Questions 3 to 15. Expanding open water hunting opportunities for waterfowl on the following lakes and flowages; Beaver Dam Lake in Dodge County (excluding Rakes and Trestle Works Bays), Lake Butte des Morts in Winnebago County, Lakes Poygan and Winneconne in Waushara and Winnebago counties, Castle Rock Lake in Adams and Juneau counties (south of railroad bridge and county road G), Grindstone Lake in Sawyer County, Fence, North Twin and Trout Lakes in Vilas County, Lake Koshkonong in Dane, Rock and Jefferson counties, Lake Puckaway in Marquette and Green Lake counties (the waters west of the west end of the dredge bank, excluding the waters east of the west end of the dredge bank), Shawano Lake in Shawano County, Lake Wisconsin in Sauk and Columbia counties (north of railroad bridge), and Lake Wissota in Chippewa County (south of county road S and north of county road X).
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Department of Natural Resources will take public input on the following advisory questions relating to fishing on the inland, outlying, and boundary waters of Wisconsin.
Question 16. Opening fishing seasons year round.
Question 17. Removing northern and southern management zones.
Questions 18 to 20. Allowing motor trolling statewide with 3 lines, 2 lines, or 1 line.
Questions 21 to 26. Accessing fishing regulations.
Questions 27 to 31. Initiating and developing new fishing regulations.
Questions 32 to 34. Simplifying the fishing license structure.
Questions 35. Rough fish spearing seasons.
Question 36. Requiring anglers to use non-lead sinkers, weights, jigs, and hooks if they are less than 1-inch length in any dimension and less than 1-ounce in weight on Escanaba, Nebish, and Pallette lakes in Vilas County.
Questions 37 to 38. Removing and posting fishing refuges.
Question 39. Using trail cameras on DNR managed public hunting lands (Natural Resources Board advisory question).
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that following the completion of the advisory questions from the Department and the Conservation Congress, the Conservation Congress will hold town hall meetings to get input from citizens on ways to simplify regulations and identify barriers to hunting and fishing participation.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the informational hearings/meetings will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 9, 2012, at the following locations:
Adams Adams County Courthouse, County Board Room A230, 402 Main Street, Friendship, WI 53934
Ashland Ashland County Court House, Main Court Room, 201 Main Street West, Ashland, WI 54806
Barron Barron Government Center, Auditorium, 303 E. LaSalle Ave., Barron, WI 54812
Bayfield Bayfield County Courthouse, Upstairs, 117 E. 5th Street, Washburn, WI 54891
Brown Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (SC132), 2740 W. Mason St., Green Bay, WI 54313
Buffalo Alma High School Gymnasium, S1618 STH 35, Alma, WI 54610
Burnett Burnett County Government Center, Room 165, 7410 County Road K, Siren, WI 54872
Calumet Calumet County Courthouse, Rm. B025, 206 Court Street, Chilton, WI 53014
Chippewa Chippewa Falls Middle School, 750 Tropicana Blvd., Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Clark Greenwood High School, 306 W. Central Ave., Greenwood, WI 54437
Columbia Wayne E. Bartels Middle School, Gymnasium, 2505 New Pinery Rd., Portage, WI 53901
Crawford Prairie du Chien High School, Auditorium, 800 E. Crawford St., Prairie du Chien, WI 53821
Dane Middleton Cross Plains Performing Arts Center, 2100 Bristol St., Middleton, WI 53562
Dodge Horicon International Education Center, Lower Level Auditorium, N7725 STH 28, Horicon, WI 53032
Door Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Douglas Brule Town Hall, 5820 S. Maple St., Brule, WI 54820
Dunn Dunn County Fish and Game Club, 1900 Pioneer Ave., Menomonie, WI 54751
Eau Claire South Middle School, Auditorium, 2115 Mitscher Ave., Eau Claire, WI 54701
Florence Florence Natural Resource Center, Basement Conference Rm., 5631 Forestry Dr., Florence, WI 54121
Fond du Lac Theisen Middle School, 525 E Pioneer Rd., Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 54935
Forest Crandon High School, Auditorium, 9750 US HWY 8 West, Crandon, WI 54520
Grant Youth and Agriculture Building Main Auditorium, 916 East Elm Street, Lancaster, WI 53813
Green Monroe Middle School, 1510 13th Avenue, Monroe, WI 53566
Green Lake Green Lake High School, Small Gym, 612 Mill St., Green Lake, WI 54941
Iowa Dodgeville High School, Gymnasium, 912 Chapel Street, Dodgeville, WI 53533
Iron Iron County Courthouse, 300 Taconite Street, Hurley, WI 54534
Jackson Black River Falls Middle School, LGI Room, 1202 Pierce Street, Black River Falls, WI 54615
