; T40N-R9E-S2). . . . . .3
Boot (29 ac; T44N-R6E-S33). . . . . .3
Boulder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Brandy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Catfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Circle Lily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Cleveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Cochran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Crab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Crampton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Cranberry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Crystal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Dead Pike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Deer (65 ac; T42N-R10E-S30) . . . .3
Deer (37 ac; T43N-R5E-S10) . . . . .3
Deerskin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Diamond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Dorothy Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
E Ellerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Eleanore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Erickson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Fawn (22 ac; T40N-R8E-S30) . . . . .3
Fawn (74 ac; T42N-R5E-S11) . . . . . .
Finger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Fishtrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Found . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Harris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Hiawatha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Horsehead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Imogene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Irving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Jag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Jenny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Katinka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Kentuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Kenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Kildare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Lac Des Fleurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Lac Vieux Desert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Laura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Little Arbor Vitae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Little Crooked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Little Horsehead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Little John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Little Papoose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Little Portage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Little Rice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Little Spider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Little St. Germain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Little Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Little Trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Lone Pine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Loon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Lost Canoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Lower Aimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Lower Buckatabon . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Lynx (22 ac; T40N-R10E-S15). . . . .3
Lynx (339 ac; T43N-R7E-S18). . . . .3
Mamie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Manitowish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Mann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
McCullough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Mermaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Meta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Middle Gresham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Moccasin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Morton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Murphy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Muskellunge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
N Crab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
N Turtle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Nelson (104 ac; T40N-R9E-S22) . . .3
Nixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
No Mans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Norwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Otter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Oxbow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Papoose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Partridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Pickerel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Pine Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Pioneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Plum (1033 ac; T41N-R7E-S36) . . .2
Plum (100 ac; T44N-R42W-S12) . . .3
Presque Isle Chain (includes
Averil, Presque Isle & Van
Vliet Lakes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Rainbow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Razorback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Roach (51 ac; T40N-R7E-S9) . . . . .3
Roach (125 ac; T43N-R8E-S7) . . . .3
Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Rush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Sanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Scattering Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Snipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
S Turtle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Spectacle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Spider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Squaw (Vilas/Oneida Cos.) . . . . . . .2
Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Stateline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Sturgeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Sumach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Tenderfoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Towanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Trout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Twin Lake Chain (includes North
and South Twin Lakes). . . . . . . . .2
Upper Aimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Upper Buckatabon. . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Upper Gresham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Vance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Voyageur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
W Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
W Plum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
W Witches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Watersmeet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
White Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
White Sand (T42N R7E S27; Hwy K) .3
Wild Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Wildcat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Wolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Yellow Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
WASHBURN COUNTY
Balsam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Bass (130 ac; T37N-R10W-S7) . . . .2
Bass Patterson (188 ac;
T40N-R10W-S1) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Big Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Middle McKenzie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Minong Flowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Nancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Shell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
SPECIAL SIZE AND BAG LIMITS:
WALLEYE IN LAC DU FLAMBEAU
RESERVATION WATERS:
There is a bag limit of three and a
minimum length limit of 18" for walleye on the following waters:
1. Shishebogama Lake, Oneida
County;
2. Big Crooked Lake, T41N R5E
S22, Vilas County;
3. Gunlock Lake, Vilas County;
4. Lac du Flambeau Chain, including
Big Crawling Stone, Little Crawling
Stone, Little Sand, Fence,
Flambeau, Long, Interlaken,
Moss, North Placid, Pokegama,
South Placid, To-To-Tom, White
Sand (T41N R5E S27) and
Whitefish Lakes and all connecting waters, Vilas County;
5. Little Trout Lake, Vilas County.
MUSKELLUNGE IN LAC DU
FLAMBEAU
RESERVATION
WATERS:
There is a minimum length limit for
muskellunge of 40" on all waters that
lie within the Lac du Flambeau reservation.
9
WISCONSERVATION
May 2011
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
Affiliate Clubs & Organizations
Abbotsford Sportsmen’s Club
Abbotsford
Almond Rod and Gun Club
Almond
American Wild Turkey Hunting Dog Assoc
Bonduel
Ashland/Bayfield County Sportsmen
Association of Conservation Clubs of
Trempealeau County - Whitehall
Augusta Area Sportsmens Club
Augusta
Badger Dachshund Club Inc
Badger Fishermen’s League
Menomonee Falls
Bangor Rod & Gun Club
Bangor
Beaver Dam Conservationists Inc
Beaver Dam
Beloit Rifle Club, Inc.
Beloit
Berlin Conservation Club
Berlin
Big 4+ Sportsmen’s Club
Big Oaks Hunting Club Inc
Richmond, IL
Bloomer Rod & Gun Club
Bloomer
Boscobel Sportsmens Club
Boscobel
Brice Prairie Conservation Association
La Crosse
Brill Area Sportsmen’s Club, Inc.
