By Topf Wells Dan Oele, our superb DNR Fish Biologist for Dane, Green, and Rock Counties, has had a pretty darn wonderful July. He and his wonderful wife Jessica welcomed their daughter, Harper, into this world in early… Read More
By Topf Wells Please consider participating in the Spring Wisconsin Conservation Congress hearings that begin on April 12 at 7 p.m. and stay open for 72 hours. Visit https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/about/wcc/springhearing to view the DNR information on the questions the… Read More
On January 8, 2021, we joined with the TU Nohr Chapter, Badger Fly Fishers and the Wisconsin Smallmouth Alliance to send a letter to the Wisconsin DNR. The focus of the letter was to … “… respectfully request… Read More
Hi TU friends and family, I am so excited to share this news with you and feeling especially grateful going into Thanksgiving! Today, the Army Corps of Engineers announced their decision to reject the Clean Water Act permit for… Read More
There are two huge wins for conservation you may have heard about from SWTU or on your local news that we don’t remind repeating … and hope you don’t mind hearing about again.
Dane County has opened a new easement on the Sugar River. SWTU helped obtain this one because the landowner attended our Verona dinner for Sugar River landowners and began negotiations with Sara Rigelman shortly thereafter. The easement is… Read More
For local trout anglers, Thanksgiving came a week early this year as Sara Rigelman and the Land and Water Resources Department introduced a resolution allowing the purchase of a trout stream easement on the Sugar River at the… Read More
By Topf Wells That was pretty much the response of SWTU Board Members in October when we looked at the Dane County restoration of 2100 feet of the Sugar River on the Falk/Wells Wildlife Area below the Bruce… Read More
By Topf Wells About 6 weeks ago, the DNR obtained two new fishing easements from Gary Langfoss, a generous landowner: one on Kittleson Creek and the other on Gordon Creek. The Kittleson easement connects two existing DNR easements… Read More
Black Earth Creek Watershed Association (BECWA.org) Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Cross Plains Fire Station. Bourbon Road, Cross Plains, WI 7 to 9 pm Co-Sponsors: Southern Wisconsin Trout Unlimited (SWTU.org) and Gateway to the Driftless A look at Flooding… Read More
Landowner Outreach Produces Another Easement!
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Last Updated: July 26, 2021 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Wells Dan Oele, our superb DNR Fish Biologist for Dane, Green, and Rock Counties, has had a pretty darn wonderful July. He and his wonderful wife Jessica welcomed their daughter, Harper, into this world in early… Read More
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Posted: April 8, 2021 by Drew Kasel
Virtually attend the Spring Wisconsin Conservation Congress
By Topf Wells Please consider participating in the Spring Wisconsin Conservation Congress hearings that begin on April 12 at 7 p.m. and stay open for 72 hours. Visit https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/about/wcc/springhearing to view the DNR information on the questions the… Read More
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Posted: January 11, 2021 by Drew Kasel
Letter to DNR on Martin Branch and Otter Creek
On January 8, 2021, we joined with the TU Nohr Chapter, Badger Fly Fishers and the Wisconsin Smallmouth Alliance to send a letter to the Wisconsin DNR. The focus of the letter was to … “… respectfully request… Read More
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Posted: December 15, 2020 by Drew Kasel
Tremendous News from our Friends with Alaska TU!
Hi TU friends and family, I am so excited to share this news with you and feeling especially grateful going into Thanksgiving! Today, the Army Corps of Engineers announced their decision to reject the Clean Water Act permit for… Read More
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Posted: September 18, 2020 by Drew Kasel
Good news comes in twos
There are two huge wins for conservation you may have heard about from SWTU or on your local news that we don’t remind repeating … and hope you don’t mind hearing about again.
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Posted: May 11, 2020 by Drew Kasel
New Place to Fish, Close to Home, and We Can Use Them
Dane County has opened a new easement on the Sugar River. SWTU helped obtain this one because the landowner attended our Verona dinner for Sugar River landowners and began negotiations with Sara Rigelman shortly thereafter. The easement is… Read More
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Last Updated: December 4, 2019 by Drew Kasel
Something to be thankful for: progress on a new easement!
For local trout anglers, Thanksgiving came a week early this year as Sara Rigelman and the Land and Water Resources Department introduced a resolution allowing the purchase of a trout stream easement on the Sugar River at the… Read More
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Posted: November 6, 2019 by Drew Kasel
“Holy smokes! I can’t believe what I’m seeing.”
By Topf Wells That was pretty much the response of SWTU Board Members in October when we looked at the Dane County restoration of 2100 feet of the Sugar River on the Falk/Wells Wildlife Area below the Bruce… Read More
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Last Updated: September 4, 2019 by Drew Kasel
New places to fish, thanks in part to us
By Topf Wells About 6 weeks ago, the DNR obtained two new fishing easements from Gary Langfoss, a generous landowner: one on Kittleson Creek and the other on Gordon Creek. The Kittleson easement connects two existing DNR easements… Read More
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Last Updated: September 3, 2019 by Drew Kasel
Thinking Like a Watershed Fall Event
Black Earth Creek Watershed Association (BECWA.org) Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Cross Plains Fire Station. Bourbon Road, Cross Plains, WI 7 to 9 pm Co-Sponsors: Southern Wisconsin Trout Unlimited (SWTU.org) and Gateway to the Driftless A look at Flooding… Read More
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