Mid Summer Already?!?
By Bruce Ross, Executive Director
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Two months and counting. What are you doing to prepare for the season? I’m getting a new duck boat… er, I mean, my wife is getting her own fishing boat. And if you haven’t ordered yours yet, you may have, well, missed the boat…
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Membership Drives Your WWA |
Why should you be a member of WWA? We don’t publish a glossy magazine, we don’t spend time in Washington D.C. spreading our conservation ethic and accomplishments, and we don’t pay for high priced celebrities to support our programs. Read on...
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Renew your WWA Membership Today! |
With membership levels starting at just $25, you can help restore critical habitat in Wisconsin, educate the next generation of waterfowl hunters, and advocate for policies that protect Wisconsin’s resources and the rights of citizens to hunt and fish. Join today!
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WWA Helps Get Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program Reauthorized |
Wisconsin’s sportsmen and women achieved a significant conservation victory in June when the state legislature voted to reauthorize the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program for another four years. Read on...
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Making History on Rome Pond
By Mike Alaimo Lead AWA Volunteer
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After all of these years working on Rome Pond with Black Terns, I would not have imagined that we could expand our nesting program to grow to eight platforms and have seven of them be successful, let alone to be able to hold these birds in my hands, while also making history. Read on...
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Valley Chapter Wood Duck Box School Partnership |
In partnership with Cooperative Educational Service Agency 6, WWA's Valley chapter visited three alternative education schools for wood duck box building this spring, allowing for hands on interaction and participation for students. Read on...
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Learn to Hunt Waterfowl Programs
By Bruce Urben, President
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WWA's LTH programs are very well received and attended; all are filled almost immediately after advertising. The need is there, but we need YOUR help in making more programs available throughout the state. Read on...
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Sandhill Crane Hunt in WI?
Part III:
By Todd Schaller, Vice President
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Depending on your perspective or seat around the table when talking about a sustainable and ethical Sandhill Crane (SHC) hunting season in Wisconsin, the conversation is intertwined with challenges and opportunities. Read on...
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Seeking Common Ground: Reflections on the North American Conservation Model |
It doesn’t surprise duck hunters, but it surprises many non-hunters when I mention that we just successfully lobbied state politicians so we could pay a little more to duck hunt this year. And even more surprising? That we’re happy about it…
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Don't Miss the Biggest State Waterfowling Event of the Year |
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Speaking of the Upcoming EXPO... |
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Last Chance to Own this Original Les Didier Painting |
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Class A "Need Not be Present to Win" Raffles |
Throughout the year most of our chapters hold Class A raffles, many featuring multiple prizes and some extremely desirable guns. If you can’t attend every event, and who can, you can still get in on a chance to win the chapter’s showcase prizes, most with great odds to win. Check them all out here.
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Consider volunteering to help one of our Chapters make a difference by improving the wetlands, waterfowl, and wildlife in Wisconsin. Thanks for all your past and future support. I want to help!
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WI State Duck & Goose Calling Contest at the EXPO |
Calling all callers: the 2021 Wisconsin State Sanctioned Duck and Goose Calling Contests will take place August 28th at the Waterfowlers EXPO. Get all the details here...
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Ozaukee Shoot July 11, Abrams Shoot July 17 |
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Mark your calendars for the next WWA event near you and visit our Events Calendar for everything happening in 2021 & beyond: |
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DNR Wardens on the Beat: When Duty Calls, it's Time to Answer!
By Joanne M. Haas, Public Information Officer, WDNR
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Some of you have wondered what other kinds of calls the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources conservation wardens respond to on any given day. We thought we’d take this opportunity to provide a sampling of the vast array of situations where wardens are called to solve, rescue, figure out or just offer a helping hand. Make that a gloved hand!
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Geoff Vine - Contemporary WI Decoy Carver
By Bruce Urben, President
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This month I want to focus on a contemporary carver that is very much alive and well and living in Black Earth, Wisconsin. Read on...
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Thank You to Our 2021 Sponsors & Donors |
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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:
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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
- Mr. Gaston Lopez - Donor: Mark Slater
- Mr. Erich Pitz - Donors: Barb & Don Porath
- In honor of Dr. Mark Greulich - Donor: Kathleen Andreoni
- Mrs. Susan Arenz - Donor: Fred Welch
- Mr. Kyle MacDonald - Donors: Kyle's Book Club Members
- Mr. Josh Meyers - Donor: Laurie Lemerond
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Mr. Randy McCoy - Donors: Multiple, view all here.
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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The Wisconsin Waterfowl Association is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission focuses on wetland and upland habitat restoration, youth and adult environmental education and environmental- and hunter-based legislation.
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