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DNR presents recommendations to prohibit hunting, trapping on two stewardship-assisted land purchases
Summary
The Department of Natural Resources board reviewed department recommendations to prohibit hunting and trapping on two parcels to be purchased with Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Grant assistance — a portion of abandoned railroad right-of-way in Hurley and a 0.4-acre parcel in Fontana on Geneva Lake to augment Hildebrand Nature Conservancy.
The Department of Natural Resources board on Dec. 10 presented department recommendations to prohibit hunting and trapping on land to be acquired with Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Grant assistance in two separate projects.
For the City of Hurley in Iron County, the department recommended a prohibition on hunting on a parcel to be purchased with stewardship grant assistance. The speaker said the project would acquire part of an abandoned railroad right-of-way to convert it into a recreational trail connecting Montreal and Hurley; the hunting prohibition was presented as a public-safety measure for that future trail.
For the Village of Fontana on Geneva Lake in Walworth County, the department recommended prohibiting both hunting and trapping on a roughly 0.4-acre parcel to be purchased with stewardship grant assistance; the parcel would augment the Hildebrand Nature Conservancy. The items were presented as consent agenda recommendations for board approval of the department’s proposals to protect public safety and conservation values on stewardshipped-acquired lands.
The transcript records the recommendations and descriptive context but does not include a recorded roll-call or final vote on these specific prohibitions in the provided segments. Any formal adoption or enforcement steps would follow standard stewardship-grant acquisition and board-approval processes.