Rice Lake
Brown County Conservation Alliance
Green Bay
Brown County Sportsmen’s Club
Green Bay
Brule River Sportsmens Club
Maple
Butte Des Morts Conservation Club
Calumet Co Conservation Alliance
Menasha
Carter Creek Sportsmen’s Club
Rhinelander
Cascade Sportsman Club
Cascade
Cataract Sportsman Club
Central St. Croix Rod & Gun Club
Cataract
Central WI Gun Collectors Assoc Inc
Seymour
Central WI Shoot to Retrieve
Central Wisconsin Sportsmen’s Club
Marshfield
Challenge The Outdoors Inc
Milton
Chaseburg Rod N Gun Club
Chaseburg
Chippewa Rod & Gun Club
Chippewa Falls
Chippewa Valley Outdoor Resource
Alliance - Chippewa Falls
Columbia County Sporting Alliance
Portage
Columbus Sportsman’s Assoc Inc
Columbus
Coon Valley Conservation Club
Coon Valley
Crystal Lake Sportsmen Club
Dane County Conservation League
Madison
De Pere Sportsman’s Club
De Pere
Delton Sportsmen Club
Lake Delton
Dodge County Sporting Conserv Alliance
Mayville
Dog Federation of Wisconsin
Door County Fish Farm & Game Club
Sturgeon Bay
Door County Rod & Gun Club Inc
Sturgeon Bay
Dousman Gun Club
Dousman
Dunn Co Fish & Game
Durand Sportsmans Club
Durand
Eau Claire Rod & Gun Club
Eau Claire
Ettrick Rod & Gun Club, Inc
Ettrick
Farmers & Sportsmen’s Club
Sheboygan
Field & Stream Sportsmens Club
Fond du Lac
Fin N Feather Sportsmans Club
Milwaukee
Forest County Assoc of Lakes Inc
Pickerel
Fort Atkinson Wisconservation Club
Fort Atkinson
Friends of MEEC
Friends of the Brule
Lake Nebagamon
GB Area Great Lakes Sport Fishermen
Green Bay
Globe Conservation Club
South Milwaukee
Great Lakes Sport Fishermen Ozaukee
Chapter - West Bend
Green Bay Duck Hunters Assoc
Green Bay
Grellton Conservation Club
Johnson Creek
Hancock Sportsmen’s Club
Hancock
Hartford Conservation & Gun Club
Hartford
Hayward Rod & Gun Club
Stone Lake
Hope Rod & Gun Club
McFarland
Izaak Walton League Bill Cook Chapter
Stevens Point
Jefferson Sportsmen’s Club
Jefferson
Johnsonville Rod and Gun
Plymouth
Koenig’s Conservation Club
Elkhart Lake
Lake Poygan Sportsmen’s Club
Larsen
Lakeshore Fishing Club
Milwaukee
Lakeview Rod & Gun Club
Muskego
Lincoln County Sports Club
Merrill
Little Wolf River Houndsmens Club
Amherst
Madison Area Dachshund Club
Neshkoro
Manitowoc Cty Coon Hunters
New Holstein
Manitowoc Cty Fish & Game Protective
Assoc - Manitowoc
Mayville Gun Club
Mayville
Midstate Metal Detector Club
Mill Creek Education & Gun Club
Milladore
Milwaukee Casting Club
Brookfield
Milwaukee Police Officers ConservationSportsman Club - Elkhorn
Monches Fish & Game Club
Dousman
Mosinee Sportsmens Alliance
Mosinee
Nekoosa Conservation League
Nekoosa
North Bristol Sportsman’s
Sun Prairie
Northeastern WI Great Lakes Sport
Fishermen
Oakland Conservation Club
Oconomowoc Sportsman’s Club Inc
Oconomowoc
Oconto Co Sportsmans All.
Coleman
Osseo Rod and Gun Club
Osseo
Outagamie Conservation Club
Hortonville
Outdoor Inc Conservation Club
New Holstein
Padus Gun Club
Wabeno
Palmyra Fish & Game Club
Palmyra
Pewaukee Lake Sportsman’s Club
Pewaukee
Polk County Sportsmens Club
Balsam Lake
Prairie du Chien Rod & Gun Club
Prairie du Chien
Racine Co. Conservation League Inc.
Franksville
Racine County Line Rifle Club Inc
Oak Creek
Retreat Sportsmen’s Club, Inc.
Rice Lake Rod & Gun Club
Cameron
Richfield Sportsmens Club
Richfield
Rio Conservation Club
Pardeeville
River Valley Chapter of the NWTF
Portage
Rock River Koshkonong Assoc
Fort Atkinson
Rock River Rescue Foundation
S Milwaukee 1400 Fishing & Hunting
Club - South Milwaukee
Sauk County Sportsman’s Alliance
Sauk Prairie Trap & Skeet Club
Sauk Trail Conservation Club
Oostburg
Sayner-St. Germain Fish & Wildlife Club
St. Germain
Shadows on the Wolf, Inc.
