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 OCTOBER 16, 2010 | SHOW #542  • Girls go wild with Camp Wild Girls! • NAIFC ice fishing tournaments for 2010-11. • Grouse and woodcock report for northern Wisconsin.   • Dan reports on his marathon fishing week. • Jeff is looking forward to cooler weather for better bowhunting. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 RESULTS ► POLL s541Should Wisconsin increase the number of wardens in the field? YES 40% | NO 60% | MAYBE 0% | UNDECIDED 0% | OTHER 0% IMPRESSIONS: 147 | RESPONSES: 5 | COMMENTS: 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  INSTANT SURVEY VOTE ON - POLL s542 Do you think DNR efforts to control CWD are adequate? BACKGROUND: The antlerless deer hunt in Wisconsin’s chronic wasting disease Management Zone (CWD-MZ) Oct. 14-17 is an opportunity for hunters to prequalify for a buck-authorization sticker. CWD management units have an earn-a-buck (EAB) season structure in 2010, meaning hunters must first harvest and register an antlerless deer before shooting a buck. Hunters in CWD management units may earn a buck-authorization sticker by registering antlerless deer. The EAB sticker may then be used during a later season when it is legal to harvest bucks. To read more... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Looking for Fishing Contests? Find them all online. RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY BANQUETS & EVENTS Online Info: Oct. 19: Marshfield, WI banquet OTHER EVENTS Oct. 19: SE Wisconsin Trout Unlimited annual habitat fundraiser, Charcoal Grill and Rotisserie, New Berlin. 6-10 p.m. Contact: Henry Koltz, 414-258-4300. Online Info WISCONSIN Hunting & Fishing Seasons: Oct. 16: Pheasant, gray partridge, bobwhite quail and sharp-tailed grouse seasons open | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Polar Bears International commits $30,000 to its latest ‘Tree Planting for Climate Change’ efforts in Wisconsin EAU CLAIRE – Polar Bears International, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving arctic sea ice, has announced $30,000 in donations to support tree planting in the city of Sparta and the Juneau county forest. These two projects come as part of a 2008 pact between Polar Bears International and the state Department of Natural Resources that launched a 10-year effort to encourage Wisconsin residents to plant and care for trees on their land and in their communities. Planting trees reduces carbon in the atmosphere, creating better conditions for retaining Arctic ice and improving polar bear habitat and survival.  The DNR is the first state agency in the nation to form a reforestation partnership with Polar Bears International, offering the agency’s expertise, its knowledge of the land and its relationships with a network of private woodland owners. DNR foresters are helping PBI design pilot projects to be used as templates in other states.The city of Sparta, already faced with a dwindling tree canopy due to budget constraints, is now facing catastrophic canopy loss – up to 50 percent of its public trees – because of the emerald ash borer, a tree-killing insect less than 35 miles away. The borer infestation could overwhelm staff and budgets, requiring the city to divert resources to tree removal and disposal. PBI is donating $24,000 toward the restoration of Sparta’s tree canopy with a diverse mixture of tree species. Approximately 240 trees, 1.5 inches in diameter, will be planted in city parks and street rights-of-way next spring. Maintenance will be performed by city staff and local partners. A secondary goal is to increase awareness of the climate benefits of the urban tree canopy and to stimulate tree planting by residents on their own properties. Patricia Murphy, DNR regional forestry supervisor in Eau Claire, was instrumental in forging the partnership. She is scheduled to be in the arctic in November, working with polar bear scientists. "We're hoping this endeavor will generate a lot of local interest in Sparta and motivate residents to plant additional trees on their own property,” Murphy said. “For homeowners, each sapling planted reduces summer cooling costs and winter heating costs, increases property values and benefits wildlife. People are starting to understand that planting trees offsets their carbon footprint." The city plans to continue preemptive ash removal for the next six to eight years unless the appearance of EAB forces accelerated removal. This allows replacement planting to begin right away, giving new trees more time to reach canopy size before EAB appears. Replacement trees planted in parks and on the golf course will be maintained by staff; adjacent property owners will be encouraged to water and mulch right-of-way trees to relieve the cost to the city and to increase their investment in the project’s success. PBI also announced a grant of $7,600 to the Juneau County Forestry and Parks Department. The county will plant 33 acres of red and white pine in the Town of Armenia next spring. PBI funding will pay for the cost of site preparation and machine tree planting. The county will provide the tree seedlings. The goal is to reforest land currently dominated by hazel. The planting will establish a dense young forest that will improve wildlife corridors, aesthetics and county forest timber resources. More information on Polar Bears International http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/ is available on their website. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
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RESULTS ► POLL s540 Should Wisconsin spend state money to buy more recreation land? YES 67% | NO 22% | MAYBE 0% | UNDECIDED 11% | OTHER 0% IMPRESSIONS: 198 | RESPONSES: 9 | COMMENTS: 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| INSTANT SURVEY VOTE ON - POLL s541 Should Wisconsin increase the number of wardens in the field?  BACKGROUND: Wisconsin will add 10 new wardens this year. These are the first new wardens hired in three years. At 206 full-time wardens, Wisconsin has one of the worst ratio of wardens per capita of any state in the Union. To read more... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Looking for Fishing Contests? Find them all online. RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY BANQUETS & EVENTS Online Info: Oct. 19: Marshfield, WI banquet OTHER EVENTS Oct. 9: MacKenzie Environmental Center fundraising banquet, Poynette. Contact: 608-635-8105 WISCONSIN Hunting & Fishing Seasons: Oct. 9-10: Youth Gun Deer Hunt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wisconsin to receive $936,000 federal grant for leasing public hunting groundsMADISON – Wisconsin has been awarded a federal grant for $936,040 for incentives to encourage owners of private lands to open those lands to public access for hunting and fishing through purchase of access leases. The Department of Natural Resources currently leases 16,000 acres as public hunting grounds from private landowners. “This grant enables us to quadruple that hunting acreage over the next three years. We'll also be able to pay more competitive rates for new lease lands and for any existing leases when they come up for renewal in 2011,” said DNR Secretary Matt Frank. The leased public hunting grounds (PHG) are in addition to approximately 1.6 million acres of state lands open to all forms of outdoor recreation. County forests and federal forests add another add another 3.8 million acres to the total.  Frank noted that in addition to the increased leasing incentives, the state will work to lengthen the lease agreements from the current one year to three-year contracts. Expected increases in lease fees are from the current $1 to $3 per acre to $3 per acre for cropland, $10 per acre for upland and wetland and $15 per acre for woodland. The federal dollars were appropriated in the most recent federal Farm Bill as the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP). The Farm Bill is the primary agricultural and food policy tool of the US Department of Agriculture. “Competition for these federal dollars was intense but friendly among the 26 states that applied,” said Frank. “All the interested states worked cooperatively with the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the US Department of Agriculture on a common application process that compared the merits of each state's proposal. “I'd like to thank US Department of Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's efforts in recognizing the need and working to secure these grants,” added Frank. “Wisconsin's conservation community also deserves hearty thanks for their supporting efforts in winning these dollars. On short notice they met with us to discuss what they'd like to see in our application and just as quickly, submitted letters of public support for our proposal. It was a great team effort and it paid off.” The following conservation organizations and agencies provided input and support to Wisconsin's successful grant application:
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