Outdoors

[ad_1] Contact(s): Kevin Doyle, 608-267-9788 Native plant enthusiasts sought to see how state’s rare treasures are faring MADISON — People who enjoy looking for plants can see some of the state’s rarest and most beautiful native species up close in 2018 by participating in volunteer training for the Wisconsin Rare …

[ad_1] PRIMROSE, Wis. — The farmland along Sun Valley Parkway east of Paoli is still fertile soil for corn, soybeans, alfalfa and other traditional crops. But a 120-acre farm established in the 1800s along a rail line that is now the Badger State Trail is trying to make a year-round …

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[ad_1] http://images.outdoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/MNN-WI-friday-223-SNAVolunteers.mp3 Volunteering a good way to get involved with Wisconsin’s State Natural Areas.

[ad_1] Published February 15, 2018 by the Central Office View current conditions for Wisconsin State Parks, Trails and ForestsCheck out the Wisconsin Department of Tourism (exit DNR). For current statewide information on statewide snow conditions, log onto the Wisconsin Department of Tourism’s

[ad_1] http://images.outdoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/MNN-WI-wednesday-221-LateSeasonTricks.mp3 Fishing legend Gary Roach’s secrets for late-season ice fishing.

[ad_1] Contact(s): Karl Scheidegger, DNR fisheries management, 608-267-9426 MADISON — Records are made to be broken, and anglers quickly proved this truism in the first year of Wisconsin’s new program recognizing catch-and-release state record fish. Traditional state records for fish by weight also fell in 2017, but the bigger story …

[ad_1] http://images.outdoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/MNN-WI-monday-219-SNARestoration.mp3 Things are looking good for the state’s rare natural communities.

[ad_1] By: Joanne M. Haas/DNR Bureau of Law Enforcement Talk about not holding a grudge! Wardens, wildlife biologists work together to free two locked bucks that part as friends (we think) It was Sunday night, three days before Valentine’s Day, when DNR Conservation Warden Alex Brooks got a call from …