Shiocton
Sheboygan Area Great Lakes Sport
Fishermen - Sheboygan
Sheboygan Co Conservation Assoc
Sheboygan
Shoto Conservation Club
Manitowoc
Slinger Sportsman Club
Slinger
Smerke’s Sportsmen’s Club
Sheboygan
Southern Brown Conservation Club/
Izaak Walton League - Greenleaf
Southern Clark County Sportsman’s Club
Granton
Sparta Rod & Gun Club
Sparta
Stan Plis Sportsmans League
Nekoosa
Star Prairie Fish & Game Association
New Richmond
Sturgeon For Tomorrow North Chapter
Sugar River Coon Hunters
Milton
Suscha-Fale Sportsmen’s Club
Sheboygan
The Wildlife Society - UWSP
Stevens Point
Tomorrow River Valley Conservation Club
Amherst
Trempealeau Sportsman’s Club
Triangle Sportsmens Club
East Troy
Tri-County Sportswomen, LLC
Trout Unlimited Aldo Leopold
Beaver Dam
Trout Unlimited Green Bay Chapter
Twin City Rod & Gun Club
Neenah
Walleyes For Tomorrow Inc
Fond du Lac
Watershed Watchers
West Bend
Watertown Archery Club
Watertown
Watertown Conservation Club
Fall River
Waukesha County Conservation Alliance
Greenfield
West Bend Barton Sportsman Club
West Bend
WI Assoc of Field Trial Clubs
Appleton
WI Assoc of Sporting Dogs
Cascade
WI Association of Beagle Clubs
WI Bow Hunters Assoc
Clintonville
WI Coon Hunters Association
Plymouth
WI Council of Sportfishing Org
Cecil
WI Deer Hunters Association
Roberts
WI Deer Hunters Inc
Neshkoro
WI Federation of Great Lake Sport Fishing
Clubs - Kenosha
WI Hunter Ed Instructor Association
Brookfield
WI Muzzleloaders Association
Milton
WI Sharp-Tailed Grouse Society
Grantsburg
WI Taxidermist Assoc
New London
WI Trappers Association
Nekoosa
WI Woodland Owners Association
Stevens Point
Wild Ones Natural Landscapers Ltd
Appleton
Wildnerness Sportsmen’s Club
Wisconsin Rapids
Wildlife Society, WI Chapter
Madison
Willow Aces
Greenfield
Wilton Rod & Gun
Wilton
Wings Over WI
Mayville
Winnebago Conservation Club
Oshkosh
Winnebagoland Conservation Alliance
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin Chapter American Fisheries
Society - Madison
Wisconsin House Outdoorsmen Club
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Trapshooting Association
Mukwonago
Wisconsin Waterfowl Assoc
Wales
Yahara Fishing Club
Waunakee
10
WISCONSERVATION
May 2011
Environmental Enforcement
Wisconsin Department of Justice
The State Obtains a Judgment Against Indus Hotels, LLC and
Amana Hospitality, LLC For Environmental Violations
April 5, 2011
G
REENFIELD – The State of
Wisconsin, by the Wisconsin
Department of Justice (DOJ),
has reached a settlement with Indus Hotels, LLC (Indus) and Amana Hospitality,
LLC (Amana) of Greenfield for a series of
civil environmental violations during the
2008 renovation of the Ramada Milwaukee Airport Hotel & Convention Center.
According to the complaint, filed at
the request of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in Milwaukee
County, Indus owns the Ramada and
formed Amana to manage it. In January
2008, Indus began renovating the Ramada, using Amana as a general contractor. During a February 2008 inspection,
the City of Milwaukee Department of
Neighborhood Services (DNS) found that
asbestos-containing ceiling material had
been scraped and partially removed by
unlicensed and untrained workers who
were not using protective clothing, water
or containment to limit asbestos emis-
sions during the removal and disposal of
asbestos material.
During a May 2008 inspection, DNS
found that asbestos-containing panels
had been improperly removed without
safeguards for the workers. Based on
DNS’s inspections and DNR’s referral,
DOJ filed a complaint alleging that the
defendants illegally failed to thoroughly
inspect the Ramada for asbestos prior to
commencement of renovation, failed to
notify DNR prior to commencement of
renovation activity, failed to remove all
asbestos prior to renovation activity that
disturbs it, failed to wet that asbestos as
it is being disturbed and removed, and
failed to have trained personnel on site
during the removal of the asbestos.
On April 5, 2011, Milwaukee County
Circuit Court Judge John Siefert accepted the parties’ agreement and ordered
Indus and Amana to pay forfeitures,
costs and surcharges totaling $80,000.
Assistant Attorney General Steven Tinker represented the State in this case.
Voltz Trenching and Excavating, Inc., Is Ordered to Pay $14,827.50
for Open Burning and Asbestos Violations
M
ADISON – The Honorable
Judge John R. Race, Walworth County Circuit Court
Judge, on April 6, 2011, ordered that
Voltz Trenching and Excavating, Inc.
