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The Association of Retired Conservationists was organized by a group of retirees from the Wisconsin Conservation Department in the 1960's. By the mid-1970's, the WCD had been combined with the Department of Resource Development to form the Department of Natural Resources, and the retirees group had grown significantly, met monthly for lunch and began inviting speakers to address the group on issues of interest to the members. Today, the organization has more than two hundred members.

website contact: retiredrick@wisarc.org

Welcome to the ARC Breaking News/Action page where you are encouraged to enter items members may be interested in reading that are too timely to wait for discussion at our next monthly meeting.

If you misplaced the Comment Code, please email me here.

Important Timely News

Retired Rick                                           Dec 1, 2023

DNR NAMES MADISON RESIDENT JIM TRUMPY STATE NATURAL AREAS STEWARD OF THE YEAR

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced Madison resident Jim Trumpy as the 2023 State Natural Areas Volunteer Steward of the Year for his contributions to Mazomanie Oak Barrens State Natural Area.

Driven to help, Trumpy has volunteered at Mazomanie Oak Barrens State Natural Area for the past eight years. He learned about the need during a field trip to the site, where he learned about this unique property. After the trip, he asked one of the leaders if they needed help managing the site.

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Retired Rick                                           Nov 29, 2023

SPRING TURKEY HARVEST AUTHORIZATION APPLICATIONS DUE DEC. 10

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds wild turkey hunters that applications for the 2024 spring season are due by 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2023.

Hunters can apply for harvest authorizations or purchase preference points toward future drawings through Go Wild or an authorized license agent.

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Retired Rick                                           Nov 28, 2023

2023 GUN DEER HUNT LICENSE SALES AND HARVEST TOTALS NOW AVAILABLE

The 2023 gun deer hunt in Wisconsin kicked off the holiday season with plenty of opportunities to enjoy the great outdoors, put delicious, wild-harvested protein on the table and make memories with family and friends. Preliminary license sales, harvest registration and hunting incident numbers are now available.

Preliminary License Sales Data

As of 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 26, sales for gun, bow, crossbow, sports and conservation patron licenses reached 788,697. Of that total, 434,817 were for gun privileges only. Year-to-date sales for all deer licenses are down 0.8% compared to last year.

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Retired Rick                                           Nov 21, 2023

2023 PRELIMINARY GUN DEER LICENSE SALES AND HARVEST TOTALS AVAILABLE

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the preliminary deer harvest and license sale totals for the opening weekend of the 2023 gun deer season.

Preliminary figures indicate the number of deer hunters in Wisconsin slightly decreased compared to 2022.

As of midnight Sunday, Nov. 19, sales for gun, bow, crossbow, sports and conservation patron licenses reached 774,369. Of that total, 421,525 were for gun privileges only. The year-to-date sales for all deer licenses are down 0.61% from the same time last year.

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Retired Rick                                           Nov 17, 2023

DNR adds 51 sites to Wisconsin list of impaired waters

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources biennial survey of surface water pollution across the state added 51 bodies of water to the states impaired waters list, which tracks which bodies fail to meet the states surface water standards.

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Retired Rick                                           Nov 14, 2023

2023 BEAR SEASON RESULTS SHOW DROP IN TOTAL HARVEST AND HUNTER SUCCESS RATES

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced preliminary results for the 2023 bear season. The 2023 bear season harvest is well below the recent annual average of approximately 4,000 harvested bears, representing the lowest yearly bear harvest since 2008.

Wisconsin bear hunters harvested 2,922 bears during the 2023 black bear season, a marked decrease from the 4,009 bears taken by hunters last year. This decline was observed across the state, as the bear harvest fell short of respective targets in all management zones.

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                                          Nov 11, 2023

NER RETIREE and GUEST HOLIDAY LUNCHEON

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Time to get in the Christmas Spirit with your DNR Retiree friends.

WHERE: 1951 WEST (Rock Garden)
1951 Bond St., Green Bay

SOCIAL: 11:45 AM in bar

LUNCH: 12:30 PM

Order off special menu. Separate bills.

Special gifts will be given out. You wont want to miss this!!!

PLEASE RSVP BY December 4 TO PEGGY BEAUMIER

BY EMAIL pegbeaumier@sbcglobal.net OR BY

CELL PHONE 920-680-9876 CALL OR TEXT

***Please let me know how many will be attending***

We all hope you attend. The more the merrier. Ho Ho Ho

Retired Rick                                           Nov 9, 2023

DNR SEEKING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR UPDATED NATURAL RESOURCES ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced it will hold a public hearing on proposed permanent rules to revise chapters NR 1, 11, 45, 51, 115 and 116 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, relating to a variety of DNR property management regulations. The public may submit comments on the proposed revisions through Dec. 10.

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                                          Nov 8, 2023

From: Margaret Beaumier
Date: Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 10:17 AM
Subject: Sad news about Thomas "Tom" M. Turner and Deputy Warden Robert Church

It is with great sadness we share in the news about the passing of Tom Turner and Deputy Warden Robert Church.

www.lyndahl.com/obituary/ThomasTom-Turner

It is with sadness that I report to you the passing of retired Deputy Warden Robert Bob Church. Bob was a long time Deputy Warden in Outagamie and Calumet Counties. The obituary link is below and was received earlier this morning.

www.pedersonvolker.com/obituaries/robert-church

Casey Krueger, Chief Warden

                                          Nov 7, 2023

From: Dale Lang
Date: Mon, Nov 6, 2023
Subject: FW: Info 11-6-23

Just two more lunches this year! Shamrock next week. Well probably resume them in March or April. Any suggestions for additional places to meet?

Nov 14Shamrock

Dec 12CTs

For our lunches, we meet starting at 11:00 and eat at noon.

Shamrock, downtown Lake Tomahawk, 7235 Bradley Street (Hwy 47). http://www.shamrocklaketom.com/

CTs Deli, downtown Rhinelander, 17 N Brown St. http://cheftomsdeli.com/ We have the Community Room. Since this is a deli, you order your drinks and food at the counter, pick up your drinks, then they call your name when your food is ready and you get it from the food counter. It might be good if you place your order when you get there, so were not all ordering at the same time.

Several deaths recently.

Bill Hoppe was the forester/ranger at Rhinelander.

Bev Nimmer often attended our lunches in years past with her brother Dick, who worked at Woodruff.

Gary Scovel was the warden supervisor at Woodruff.

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