Outdoors Editor at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Wisconsin, USA
Joined April 2010
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Gov. Evers state budget proposes long-overdue increases to hunting and fishing license fees. How much?
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Amazing: Golden eagles from northern Canada & Alaska spend their winters in toasty Wisconsin - including one that was first banded in 1992! @mjsps
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A good news story from the 2024 Wisconsin gun deer hunting season:
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Man cleared in shooting and killing of gray wolf in northern Wisconsin
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'Deeply disturbing news.' Invasive quagga mussels documented in Geneva Lake; first finding in Wisconsin inland lake.
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White-tailed deer are impressive leapers. Take a look at the length and height this young buck covered trying to clear vehicles in a driveway:
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BREAKING: AOS will change all English bird names currently named after people within its geographic jurisdiction—one step in an effort to address past wrongs and engage more people in the enjoyment, protection and study of birds. americanornithology.org/abou… #BirdNames
Gov. Evers immediately appoints four new members to Natural Resources Board after Senate voted to reject previous appointees.
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The move by the Senate was a futile attempt to stop the NRB from approving the draft Wisconsin wolf management plan at its Oct. 25 meeting.
Here’s background on the issue:
Smith: Though detractors are trying to sink it, wolf plan should be approved
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Press Release: Gov. Evers Slams Senate Republicans for Continued Efforts to Obstruct the Peaceful Transfer of Power by Baselessly Firing Appointees content.govdelivery.com/acco…
“It gave me goosebumps.” Volunteer reacts upon viewing a bald eagle fledgling take flight from a nest in Milwaukee County, the first time in at least 120 years.
Smith: Wisconsin eagle comeback marks another milestone
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New Water Resources Institute research project checking for #PFAS in the Ceded Territories. Looking at maple syrup, lake water and walleye. bit.ly/3nCIV3A
ALT Two people in sun-filled winter woods examining a tree.
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The House rules package, passed just this week, includes a provision to make it easier to transfer or sell off public lands. This provision enables public land transfers to be treated as budget neutral, making it easier to transfer, sell off, donate, or exchange public lands.
The bomb cyclone is expected to generate some epic waves in the Great Lakes, too. Surfing anyone?!?
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DNR seeking tips from the public to help solve two illegal elk shooting cases in Jackson County. Also it’s the fifth consecutive year an elk was illegally shot in the Badger State during the gun deer season.
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Brookfield East High School senior Brooke Salomone is the winner of the 2023 Wisconsin State Park and Forest vehicle admission sticker design contest.
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ALT 2023 parks admission sticker featuring imagery of a deer, angler, lake at sunset and tent
Avian flu hits hard at two Wisconsin breeding sites for state-endangered Caspian terns:
'Catastrophic' avian flu devastates endangered tern colonies in Door County
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BIG NEWS! The Senate finance committee has passed the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act. Big thank you to @SteveDaines @ChuckGrassley and @SenStabenow for taking the next step in stopping the abuse of the charitable conservation easement deduction.
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Black bear sighted in Milwaukee County (with video). And it’s likely not the only one in the area:
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