(Voltz) pay $14,827.50 in forfeitures and
costs for civil asbestos violations arising
from the razing and burning of a barn in
the Town of Linn, Walworth County, Wisconsin. Voltz had previously stipulated
to liability for the violations and the parties argued sentencing to Judge Race on
April 6, 2011.
In late spring of 2009, the Town of
Linn ordered Mir Co., the owner of the
barn, to demolish it. After the local fire
department declined to burn the barn
because of asbestos in it, Voltz agreed to
raze, burn, and bury the barn where it
stood.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) responded to the
property in response to a citizen complaint and found the demolished barn in
flames. The fire debris included asbestoscontaining transite and other solid waste
that should not have been burned. Voltz
employees had started the fire without
any local or state permits. The site was
subsequently cleaned up to the DNR’s
satisfaction.
Mir Co., an Illinois business corporation, previously agreed and was ordered
to pay forfeitures and costs totaling
$17,000 for the violations.
The violations were investigated by
the DNR, who referred the matter to the
Wisconsin Department of Justice. Assistant Attorney General Steven Tinker
represented the State.
State Obtains Default Judgment in Vernon County
Environmental Case
April 07, 2011
M
ADISON – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced that the Wisconsin
Department of Justice has obtained a
default judgment against Thomas L.
Ghelf (Ghelf) and Mississippi Sports
and Recreation, Inc. (Mississippi Sports)
for a total of $15,000 in forfeitures, surcharges and costs. The State of Wisconsin brought this case against Ghelf and
Mississippi Sports for numerous violations of state environmental laws. The
case was investigated and referred by
the Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources (DNR).
Ghelf and Mississippi Sports operated
a ten-acre campground adjacent to the
Mississippi River. This campground included multiple terraces for recreational
vehicle parking, a camp store, tavern,
shower building, and miscellaneous storage buildings. In addition, Ghelf operated a concession stand at the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers Blackhawk Park in
De Soto, Wisconsin.
Ghelf and Mississippi Sports failed
to implement and maintain best management practices to prevent soil erosion from occurring on the campground,
failed to amend their erosion control and
stormwater management plan prior to
construction of additional terraces and a
baseball field on the campground, violated their stormwater permit by refusing
to allow DNR staff to inspect the campground, operated an unlicensed solid
waste facility at the campground, burned
garbage and plastic materials at the
campground, maintained an unprotected
buried suction line at the campground,
placed material into a spring-fed pond
(a navigable water) at the campground
without a permit, and placed material
into the Mississippi River (a navigable
water) at Blackhawk Park without a permit, for a total of eight violations.
Ghelf and Mississippi Sports consistently refused to cooperate with the
DNR and the Department of Justice
and remediate the environmental violations, so the circuit court ordered them
to comply with the permits they received
from DNR, to properly dispose of the
solid waste at the campground, including the burned debris, and to restore the
spring-fed pond on the campground and
enjoined them from further grading activity.
“The Wisconsin Department of Justice will continue to work with the DNR
to ensure that Wisconsin’s citizens and
natural resources are protected through
compliance with the law,” said Van Hollen.
Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General Mary Batt represented the state.
Vernon County Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Rosborough signed the order for
default judgment.
Prescott Real Estate Developers Agree to Pay Penalties for
Their Failure to Obtain Stormwater Permit Coverage, Implement
Erosion Control at the Project Site and Comply With
Archaeological Protection Laws
April 11, 2011
E
LLSWORTH – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced
that his office has resolved
a civil environmental prosecution it
brought against Holst Excavating, Inc.,
a Prescott, Wisconsin company, and its
owners and operators, William Holst and
Nancy Beeler. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) had
asked the Wisconsin Department of Justice to prosecute them for violating state
stormwater permitting and erosion control laws in the course of their construction of a real estate development project
known as the “Diamond Bluff Addition,”
located in the Town of Diamond Bluff, in
Pierce County, about 40 miles south of
the Twin Cities. The full project contemplates the development of approximately
twenty-eight single-family home sites on
a thirty-nine acre parcel of land near the
Mississippi River.
Under state law, Van Hollen said,
owners of construction sites where an
acre or more of land will be disturbed
must apply to the DNR and obtain coverage under a water pollution control
permit regulating storm water runoff before they may begin construction. Under
other state laws, before DNR can grant
such a stormwater permit, it must consider whether a proposed project will affect any “historic properties,” including
archaeological sites, and if so DNR may
deny or impose conditions on the permit to minimize any adverse effects on
the historic property. Here, after Holst
applied for stormwater permit coverage
in early 2006, the DNR reviewed the
available archaeological and historical
information and found indications that
a number of archaeological sites were
present on the property. For that reason
the DNR repeatedly asked Holst to contact the Wisconsin Historical Society for
more detailed information about how he
might be able to proceed with the project
before DNR could decide whether to issue Holst a stormwater permit.
