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UPCOMING EVENTS
Bash on Bass Bay is this month.
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OUR MISSION
Learn more about what we do.
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HOW YOU CAN HELP - PART II
Updated volunteer opportunities.
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FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK
Keep up on the latest issues & events.
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BECOME A MEMBER
Join or renew your membership today and you'll be entered into a drawing for a $100 Nomad gift card.
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Spring quickly passed us by and summer is here! With it comes more opportunities to help us fulfil our missions, including an opportunity to win a $100 Nomad Gift card just by joining or renewing your membership. And we are sharing the sad news on the passing of one of our long-time supporters, former board member and life sponsor, Dale Arenz; thanks for the memories, Dale. | |
Plus, if you're looking for a great gift for the dads in your life, our Midland Wings chapter has you covered with their 4-Prize Father's Day raffle; as a class A raffle you don't need to be present to win! And, check out the rest of our class A raffles here.
I hope you enjoy our June edition...
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And Welcome to Summer!
By Bruce Ross, Executive Director
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Last month, I lamented the much-delayed arrival of Spring. Well, that season came and went in the span of about 24 hours last week. So what does summer have in store for your WWA? Maybe it involves a free shirt from Vortex or Nomad??? | | | |
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Real Estate
Make an extraordinary gift, transfer the burden and expense of managing the property, and remove a large asset from your taxable estate at the same time.
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Win a Nomad Gift Card in our Summer Membership Drive
You could win a $100 Nomad gift card just by joining the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association!
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UTV Raffle is Back
Don't miss out on your chance to win this 2022 Polaris Ranger SP 570 Premium UTV and a Karavan trailer to haul it with!
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Dale W. Arenz - 1935-2022
We’ve lost one of the great ones. An early and enduring WWA leader has passed over the bar.
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Program Sponsor Opportunities
Extraordinary volunteer help goes only so far…. Sometime financial help, well… helps.
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What Can We Do as Conservationists?
You have heard me say on many occasions in this newsletter that hunting is conservation.
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Get Dad What He Really Wants | |
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Conditions Lining Up for a Good Fall Flight
This video report from our partners at Delta speaks to excellent breeding conditions in the US and Canada prairie potholes. Coupled with a rainy Wisconsin spring, we should see a lot of birds in the air this fall!
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Stewards for Wisconsin's Whooping Cranes
Anytime a whooper is shot, sportsmen and women everywhere know that action was illegal and unethical. But the non-hunting public may still associate that illegal action with hunting, which, however unfair, hurts our community of hunter land stewards.
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Myron Mackowski - A Beaver Dam Original Carver
A Decoy Corner article by Bruce Urben
The craftsmanship on Myron’s decoys is quite outstanding.
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Attention All Decoy Collectors...
Thanks to all who bid on our first spring decoy auction. Our second auction is currently underway!
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Thank You to our 2022 Sponsors & Donors | |
In Memory...
Thanks to all those that have cherished the memory of a loved one by donating in memoriam to the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association. Those recently memorialized were:
- Mr. Dale W. Arenz - Donors: Darlene Hunt, Fred Welch, Scott & Kelcy Boettcher, Cheryl & Mark Gehring, Mr & Mr. Donald Muehling, Municipal Law & Litigation Group, Jenny Kinsler
- Mr. Jason Odebrecht - Donors: Jason's family and friends
- Mr. William Kocher - Donors: Fred Welch, Dale Arenz
- Mr. Tom Cheesebrog - Donor: Leigh Cheesebro
- Mr. Carl Halvorsen - Donors: Holly Kempf, Employees at NeighborWorks Blackhawk Region, Victoria Dickman of Herslof, Inc., Kristy Vogt of Kewaskum Chapter of Commerce, Farmers & Sportsmens Conservation Club
If you'd like to consider a lasting and meaningful memorial fund contribution for that friend, hunting partner, co-worker or relative with WWA, please contact us. Each contribution will offer:
- A personalized letter to the family of the deceased,
- A letter from WWA sent to the donor confirming contribution for tax purposes (address & individual donation amount must be supplied),
- The option for the donor to designate which WWA program they wish their contributions be put towards, and a listing in this section for the duration of one year
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