DNR looking for volunteers for deer population study

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wants you to volunteer to help it complete several projects studying the state's deer population.

The DNR wants volunteers to build deer traps, to participate in deer captures and put radio collars on those captured deer. The DNR will use about two million dollars in funds from the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act.

The projects will start this year and, in some cases, run for several years. The state is also asking landowners to let it do some research activities on their property. So far, about a dozen Wisconsin landowners have agreed. Most of the work will be done by DNR researchers, the University of Wisconsin, and two environmental groups.

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