In the fall of 2007, without first advising the DNR, without conducting an
archaeological investigation or getting
clearance from the Wisconsin Historical
Society, and without obtaining stormwater permit coverage, the defendants
proceeded to construct roadways and
drainage ditches for the first of the three
planned phases of development for Dia-
mond Ridge. After DNR’s discovery of
these unpermitted construction activities, William Holst told the DNR that
he got tired of waiting for the various
government approvals and went ahead
without them. Although available archeological information indicates the presence of burial mounds in the vicinity, a
subsequent investigation indicated that
none were damaged during this first unlawful phase of construction.
The violations charged in the civil
case were that:
• During October 2007, the defendants disturbed approximately 2.04
acres of land in the course of constructing some 900 feet of roadways, cul-desacs and ditches, all without the required
stormwater permit.
• From October 2, 2007, until at least
April 11, 2008, the defendants failed to
implement and maintain the required
best management practices (BMPs) to
minimize the possible discharge of eroding sediments from the disturbed lands.
Van Hollen noted that under state law
the implementation of BMPs is required
regardless of weather conditions, and for
that reason it is as much a violation of
law to fail to implement BMPs during
drought conditions as it is during rainy
weather. In the spring of 2008, about five
months after the ground was first disturbed, a DNR inspector observed that
no erosion control BMPs were in place at
this site: there was no seeding, no mulching, no ditch checks installed and no silt
fence in place.
“The Wisconsin Department of Justice will continue to work with DNR to
ensure that water quality and archaeological site protection laws are followed,”
said Van Hollen. He added that the
defendants, in this settlement agreement, have committed to returning the
construction project to compliance with
erosion control laws by completion of the
permit process for the first phase of the
development, to conduct all necessary
archaeological investigations and obtain
all required water pollution control permits before engaging in the construction
of subsequent phases of the real estate
project. The defendants have also agreed
to pay the State of Wisconsin attorney
fees, penalties, surcharges and costs totaling $25,000.
Assistant Attorney General Thomas
L. Dosch represented the State.
Karl Excavating, Inc. Settles With the State for $10,000 for
Solid Waste Violations
April 11, 2011
M
ANITOWOC – A civil environmental enforcement action against Karl Excavating,
Inc. (Karl) of Manitowoc arising from
solid waste violations has been resolved,
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van
Hollen announced today.
During a May 2010 inspection, the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) found approximately ten
dump truck sized loads of demolition material and bottom ash improperly stored
at the business. Karl subsequently properly removed the solid waste. The complaint alleges operating a solid waste facility without a license and transporting
solid waste to an unauthorized site. Karl
has agreed to pay forfeitures, costs and
attorney fees totaling $10,000 for the
solid waste violations.
This settlement was approved by the
Honorable Jerome L. Fox, Manitowoc
County Circuit Court Judge, on April 7,
2011.
Van Hollen stated, “Burning demolition debris can release toxic pollutants
into the air creating a significant health
risk and public nuisance. In addition,
there is a risk for ground-water contamination when regulated solid wastes, such
as demolition materials and boiler ash,
are improperly disposed.”
The violations were investigated by
the DNR, who referred the matter to the
Wisconsin Department of Justice. Assistant Attorney General Steven Tinker
represented the State.
11
WISCONSERVATION
May 2011
Environmental Enforcement
Wisconsin Department of Justice
Wausau Company Settles State Environmental Lawsuit for $250,000
April 14, 2011
R
OTHSCHILD – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced
that his office has resolved a
civil environmental enforcement action
against Wausau Tile, Inc., for violations
of state air pollution and hazardous
waste management laws. Wausau Tile
owns and operates a specialty concrete
manufacturing facility at 9001 Business
Highway 51 South in Rothschild, Marathon County, and has agreed to entry of a
court order requiring it to pay the State
of Wisconsin forfeitures, surcharges, attorney fees and costs totaling $250,000.
The Wausau Tile facility emits volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during
production processes that use VOCs in
stains, finishes and color agents that are
applied to the molded and set concrete
mixtures. The facility also generates
hazardous wastes during production and
cleaning of equipment used to coat the
surfaces of molds and to spray paints on
concrete products.
Under Wisconsin law, Wausau Tile is
required to obtain and follow construction and operation permits that control
the emissions of air contaminants from
the facility, and to follow state regulations governing the management of hazardous wastes generated at the facility.
According to the complaint, filed at
the request of the Department of Natural Resources, Wausau Tile operated in
violation of its state air pollution permits
and state hazardous waste regulations
between 2004 and 2007 by: using materials containing more than its permitted
number of pounds of VOCs per gallon,
emitting too many pounds of VOCs per
day, failing to document compliance with
regulations, failing to prepare and follow a malfunction and abatement plan,
failing to record usage of VOCs, failing
to meet pressure drop limits, failing to
keep monthly records of total usage of
coatings and solvents, failing to keep
monthly records of days of operation,
failing to keep monthly records of type
and usage of VOC-containing materials, failing to accurately calculate VOC
emissions, failing to submit annual compliance certification, failing to keep an
accurate emission inventory, operating
new sources without a permit, failing
to conduct weekly inspections of areas
where hazardous waste is stored, failing
to properly label and close containers of
hazardous waste, lacking a training program, failing to limit accumulation of
hazardous waste, and failing to submit
reports for out-of-state shipments of hazardous waste.
