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Badger Mill Creek Threatened?

By Topf Wells Badger Mill Creek may well face a serious threat in the near future.  That risk occurs because of a complicated regulatory situation.  Following is a highly condensed account of the situation.  More information and recommendations… Read More

A Christmas Gift for Southern Wisconsin Trout Anglers and Many More

Twas the week before Christmas and near Baraboo A wonderful gift was about to disappear from me and you! By Topf Wells Groundswell Conservancy and the DNR wildlife and fish biologists had worked for months to purchase a… Read More

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TU DARE Bus Tour Stream Projects

Annual Fall Tour of Restored Trout Stream Projects On October 12th Trout Unlimited – Driftless Area Restoration Effort and Southern Wisconsin Trout Unlimited are hosting the Annual Fall Tour of restored trout streams in Dane and Green County…. Read More

Landowner Outreach Produces Another Easement!

By Topf Wells Dan Oele, our superb DNR Fish Biologist for Dane, Green, and Rock Counties, has had a pretty darn wonderful July.  He and his wonderful wife Jessica welcomed their daughter, Harper, into this world in early… Read More

Virtually attend the Spring Wisconsin Conservation Congress

By Topf Wells Please consider participating in the Spring Wisconsin Conservation Congress hearings that begin on April 12 at 7 p.m. and stay open for 72 hours. Visit https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/about/wcc/springhearing to view the DNR information on the questions the… Read More

Letter to DNR on Martin Branch and Otter Creek

On January 8, 2021, we joined with the TU Nohr Chapter, Badger Fly Fishers and the Wisconsin Smallmouth Alliance to send a letter to the Wisconsin DNR. The focus of the letter was to … “… respectfully request… Read More

Tremendous News from our Friends with Alaska TU!

Hi TU friends and family, I am so excited to share this news with you and feeling especially grateful going into Thanksgiving! Today, the Army Corps of Engineers announced their decision to reject the Clean Water Act permit for… Read More

Good news comes in twos

There are two huge wins for conservation you may have heard about from SWTU or on your local news that we don’t remind repeating … and hope you don’t mind hearing about again.

New Place to Fish, Close to Home, and We Can Use Them

Dane County has opened a new easement on the Sugar River. SWTU helped obtain this one because the landowner attended our Verona dinner for Sugar River landowners and began negotiations with Sara Rigelman shortly thereafter. The easement is… Read More

Something to be thankful for: progress on a new easement!

For local trout anglers, Thanksgiving came a week early this year as Sara Rigelman and the Land and Water Resources Department introduced a resolution allowing the purchase of a trout stream easement on the Sugar River at the… Read More