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I am concerned with recent efforts to begin a hunting season on sandhill cranes in Wisconsin. I believe it is not a fit for Wisconsin. Sandhill cranes, the bird referred to as “wildness ...
Fewer than one in five Wisconsinites supports a sandhill crane hunting season in the state, according to a study conducted by University of Wisconsin researchers. And approximately half of Badger ...
Locked up sandhills prepare to land in a field. Photo by Mary Carlson / USFWS Sandhill cranes, which have a special place in the history, geography, and culture of Wisconsin, could be hunted in the ...
State legislators this summer will lead a committee to review and recommend options for sandhill crane management in Wisconsin, possibly to include a hunting season for the species. The ...
For the third time in 14 years, a bill to open a sandhill crane hunting season in Wisconsin has been introduced in the Legislature. The previous proposals failed to advance to the governor ...
A major reason for proposing a sandhill crane hunting season is so the state can better support farmers. Sandhill cranes feed on newly-planted corn and other crops. Documents from the study ...
But sandhill cranes? No one is getting overrun by crushing ... When it comes to the nit-picking of hunting regulations — licenses, fees, residents, seasons, animals, birds, habitat, property ...
The population of sandhill cranes is large enough in Wisconsin to sustain a limited crane hunting season, according to testimony at the committee's Aug. 1 meeting by retired DNR waterfowl ...
MADISON, Wis. – Creating a hunting season for sandhill cranes in Wisconsin drew support at a legislative hearing, with backers of the Republican proposal saying it could be properly managed and ...
During the spring and summer sandhill cranes can be found throughout western and central Montana. Spring is breeding season for sandhills ... and mountain meadows hunting for prey (cranes are ...
MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - A bill that would open a sandhill crane hunting season in Wisconsin has been introduced in the state legislature. The proposed legislation is called SB112 in the Senate and ...