Marathon County Judge Patrick M.
Brady granted the State’s motion for
summary judgment as to Wausau Tile’s
liability on all but one of the State’s
claims in February 2011. The parties
then reached an agreement calling for
payment of a judgment in the amount of
$250,000. Judge Brady signed the order
for judgment on April 12, 2011.
“The Wisconsin Department of Justice will continue to work with the DNR
to ensure that Wisconsin’s citizens and
natural resources are protected through
compliance with the law,” said Van Hollen.
Assistant Attorney General JoAnne F.
Kloppenburg prosecuted the case for the
State.
U.S. Department of Justice
Louisiana Father and Son Plead Guilty to Guiding Illegal Hunts
for Protected Alligators
April 14, 2011
W
ASHINGTON – Larry Dees
Sr., 66, and Larry Dees Jr.,
37, both of Maringuoin, La.,
each pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge, La., to two
violations of the Lacey Act for leading
sport hunters to unauthorized areas to
hunt American alligators in violation of
the federal Endangered Species Act and
Louisiana law, the Justice Department
announced.
According to statements made in
court, on Sep. 10, 2009, and on September 24-25, 2009, Dees Sr. and Dees Jr.,
licensed alligator helpers, guided outof-state alligator sport hunters to unapproved areas, that is, areas for which
they did not have appropriate state
authorization to hunt. On Sept. 10, the
sport hunter killed a 9’4” trophy-sized alligator.
In plea agreements filed in court, the
United States and Larry Dees Sr. and
Larry Dees Jr. recommend, in addition
to the sentence imposed by the court,
that the Dees serve a three year term
of probation during which they will be
prohibited from hunting as follows: for
one year of the probation they will be
prohibited from engaging worldwide in
all hunting activities, including guiding,
with any kind of weapon; for the remaining two years of probation they will be
prohibited from engaging worldwide in
all commercial alligator hunting activities, including guiding, with any kind of
weapon. The plea agreements are subject
to approval by the court. Larry Dees Sr.
has been licensed since 1992. Larry Dees
Jr. has been licensed since 2002.
In the 1960s alligators were classified
as endangered due to over harvesting. In
order to save this important natural and
economic resource, Louisiana imposed
strict regulations on alligator hunting
in the wild. As a result, the alligator
population rebounded. The law requires
that licensed alligator helpers must have
hide, or CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species),
tags for the property on which they are
hunting and must affix a tag to an alligator after the kill. Each tag is specific to a
particular parcel of land. Annually, state
biologists review alligator population
data and decide where alligators may be
hunted in order to preserve the species.
Tags are issued for only those properties.
Licensed helpers must hunt on tag-specific land. It is illegal to kill an alligator
in an area for which the licensed helper
does not have appropriate tags.
The American alligator is listed as
a threatened species on the U.S. list of
Threatened and Endangered Species.
It also is listed as a crocodilian species
on Appendix II of the CITES. To better
regulate trade in crocodilian species, the
parties to CITES agreed to a program of
requiring a uniquely numbered tag to
be inserted into the skin of each alligator immediately after it is killed. The tag
is to remain with the skin as it travels
in interstate or international commerce
until it is manufactured into a final consumer product. The U.S. Secretary of the
Interior promulgated special rules for
American alligators that implement the
CITES tagging program and regulate
the harvest of alligators within the United States, including the requirement
that American alligators must be taken
in compliance with state law.
Larry Dees Sr. and Larry Dees Jr.
each face a maximum sentence of one
year in prison and a $200,000 fine.
The case is being prosecuted by Claire
Whitney of the Environmental Crimes
Section of the Department of Justice.
The case was investigated by the Law
Enforcement Division of the Louisiana
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s
Office of Law Enforcement.
Waste Management Settles With the State for $100,000 for
Landfill Violations in Kenosha County
April 18, 2011
K
ENOSHA – A civil environmental enforcement action
arising from landfill and air
violations at the Pheasant Run Recycling & Disposal Facility (Pheasant Run)
located in Paris, Kenosha County, has
been filed and resolved, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced
today. The complaint alleges that from
the fall of 2008 until the end of May
2009, Waste Management failed to cover
ten acres of waste at Pheasant Run as
required by its permit. In addition, in
2004-05, Waste Management replaced
two engines at Pheasant Run without a
construction permit as required by the
administrative code.
Waste Management has agreed to pay
forfeitures and costs totaling $100,000
for these violations. This settlement was
approved by the Honorable Michael Wilk,
Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge, on
April 15, 2011.
