June 29, 2024
Episode 494 – Flooding impacts fish and wildlife, SFBW July 5 event, Tekiela on turtles, coyotes
Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman begin the show breaking down the myriad
Jeremiah Haas: Plenty to appreciate as the Upper Mississippi River Refuge turns 100
The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is celebrating 100 years of conservation and recreation this year.
The creation of the refuge was largely the result of the Izaak Walton League of America, and particularly the efforts of its founder, Will Dilg. In the summer of 1923, Dilg learned of a plan to drain large areas of the river’s backwaters, so he put together an ambitious solution to the drainage plan.Â
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Vets treated to fly-fishing trip on New York’s Willowemoc Creek
Volunteers, including fly-fishing guides and outfitters, recently came together to provide combat veterans the opportunity to enjoy a few hours of fishing on famed Willowemoc Creek in the Catskills of New York.
On Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. was attacked. The Twin Towers on Manhattan Island in New York City fell, the call to arms was given.
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Penn State University is bringing back venison-processing workshop with higher demand from hunters
Years ago when Penn State Extension offered a course on how to process venison, it was mainly attended by hunters who wanted to do a better job preparing their harvest for the table.
Ten years after the course was discontinued, it’s coming back this summer. This time, however, the demand is a bit different.
Understanding farm wildlife: The red fox — a smart and strikingly beautiful animal
Except for humans, red foxes are the most widespread mammal across the northern hemisphere. Being extremely adaptable, red foxes live in starkly different habitats, from the Arctic tundra to arid deserts.
To us in Illinois, all this seems improbable because we see them so at home in our countryside. We claim them as our own, an animal of open agricultural fields that spends extended periods of time in wooded areas only when severe winter weather forces them into cover for food and shelter. Although, on occasion, red foxes den out and raise young on the edges of wooded areas.
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Two turkey tags filled in Wisconsin, but via very different hunts
One of the intriguing aspects of hunting turkeys is never knowing how the next bird will react to your calling efforts.
Will it respond immediately or hang up out of range? Will it attack your decoys or shy away from them? What turkeys will or will not do can vary by bird, as well as by the hour, the day, or the week. Sometimes, it’s anybody’s guess.
As John Stellflue and I walked downhill to the truck shortly before noon on
April 24, the first day of Wisconsin’s second turkey season, we laughed at how differently our hunts had transpired.
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Dan Ladd: A lifetime of camping together is a life well-lived
Adrienne and I are not summer people. Neither of us are fans of the heat. I’ll take plowing snow over mowing a lawn any day of the week and both of us prefer the change of seasons so prevalent during the spring and fall months than to any other time of the year.
One activity, however, that we do get the most out of each summer is camping, and all the extras that come with it. Fishing, paddling and simply relaxing by a lake and/or campfire certainly helps us get through the summer, unless it’s extremely hot.
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