Tag: conservation

• The Wisconsin Conservation Dilemma

  

  I look forward to Wildlife day at the Capitol where we can collectively work to bridge that gap between sportsmen and environmentalists, and finally get us all working together toward one common goal: Conservation in Wisconsin.

  BrittRic

  January 30, 2018

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• URGENT: Pro-Poaching Bill to be Heard in the Wisconsin State Senate on Tuesday

  

  This proposed bill would prohibit conservation wardens from enforcing wolf conservation laws, prevent funds to be used for wolf depredations, and stop all wolf population monitoring in Wisconsin. Please join us in opposition at the hearing on Tuesday, January 16th.

  BrittRic

  January 12, 2018

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  AB 712, Adam Jarchow, conservation, department of natural resources, DNR, Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf, hearing, killing, Melissa Smith, poaching, public, SB 602, Senate, state, wildlife, wisconsin, wolf hunt, wolf management, wolves

• Gun Deer Season Finally Comes to a Close in Wisconsin

  

  Many sport hunters proudly post pictures of themselves with their “harvest” and this year’s deer gun season was no exception. Some defend that these actions pay for conservation — a strange kind of argument with many flaws.

  BrittRic

  November 27, 2017

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  chronic wasting disease, conservation, CWD, deer farm, deer herd, deer hunting, deer population, deer season, disease, DNR, elephant, great white hunter, gun season, Melissa Smith, rifle season, sport hunting, tree stand, trophies, trophy hunting, wisconsin

• Press Release: New Bill Would Block Wisconsin State Wildlife Management and Encourage Poaching

  

  Yesterday, Wisconsin State Representatives circulated a bill which would make it illegal for law enforcement to enforce state or federal law relating to management of wolves in Wisconsin.

  BrittRic

  November 10, 2017

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  Adam Jarchow, bill, conservation, depredations, DNR, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Coalition, extinction, extremist, federal law, legislation, LRB 3737/1, Mary Feltzkowski, Melissa Smith, Nancy Warren, National Wolfwatcher, Natural Resources, poaching, press release, Romaine Quinn, Senator, State Legislators, Tom Tiffany, USFWS, Vivian Morrison, wildlife management, wisconsin, wolf management, wolves

• Guest Blog: A Citizen Lobbying Effort to Defend the Endangered Species Act in DC

  

  June 30, 2017 was an eye-opening day into constituent democracy for me. Gary John Feest and I went to Washington D.C. in a Citizen Lobbying effort to defend the Endangered Species Act.

  BrittRic

  July 25, 2017

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• Earth Day Sentiments

  

  Why do environmentalists still have to fight so hard to stop our own government and businesses from killing our wildlife, clear-cutting our forests, mining our mountains and poising the oceans, air, land and water we all rely on to survive?

  BrittRic

  April 22, 2017

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  air, aldo leopold, Britt Ricci, conservation, earth, Earth Day, Earth Day Everyday, environment, environmentalist, Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf, Gaylord Nelson, government, john muir, land, nature, oceans, planet, Rachel Carson, save, trees, water, wildlife, wisconsin

• A Message to Senator Tammy Baldwin

  

  We sent the following letter to Senator Tammy Baldwin in response to her stance to remove wolves from the Endangered Species Act.

  BrittRic

  January 12, 2017

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