The violations were investigated by
the DNR, who referred the matter to the
Wisconsin Department of Justice. Assistant Attorney General Steven Tinker
represented the State.
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Vice President, Two Managers of Waste Treatment Facility
Sentenced for Clean Water Act Felonies
April 4, 2011
W
ASHINGTON – Three officials of Ecological Systems,
Inc. (ESI), an oil reclamation
company that operated a centralized
waste treatment facility in Indianapolis, IN, were sentenced in U.S. District
Court, Southern District of Indiana for
felony violations of the Clean Water Act.
The prosecution stemmed from ESI’s intentional discharges of untreated wastewater and stormwater from its facility
directly into the Indianapolis sewer system.
“The Clean Water Act is designed to
protect our nation’s water resources, and
the defendants’ repeated attempts to
hide the plant’s capacity to handle the
wastes that ESI accepted and excess rain
water threatened those critical protections,” said Randall Ashe, Special Agent
in Charge of the EPA Criminal Investigation Division’s Chicago Area Office.
“Today’s sentences prove that those who
willfully circumvent our nation’s laws
and put Indiana residents and nearby
homeowners at risk will be caught and
prosecuted.”
Joe Biggio, ESI’s former Operations
Manager and Executive Vice President,
was sentenced to three years probation,
a $15,000 fine, and community service,
after having previously pled guilty to two
counts of CWA criminal violations and
one violation of the federal false statements statute, 18 U.S.C. 1001. Biggio’s
community service requires him to lecture graduate students seeking degrees
in business management regarding his
case and criminal conviction.
Mike Milem, former Operations
Manager, was sentenced to six months
home detention, three years probation, a
$5,000 fine and community service, after
he previously pled guilty to one criminal
violation of the CWA. Similarly to Biggio,
Milem’s community service requires him
to lecture students in Indiana colleges
regarding his case and criminal conviction.
Mark Snow, former Lab Manager of
ESI, was sentenced to three years probation, a $5,000 fine and 8 hours of community service per month during the duration of probation, after he also pled guilty
to one criminal CWA violation.
In addition, all three defendants are
prohibited from applying for any environmental license or employment in the
environmental field without disclosing
their felony convictions to any such licensing board or prospective employer.
The investigation began after the
Indiana Department of Environmental
Management received complaints from
several Indianapolis homeowners that
thick, oily wastewater was flowing into
their yards from sewer manholes after a
heavy rainfall on February 11, 2009. ESI
was required to have sufficient storage
capacity to handle wastewater from this
type of wet weather event, but it did not.
In order to deal with the excess wastewater, Mr. Milem and Mr. Snow decided to
directly discharge untreated oily wastewater into the Indianapolis sewer system
by pumping wastewater through hoses
that bypassed ESI’s treatment processes.
As a result, the wastewater received no
treatment, and was discharged into the
sewer system leading to the City of Indianapolis’ wastewater treatment plant.
The discharge continued for approximately eight hours and resulted in a discharge of approximately 300,000 gallons
of untreated wastewater. In the hours
after this discharge, the oily sludge-like
waste emerged from several sewer manholes downstream of the ESI facility, contaminating residential properties.
The subsequent investigation revealed that ESI had not been adequately
treating the waste it took from customers for reclamation for a significant period of time, in part because major pieces
of equipment in the treatment process,
such as pumps, needed to be repaired
or replaced, and because badly-needed
storage space was not available at the
facility. Investigators also determined
that ESI had misrepresented to EPA and
Indiana the storage capacity it had to
handle such a rainfall event as the one
that occurred on February 11, 2009.
Mr. Biggio, as the Executive Vice President of Operations, knew that ESI was
hiding its noncompliance in several ways.
Instead of reporting all of its wastewater
samples to the city, as required by its
permit, he “cherry picked” the data and
only reported the “best” samples whose
analytic results reflected lower concentrations of certain pollutants. Similarly,
wastewater was collected after rainfalls,
resulting in diluted samples that could
be reported as “lower” pollution levels
to the city. This practice of submitting
false sampling results, along with making false statements to the authorities,
attempted to disguise the fact that pollution discharge limits were being exceeded on a regular basis. The company’s
Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plan stated it had millions of
gallons more capacity than actually existed to handle spills and rain events.
The case was investigated by EPA’s
Criminal Investigation Division, the
Indiana Department of Environmental
Management, and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. It was prosecuted by the Office of the United States
Attorney, Southern District of Indiana.
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WISCONSERVATION
May 2011
One Youth to Win Bear
Hunting Opportunity
Take Note!
Gray Wolf Update. Page 3
Poynette, WI – The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, in partnership with
the Department of Natural Resources will reward one youth with an
opportunity to participate in a chance of a lifetime bear hunt!