Jefferson Jefferson County Fair Park Activity Center, 503 N. Jackson, Jefferson, WI 52549
Juneau Olson Middle School Auditorium, 508 Grayside Avenue, Mauston, WI 53948
Kenosha Bristol Elementary School, Gymnasium, 20121 83rd Street, Bristol, WI 53104
Kewaunee Kewaunee High School, Auditorium, 911 Third Street, Kewaunee, WI 54216
La Crosse Onalaska High School, Auditorium, 700 Hilltopper Place, Onalaska, WI 54650
Lafayette Darlington Elementary School, Large Group Room, 11630 Center Hill Road, Darlington, WI 53530
Langlade Antigo High School, Volm Theater, 1900 10th Ave., Antigo, WI 54409
Lincoln Tomahawk Elementary School, 1048 East King Road, Tomahawk, WI 54487
Manitowoc UW-Manitowoc, Auditorium, 705 Viebahn Street, Manitowoc, WI 54220
Marathon D.C. Everest Middle School, Auditorium, 9302 Schofield Avenue, Weston, WI 54476
Marinette Crivitz High School, Auditorium, 400 South Avenue, Crivitz, WI 54114
Marquette Montello High School Community Room, 222 Forest Lane, Montello, WI 53949
Menominee Menominee County Courthouse,W3269 Courthouse Lane, Keshena, WI 54135
Milwaukee Nathan Hale High School, Auditorium, 11601 W. Lincoln Ave., West Allis, WI 53227
Monroe Meadowview School, Cafetorium A103, 1225 N Water Street, Sparta, WI 54656
Oconto Suring High School, Cafeteria, 411 E Algoma St., Suring, WI 54174
Oneida Nicolet College, LRC Theatre, 5355 Campus Road, Rhinelander, WI 54501
Outagamie Riverview Middle School Auditorium, 101 Oak St., Kaukauna, WI 54130
Ozaukee Cedarburg Cultural Center, W62 N546 Washington Avenue, Cedarburg, WI 53012
Pepin Pepin County Government Center, County Board Room, 740 7th Ave. West, Durand, WI 54736
Pierce Ellsworth Senior High School, Auditorium, 323 Hillcrest, Ellsworth, WI 54011
Polk Unity High School/Unity Comm. Ed., Auditorium, 1908 150th St. Hwy 46, Balsam Lake, WI 54810
Portage Ben Franklin Junior High School Auditorium, 2000 Polk St., Stevens Point, WI 54481
Price Price County Courthouse, Board Room, 126 Cherry St., Phillips, WI 54555
Racine Union Grove High School, Performance Arts Center, 3433 S. Colony Ave., Union Grove, WI 53182
Richland Richland County Courthouse, Upstairs Courtroom, 181 West Seminary, Richland Center, WI 53581
Rock Pontiac Convention Center, 2809 N Pontiac Dr., Janesville, WI 53545
Rusk Ladysmith High School, Auditorium, 1700 E. Edgewood Ave., Ladysmith, WI 54848
Saint Croix St Croix Central High School, Commons, 1751 Broadway St., Hammond, WI 54015
Sauk UW Baraboo Campus, Lecture Hall A-4, 1006 Connie Road, Baraboo, WI 53913
Sawyer Winter High School, 6585W Grove Street, Winter, WI 54896
Shawano Shawano Middle School, LGI Room, 1050 S. Union St., Shawano, WI 54166
Sheboygan Sheboygan Falls High School, Auditorium, 220 Amherst Ave., Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085
Taylor Fair Grounds, Multi-purpose building, Hwy 64/ Hwy 13, Medford, WI 54451
Trempealeau Whitehall City Center, 18620 Hobson St., Whitehall, WI 54773
Vernon Viroqua High School, Commons Room, 100 Blackhawk Drive, Viroqua, WI 54665
Vilas St. Germain Elementary School, Gymnasium, 8234 Hwy 70 West, Saint Germain, WI 54558
Walworth Delavan-Darien High School, 150 Cummings St., Delavan, WI 53115
Washburn Spooner High School Auditorium, 801 County Highway A, Spooner, WI 54801
Washington Washington County Fair Park, 3000 Cty Hwy PV, West Bend, WI 53095
Waukesha Waukesha Co. Tech. College, Richard Anderson Ed. Center, 800 Main Street, Pewaukee, WI 53072
Waupaca Waupaca High School, PAC-Auditorium, E 2325 King Rd., Waupaca, WI 54981
Waushara Waushara County Courthouse, County Board Rm. 265, 209 S. St. Marie St., Wautoma, WI 54982
Winnebago Webster Stanley Middle School, Auditorium, 915 Hazel Street, Oshkosh, WI 54901
Wood Pittsville High School, Auditorium, 5407 1st Ave, Pittsville, WI 54466
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, including the provision of information material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please call Kari Lee-Zimmermann at (608) 266-0580 with specific information on your request by April 2, 2012.
Written comments on the Department wildlife advisory questions may be submitted via U.S. mail to Scott Loomans, Bureau of Wildlife Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707. Written comments on the Department fisheries advisory questions may be submitted via U.S. mail to Kate Strom Hiorns, Bureau of Fisheries Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707. Written comments shall be postmarked not later than April 9, 2012. Written comments whether submitted electronically or by U.S. mail will be summarized for the Natural Resources Board, however, they will not be tallied along with the responses received at the county hearings.
