Outdoors Editor at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Joined April 2010
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26 Feb 2025
Gov. Evers state budget proposes long-overdue increases to hunting and fishing license fees. How much?
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23 Feb 2025
Amazing: Golden eagles from northern Canada & Alaska spend their winters in toasty Wisconsin - including one that was first banded in 1992! @mjsps
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2 Dec 2024
A good news story from the 2024 Wisconsin gun deer hunting season:
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19 Nov 2024
Man cleared in shooting and killing of gray wolf in northern Wisconsin
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27 Aug 2024
'Deeply disturbing news.' Invasive quagga mussels documented in Geneva Lake; first finding in Wisconsin inland lake.
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7 Nov 2023
White-tailed deer are impressive leapers. Take a look at the length and height this young buck covered trying to clear vehicles in a driveway:
7 Nov 2023
Oh, deer! 🛻🦌
A man pulls up to a house to purchase a truck "as long as the body is as nice as it looks in the pictures."
As the man approaches the driveway, a deer leaps into the truck bed, smashing into the side and denting the vehicle. 🥴
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1 Nov 2023
BREAKING: AOS will change all English bird names currently named after people within its geographic jurisdiction—one step in an effort to address past wrongs and engage more people in the enjoyment, protection and study of birds. americanornithology.org/abou… #BirdNames
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17 Oct 2023
Gov. Evers immediately appoints four new members to Natural Resources Board after Senate voted to reject previous appointees.
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17 Oct 2023
The move by the Senate was a futile attempt to stop the NRB from approving the draft Wisconsin wolf management plan at its Oct. 25 meeting.
Here’s background on the issue:
Smith: Though detractors are trying to sink it, wolf plan should be approved
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17 Oct 2023
Press Release: Gov. Evers Slams Senate Republicans for Continued Efforts to Obstruct the Peaceful Transfer of Power by Baselessly Firing Appointees content.govdelivery.com/acco…
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25 Jun 2023
“It gave me goosebumps.” Volunteer reacts upon viewing a bald eagle fledgling take flight from a nest in Milwaukee County, the first time in at least 120 years.
Smith: Wisconsin eagle comeback marks another milestone
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Paul Smith retweeted
4 Apr 2023
New Water Resources Institute research project checking for #PFAS in the Ceded Territories. Looking at maple syrup, lake water and walleye. bit.ly/3nCIV3A
ALT Two people in sun-filled winter woods examining a tree.
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Paul Smith retweeted
12 Jan 2023
The House rules package, passed just this week, includes a provision to make it easier to transfer or sell off public lands. This provision enables public land transfers to be treated as budget neutral, making it easier to transfer, sell off, donate, or exchange public lands.
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22 Dec 2022
The bomb cyclone is expected to generate some epic waves in the Great Lakes, too. Surfing anyone?!?
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10 Dec 2022
DNR seeking tips from the public to help solve two illegal elk shooting cases in Jackson County. Also it’s the fifth consecutive year an elk was illegally shot in the Badger State during the gun deer season.
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Paul Smith retweeted
3 Aug 2022
Brookfield East High School senior Brooke Salomone is the winner of the 2023 Wisconsin State Park and Forest vehicle admission sticker design contest.
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ALT 2023 parks admission sticker featuring imagery of a deer, angler, lake at sunset and tent
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1 Jul 2022
Avian flu hits hard at two Wisconsin breeding sites for state-endangered Caspian terns:
'Catastrophic' avian flu devastates endangered tern colonies in Door County
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Paul Smith retweeted
22 Jun 2022
BIG NEWS! The Senate finance committee has passed the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act. Big thank you to @SteveDaines @ChuckGrassley and @SenStabenow for taking the next step in stopping the abuse of the charitable conservation easement deduction.
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21 Jun 2022
Black bear sighted in Milwaukee County (with video). And it’s likely not the only one in the area:
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6 May 2022
GM! The things you see when taking your kid to school.
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