Affiliate Club Activity. Page 4
To enter, any individual, age 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, or 16 must submit an
original typed, double-spaced essay, 500 words or fewer, addressing this
question:
2011 Award Recipients. Pages 6 & 7
2011 Walleye Limits. Page 8
“What is the importance of youth involvement
in hunting today?”
Environmental Enforcement. Pages 10 & 11
Editor D. A. Gries
Only “novice hunters” are eligible to be selected as a participant in the
Learn to Hunt Bear Program. A “novice hunter” for the purpose of the
Learn to Hunt Bear Program is:
“Novice participant” means for hunting any person who is 10 years old or
older, who has not received an approval authorizing hunting in any prior
hunting license year, including a class B bear license, for the species
that will be pursued in the specific educational outdoor skills activity they
desire to attend.
Grellton Conservation Club
Sporting Clay Fundraiser Event
Entries must be postmarked by or e-mailed by May 15 to:
Hosted by: The Lake Mills Conservation Club
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
c/o Bear Hunting Essay Contest
W7303 Cty Rd CS & Q
Poynette, WI 53955-9690
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 608-635-2742
I-94 to HWY 89 (Lake Mills Exit). South on 89 1/4 Mile
to HWY V–Left (East) on HWY V approx 2.5 Miles.
Watch for sign on Left. (920) 648-5758
June 12th
10:00 - 3:00 PM
Entries must include the contestant’s name, address, and e-mail address,
birth date and phone number(s) on each page of the essay – and a
completed, Learn to Hunt Bear Program application is available at; dnr.
wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/hunt/bear/lth.htm
50 Bird Individual Event @ $20.00 per shooter
$10.00 Lewis Class (optional)
Raffles & Fun
Proceeds to benefit Grellton Conservation C.E.O.
(Conservation Education Outreach)
The Essays will be chosen from each age category. The grand prize
winner will be chosen by a random lottery of the top essays. The winner
will be notified by telephone.
Hunter Education and Mentor Hunts
* Open to the Public *
For more information contact Dennis Roth at 920-262-0194 or [email protected]
$1000 Cash
Browning BPS Camo 12 ga.
$100 Cash
Gander Mountain Gift Card $100 value
Remington 750 .270
$100 Cash
Gander Mountain Gift Card $100 value
Mossberg Solver Reserve 12 ga.
$100 Cash
Gander Mountain Gift Card $100 value
Weatherby Vanguard 30.06
$100 Cash
Gander Mountain Gift Card $100 value
Marlin 1895 45-70
$100 Cash
Gander Mountain Gift Card $100 value
CZ Mallard 104 12 ga.
$100 Cash
Gander Mountain Gift Card $100 value
Savage 17 HMR
Gander Mountain Gift Card $100 value
Charter Fishing Trip
Gander Mountain Gift Card $100 value
CVA Kodiak Camo 50 Cal.
$100 Cash
Gander Mountain Gift Card $100 value
Ruger 10/22 RB
$100 Cash
Gander Mountain Gift Card $100 value
Marlin 925
2nd Annual
“Woods & Field”
Youth Shoot
April 2011
Calendar
Winners
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Berlin Conservation Club
18 years old & younger (Hunter Ed. Certified)
Sunday June 26th 2011
Dave Nogalski, New Berlin, WI
Irene Blaskowski, Palmyra, WI
Jerry Roth, Unity, WI
Milton Halada, Lena, WI
Mark Kautzer, Fox Lake, IL
Bill Behm, Watertown, WI
Mike Schwarze, Fond du Lac, WI
Jeff Miller, Pulaski, WI
Lynn Hutterer, Two Rivers, WI
Bob Oldenburg, LaCrosse, WI
Kelvin Griepentrog, Waukesha, WI
Troy Braunsky, Auburndale, WI
Travis Buske, Johnson Creek, WI
Don Kinnard, Algoma, WI
Ron Stuve, Whitehall, WI
Tom Lee, LaCrescent, MN
Jim Krause, Ogdensburg, WI
Bill Grissom, Verona, WI
David Wagner, Neillsville, WI
Richie Stevenson, Gays Mills, WI
Ronald Steffens, Menasha, WI
WI Assoc of Beagle Clubs, Waukesha, WI
Sherry Greene, Unity, WI
Randy Kelley, New London, WI
Jim Chester, Oshkosh, WI
Sharon Schaff, Montello, WI
LeRoy Paulson, Sparta, WI
Mark Steinke, Cudahy, WI
David Groves, Sheboygan, WI
Mike Ready, Fort Atkinson, WI
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9:00am – 3:00pm
$10.00 @ 50 Bird events
$20.00 100 Bird event
50 Bird
100 Bird
Sporting Clays (50 Birds)
Shoot one, two or all the events
Boys & Girls - Top Gun Trophy (each event & each age group)
Medals awarded by Age Group & Lewis Class
Ties – Shoot till you miss
For more information call Ken Keenlance at 1-920-361-0300
Food will be available
Berlin Conservation Club
W898 White Ridge Rd
Berlin, WI 54923
www.berlincc.org