For the third time in 14 years, a bill to open a sandhill crane hunting season in Wisconsin has been introduced in the Legislature. The previous proposals failed to advance to the governor, even ...

When the new legislature meets it should take recommendations of the Legislative Council’s Study Committee on sandhill cranes with a grain of salt. The committee was established with the strong ...

I am concerned with recent efforts to begin a hunting season on sandhill cranes in Wisconsin. I believe it is not a fit for Wisconsin. Sandhill cranes, the bird referred to as “wildness incarnate” by ...

Fewer than one in five Wisconsinites supports a sandhill crane hunting season in the state, according to a study conducted by University of Wisconsin researchers. And approximately half of Badger ...

The return of the sandhill crane to Wisconsin is a conservation success, but now the state needs to manage the population and the crop damage the birds can cause. (Wisconsin Department of Natural ...

State legislators this summer will lead a committee to review and recommend options for sandhill crane management in Wisconsin, possibly to include a hunting season for the species. The Legislative ...

Hunters and conservationists weighed in at county Conservation Congress meetings across the state, voicing opinions on whether there should be a statewide hunting season for sandhill cranes, after a ...

The Legislative Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes is scheduled to vote Tuesday on three draft bills, including two that would allow crane hunting in Wisconsin, as the body wraps up its work on ...

For years, hunting groups and Republicans have been trying to establish a sandhill crane hunt in the state. Some advocates for the hunt say the population has grown enough that it can manage a hunt ...