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Natural Resources Board approves 2025 bear harvest recommendations; some zones see higher quotas
Summary
After staff presentation and public comment from the Wisconsin Conservation Congress, the board approved the Department of Natural Resources’ recommended 2025 bear harvest targets and license allocations, including increases in several zones and continued emphasis on adaptive, zone‑by‑zone management.
The Natural Resources Board on Jan. 22 approved the Department of Natural Resources’ 2025 bear harvest recommendations, a zone‑based set of harvest targets and license allocations the department framed as adaptive management under the 2019 bear plan.
Randy Johnson, large carnivore specialist with the wildlife management program, briefed the board on last season’s harvest and conflict trends, and presented the department’s recommendations. He said the 2024 state harvest of 4,301 bears represented a return toward the decade average after a lower year; hunter success rates and natural food availability…
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