Tag: National Forest

• Press Release: Petition Seeks Hounding Ban in Wisconsin National Forest

  

  Wildlife conservation and animal protection groups petitioned the U.S. Forest Service today to ban hounding in Wisconsin’s Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. Hounding is the practice of training and using dogs to hunt and chase down black bears and other wildlife.

  Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf

  January 19, 2023

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• 2017 Gun Deer Season in Review

  

  For the second year in a row, the deer harvest numbers have been down statewide but up in the Northern Forest Zone. This comes with a “record high” population of 930-950 wolves in Wisconsin.

  BrittRic

  December 4, 2017

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• Sample Letter to National Forest Officials: End Bear Baiting and Hounding on Wisconsin Public Lands

  

  Please use this letter as a template to express your opposition to the bear hounding and baiting practices that are currently being allowed to take place with very little regulation on our public lands.

  BrittRic

  September 12, 2017

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• Environmental Groups: Keep Hounding Out of Wisconsin’s National Forests

  

  A number of environmental groups, including the Endangered Species Coalition, want to keep hunters who use packs of dogs out of public lands in Wisconsin, including the state’s national forests.

  BrittRic

  September 11, 2017

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