Phillips follows fondness for outdoors to Spring Valley rec area
Kelli Phillips succeeded Corrine Hodapp last month as park ranger, natural resource specialist and site leader for the Eau Galle Recreation Area at Spring Valley.
RELATED CONTENTLawmaker wants a start a sandhill crane hunting season
Outdoor News
-- A state lawmaker wants to let hunters shoot sandhill cranes. Assembly Republican Joel Kleefisch of Oconomowoc is asking his colleagues to co-sign a bill that requires the DNR to create a season. It would have a limited number of hunters. And the bill would compensate farmers whose crops are damaged by the majestic white birds.
Despite recent snow, many snowmobile trails remain closed
Outdoor News
-- Despite a fresh coating of snow, it's not enough for many of Wisconsin's snowmobile trails -- and they remain closed.
Ag department announces specialty-crop grants
Wisconsin’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Protection (DATCP) announced Jan. 19, it is accepting applications for funds available through the 2012 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.
RELATED CONTENTWild Side: Observing biodiversity
It’s been easy to walk outside in this wimpy winter. One of our favorite pastimes is hiking through the woods reading the story told by animal tracks in the snow and looking at the trees.
RELATED CONTENTBird count set for Feb. 17-20
The annual Great Backyard Bird Count, hosted by Audubon, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Canadian partner Bird Studies Canada, will be held from Friday-Monday, Feb. 17-20.
RELATED CONTENTOutdoor Roundup: Select landowners can now apply for permits to kill wolves
Wisconsin Outdoors
-- About 100 Wisconsin landowners who've had problems with grey wolves will be invited to apply for state permits to kill those animals.
DNR biologists have found 186 bald eagles on the lower Wisconsin River 
Outdoor News
-- D-N-R biologists have counted 186 bald eagles on the lower Wisconsin River in the southwest part of the state.
Letter: State maintains strong, independent snowmobile program, club says
TO THE EDITOR: It is well known that snowmobiling has become one of Wisconsin’s leading outdoor activities, contributing by some estimates over $1 billion annually in tourism and retail revenue to state coffers.
Kemmerer wins first Ellsworth Rod and Gun drawing at The Outdoor Store
The winner of the first drawing for a Ruger 10/22 gun was won by Brenda Kemmemer of Ellsworth. The drawings are held each Tuesday and Thursday at The Outdoor Store, 300 North Maple Street in Ellsworth. Winner information can be found at www.EllsworthRodandGun.com and www.gunsbowsandbeer.com
RELATED CONTENTMinnesota snowmobiler dies in Buffalo County accident
Regional News
-- A snowmobile accident in western Wisconsin has taken the life of a 28 year old man from Minnesota.
Minnesota Sportsman show underway at River Centre
Outdoor News
-- The 42nd annual Minnesota Sportsmen's Show is under way at St.Paul's RiverCentre
Whooping cranes still stuck in Alabama
Wisconsin News
-- It's been three days since the FAA allowed nine Wisconsin whooping cranes to resume their migration trip to Florida.
DNR wants to get people's opinion about cleaning up Lake St. Croix
Outdoor News
-- The D-N-R wants to know what people think about a plan to clean up Lake Saint Croix.
Wildside: Changing conditions in Wisconsin
Our recent trip to visit my mother and sisters’ families reminded me of how much change has happened over a short time in the upper Midwest.
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