Bird & Nature Blog
A clutch of the latest stories from Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance
Middleton, WI is the newest municipality in the country to adopt a bird-safe glass ordinance as of February 20, 2024. The ordinance, which matches the one implemented in Madison in 2020, requires buildings over 10,000 square feet to use bird-safe design or bird-safe glass.
Photo by Steve Kersting FCC
If you saw our action alert last week, you know that the Wisconsin legislature was discussing a set of bills that would remove WDNR-imposed restrictions on hunting dogs accessing public lands during spring. I’m sorry to say both the Assembly and Senate passed the bills, but it’s not too late to voice your concerns! Governor Evers needs to hear from you if you want to prevent these proposed laws to take effect this spring.
Photo by Gary Shackelford
A bad and dangerous bill will come before the Wisconsin State Assembly on Tuesday, February 13. We cannot let this bill pass as it endangers the lives of bears, bobcats, foxes, raccoons, cranes, deer, and other wildlife.
AB-512/SB-545 will repeal all the regulations that currently prohibit hunting dogs from pursuing wild animals in northern Wisconsin in late spring and early summer. This will wreak havoc with many wildlife species but we are especially concerned with the effects on nesting and young birds.
Photo by Carolyn Byers
It's déjà vu all over again, Yogi Berra was once reputed to say. So it always seems to be in Wisconsin conservation.
Starting with the bad side of déjà vu, please see all the following links for warnings and calls to action regarding Senate Bill 802 that would allow non-profit conservation organizations and local governments to sell land they had purchased for conservation and outdoor recreation with Stewardship dollars.
Photo by Monica Hall
The bill (SB620) that proposes to legalize a Sandhill Crane hunt in Wisconsin was not moved forward for consideration in this legislative session. It has not gone away, but will be held for a future session, perhaps in January.
To those of you who contacted your legislators asking them to vote NO on this issue, THANK YOU! Your support is incredible and makes a difference.
Photo by Arlene Koziol
