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Welcome back to the Wisconsin BHA Report!



Alec & Paul highlight the Wisconsin chapter priorities for 2024, including: accessing landlocked public land, Sturgeon & the ESA, Sandhill crane hunting, doe harvest up north, and solar farm development in Wisconsin.



Have feedback or want to get involved? Email: wisconsin@backcountryhunters.org

May brings turkey hunting, fishing, and a little known conservation activity called woodcock banding. Woodcock banding involves federally inspected handlers and their dogs finding and safely netting woodcock hens and their chicks in order to band them and study their population.



This episode is all about the woodcock and how much we love them. Your hosts Kelly and Bill are joined by Kyle Daly of the Minnesota Woodcock banding program to talk all things timber doodle, dogs, and conservation.



To contact Kyle - kyle.okeefe.daly@gmail.com



What is a woodcock?

American Woodcock Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

What is bird banding?

Bird Banding: A Conservation Tool within the Migratory Bird Program (Ducks, Geese, Doves, and more) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (fws.gov)

Woodcock Banding a Conservation Story

https://youtu.be/G9UZVbvebkc by Project Upland

We believe R3 is an important piece of conservation and we are excited to bring you the 2023 episode!



Hosts Bill and Kelly are joined by WI BHA R3 Coordinator Brock Rosencranz and hunters Elizabeth Baker and Erika Gonzalez to talk R3, learn to hunts, and the effect of social media on hunting culture.



WI DNR Learn to Hunt info -
Learn to Hunt | FOR NEW HUNTERS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS | Wisconsin DNR

WI BHA info -
Wisconsin Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

Save the date for our state Rendezvous on August 5th at Rib Mountain Bowmens club

We are excited to be back for the 2023 podcast season!

Your co-hosts for this episode are Kelly Vanbeek, Paul Schecklman, and Bill Koepke.

In this first episode of the year we chat with state wildlife biologist Alaina Gerrits about how hound hunting, species management with hounds, and public perception of hound hunting.



Join us at the upcoming trivia night 

March 08, 2023 at 6:00pm - 9pm

WHERE
Iron Hop Taphouse
10 Brodhead St
Mazomanie, WI 53560
United States

email joe.steffen.bha@gmail.com



Important links

National Forest Petition - https://www.wpr.org/groups-seek-bar-use-hounds-while-hunting-chequamegon-nicolet-national-forest

WI bear zones - https://widnr.widen.net/s/jc2m7mmnxr/bear-management-zone-boundaries

Artemis Ambassador Search - https://artemis.nwf.org/artemis-ambassadors/

Podcast hosts Kelly, Trevor, and Bill are joined by WI BHA policy board member Mike Amman. Mike is a forester in Northern Wisconsin for Bayfield County. Mike joins the group to talk with Rebekah Luedtke the Executive Director of the WCFA. 

Rebekah shares her early experiences outside and her love of the outdoors with us. We dive into the history of logging in Wisconsin to modern day, the history of the WCFA, how Knowles Nelson fits into county land, and how we can all support it by talking to our legislators in support of County Forest.

95% of County Forest in the USA is in Wisconsin and Minnesota for a total of 5.4 million acres.

Wisconsin logging on public and private land creates a yearly product total valued at $22.9 billion and 59,000 jobs.

Knowles Nelson Funding covers half the cost of County Forest land purchases.

Learn how Foresters like Mike are caring for the land and wildlife found in these areas. (Not just game species.)

Wisconsin County Forest Association

News | Wisconsin County Forest Association (wisconsincountyforests.com)

REGISTER FOR THE STATE RENDEZVOUS

2022 Wisconsin BHA Rendezvous - Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

WI BHA report hosts Kelly and Bill are joined by WI BHA board chairs and R3 leaders Joe and Brock to chat with Chris Kilgour of the Wisconsin organization Color in the Outdoors (CITO.) We talk about R3, what it means for each of us, our organizations, and how Chris started CITO.

More on Chris.

Founder of Color in the Outdoors (CITO), Christopher has spent his entire life exploring and enjoying the outdoors in one capacity or another. His main motivation for starting CITO was to be able to connect people with the outside world and with other like-minded individuals and organizations. The guiding principles behind CITO hold a strong space in advocacy for diversity, equity, and inclusion and it is with these concepts in mind that all of the activities, partnerships, links, and resources are developed and presented.

More on CITO

Exploring Diversity in Our World. Subscribe to their newsletter and get on their mailing list for more information.

https://www.colorintheoutdoors.com/

More on WI Tribal land, culture, and history.

https://wisconsinfirstnations.org/map/

Text your city or zip code here

(855) 917-5263

BOOK LIST

Black Faces, White Spaces

https://uncpress.org/book/9781469614489/black-faces-white-spaces/

Native People of Wisconsin

https://wisconsinfirstnations.org/native-people-wisconsin/

Braiding Sweetgrass

https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass

The Adventure Gap

https://joytripproject.com/the-adventure-gap/



SAVE THE DATE

WI RENDEZVOUS 2022 - July 30 Horicon Bowmans Club!!!