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Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?
By Bruce Ross, Executive Director
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I just celebrated my one-year work anniversary at WWAs annual meeting at Lambeau Field. If you didn’t attend, you missed a nice event...
Read on.
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State Meeting Notes
By Bruce Urben, President
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Last Saturday, January 25th, your Wisconsin Waterfowl Association held its 36th annual State Meeting at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, WI.
This year we had over 70 attendees that came together to honor some of WWA’s invaluable volunteers and sponsors, and to listen to some experts talking about waterfowl habitat, biology, waterfowl parasites (like those pictured here), regulations and waterfowl health.
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Witthuhn, Regan, Green Bay Packers Inducted into WWA Hall of Fame
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On Saturday, January 25th, WWA inducted our 4th Annual Hall of Fame. Please join us in welcoming Dan Witthuhn, John Regan and the Green Bay Packers as our newest WWA Hall of Fame members.
Learn more...
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Olson Named WWA 2019 Volunteer of the Year
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On Saturday, January 25th, WWA named our 2019 Volunteer of the Year: Russ Olson! Russ is our Board Treasurer, Fox Valley Outing Chair and a long-time supporter of WWA. Join us in honoring Russ for his dedication to WWA's mission.
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Waukesha Chapter Named Top Gun Fundraisers 2019
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Mike Alaimo and his Waukesha chapter claimed the TOP GUN recognition for excellence in fundraising last year with combined banquet, bash, and other development activities netting a total of $38,600—wow!
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Habitat Program Updates
By Peter Ziegler, Project Director
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As the first month of 2020 goes by I’m still hearing geese honking when I’m out shoveling. It is also a good indication that that my 2 year old gets excited every time he hears or sees geese flying that we will have another waterfowl hunter.
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Lake Mills AWA Project Day
By Mike Alaimo, Lead AWA Volunteer
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On Sunday, January 26th,
Don Guenther, Chris Scheder, Anne Churchill, Ron Churchill, Anthony Kimble and Mike Alaimo completed 35 hours of clearing work removing box elder between the access lane and ditch at Lake Mills Wildlife Area.
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Valley Chapter Partners with Neenah High Students on Nesting Project
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WWA’s Valley Chapter was excited to partner with two seniors from Neenah High School, Lauren and Josie, who led and facilitated a wood duck nesting project as part of their School Leadership project which facilitated the construction of over 30 nesting boxes.
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It was great to see so many of you at our WWA Annual Membership Meeting last weekend at Lambeau Field. For those of you who could not make it, you missed some really great presentations.
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Last Call for Zone Survey
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This is the last call for you to take the survey that WWA will help use to influence policy issue decisions with the DNR and our state legislature, including the upcoming re-structuring of the zones. If you haven’t taken the survey (about 600 of you have taken it so far), please do so before this Saturday, or miss the boat! There are prize drawings for those who make it to the end of this 15-minute survey.
Take the survey!
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WWA Policy Update: Wisconsin’s Waterfowl Management Plan
By Bruce Ross, Executive Director
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The NRB considered the long-awaited WI Waterfowl Management Plan last week and adopted it unanimously, extending kudos to the DNR, calling it “the best such plan they’ve seen come before them.”
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How to Education in the Dead of Winter
By Ian Bartelmez, Education Committee
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Wow, it's nearly February already, hunting is done (unless you travel), and until spring turkeys, let's hope it stays cold enough to keep the ice safe. Speaking of ice...
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Sponsor Spotlight: SportDOG Brand Returns!
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WWA is tickled to welcome SportDog training collars back as a corporate sponsor in 2020. We believe in this product because we use it on a near-daily basis...
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Welcome New 2020 Sponsor QuietKat
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And WWA is also pleased to welcome aboard QuietKat, all-terrain, all-electric bikes. These best in class, heavy duty electric mountain bikes are designed for outdoor lovers - for non-obtrusive access to the deep wood for hunting, fishing, camping or those just looking for a family excursion play vehicle.
Learn more!
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Facebook 2021 Calendar Photo Contest
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Consider volunteering to help one of our Chapters make a difference by improving the wetlands, waterfowl, and wildlife in Wisconsin. Thanks for all your past and future support.
I want to help!
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Class A "Need Not be Present to Win" Raffles
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This month's featured Class A is for our
Northern Wetlands
chapter, that will be drawn at their banquet on February 22nd in Rhinelander. Tickets are 1 for $10 or 3 for $20 & you could win one of the SEVEN amazing prizes shown in the picture.
Get your tickets here!
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Throughout the year most of our chapters hold
Class A raffles
, many featuring multiple prizes and some extremely desirable guns (that you probably wouldn’t buy for yourself, but sure would like to own). If you can’t attend every event, and who can, you can still get in on a chance to win the chapter’s showcase prizes, most with great odds to win.
Check them all out here
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WWA Hails New Chief Warden Krueger - And Bids Farewell to Former Chief Warden Schaller
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Readers of this newsletter enjoy an opportunity to hear directly from the DNR leaders who are in some way responsible for the DNR's waterfowl programs, from regulations to habitat and research.
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Have an idea you want the wardens to answer in the new year?
Let us know!
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Chief Warden: What Would You Like to Know?
New chief urges WWA members to offer column ideas
By DNR Chief Warden Casey Krueger
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On January 9, Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly stood before me in the State Capitol to administer my oath of office as the next chief conservation warden.
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Derelict Decoys
By Bruce Urben, President
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In this month's
Decoy Corner,
I am changing it up a little. Rather than talking about a specific carver, my article talks about a “derelict” decoy. What is a derelict decoy?
Read on to find out!
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Mark your calendars for the next WWA event near you and visit our
Events Calendar for everything happening in 2019 & beyond:
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AIS Spotlight: Quagga Mussel
By Chris Acy, Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator, Winnebago Waterways
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Quagga mussels live in freshwater waterbodies such as lakes and rivers and prefer a habitat that is deeper and colder than zebra mussels. Quagga mussels have been found in over 420 feet of water! One of the most concerning features of the quagga mussel is its ability to survive on both hard and soft surfaces such as sand.
Learn more...
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Thank You to Our 2019 Sponsors & Donors
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Thanks to all those that have cherished the memory of a loved one by donating in memoriam to the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association. Those recently memorialized were:
- Mr. Gordon Seibert - Donors: Jim Freck, Mike Depies, Dennis Guttmann, Greg Rausch
- Mr. Lawrence "Butch" Spaight - Donors: Jim Holwerda, Jeffrey & Katherine Nelson, Conservation Wardens of the Northern Region, Carol Mast, Richard & Cathy Bauman, Christopher & Stacy Spaight, Randy & Nichole Mittelstaedt, Thomas & Linda Cervero
- Mr. Glenn Zachow - Donors: Greg Rausch, Tony LaMacchia, Jim Freck, Mike Depies
- Mr. David E. Hughes - Donors: Mr. & Mrs. Jim Tavares, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Welch
- Mr. Joseph Porten- Donors: WWA 2018 Board of Directors and Staff
- Attorney Dan Fay - Donor: Dale W. Arenz
If you'd like to consider a lasting and meaningful memorial fund contribution for that friend, hunting partner, co-worker or relative with WWA, please
contact us
. Each contribution will offer:
- A personalized letter to the family of the deceased,
- A letter from WWA sent to the donor confirming contribution for tax purposes (address & individual donation amount must be supplied),
- The option for the donor to designate which WWA program they wish their contributions be put towards, and a listing in this section for the duration of one year
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The Wisconsin Waterfowl Association is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission focuses on wetland and upland habitat restoration, youth and adult environmental education and environmental- and hunter-based legislation.
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