Have you ever stopped to think how trees affect us? Not economically or environmentally, but how they affect us socially and psychologically? Trees and greenspace have an influence on our emotional and physical health and even on our behavior. Trees affect our well-being in ways that are seldom understood, and often underestimated...

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Low water heightens concerns about popular fisheries. POYNETTE, Wis. – The hook and line season for sturgeon opens Sept. 3 on several Wisconsin waters amid concerns from state fisheries managers that low water flows on river systems could result in high harvests of these slow growing fish...

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MADISON – People interested in finding out more about the quality of the air where they live in Wisconsin can now take advantage of an improved interactive Internet mapping system through the Department of Natural Resources Web site. The revised air monitoring Web pages take advantage of the DNR’s Geographic Information Systems capabilities that make current and past air quality data more accessible...

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MADISON – Campers at Wisconsin State Parks and Forests will pay slightly higher camping fees beginning August 16, under fee increases that were approved as part of the recently approved state budget...

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MADISON -- Applications are being accepted through Sept. 1, 2005, for bass catch-and-release tournament sponsors who want to be involved in a pilot program allowing participants to cull or sort, fish...

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Season will be open over Labor Day weekend

MADISON -- Hunters anxious for the fall waterfowl hunting seasons should have excellent opportunities to get in some early goose hunting during the 2005 Wisconsin Early Canada Goose Hunting Season that runs from Sept. 1 through 15.....

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OSHKOSH - Changing food supplies affecting where lake sturgeon congregate and a subsequent increase in sturgeon harvest rates in the Lake Winnebago system are spurring proposals to change how the state preserves populations of this late-maturing, long-lived species while still allowing broad participation in a unique spearing season...

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