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Wisconsin
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Links to Offices and Services in Wisconsin
National Wildlife Refuges
Fox River National Wildlife Refuge
920-387-2658Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge
920-387-2658Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge
920-387-2658Horicon National Wildlife Refuge
920-387-2658LaCrosse District Upper Mississippi National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
608-783-8405Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
608-565-2551Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
608-539-2311Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge
715-685-2678Wetland Management Districts
Leopold Wetland Management District
608-742-7100St. Croix Wetlands Management District
715-246-7784Ecological Services
Green Bay Ecological Services Office
920-866-1717National Fish Hatcheries
Genoa National Fish Hatchery
608-689-2605Iron River National Fish Hatchery
715-372-8510Fishery Resources Offices
Ashland Fishery Resource Office
715-682-6185Green Bay Fishery Resource Office
920-866-1717LaCrosse Fishery Resource Office
608-783-8431Fish Health Center
LaCrosse Fish Health Center
608-783-8441Law Enforcement
Green Bay Law Enforcement Office
920-866-1717Madison Law Enforcement Office
608-221-1206Onalaska Law Enforcement Office
608-783-8420Other Programs
Federal Aid
Migratory Bird Conservation
North American Waterfowl Management Plan
Private Lands Office
RealtyOther Information
Travel Information
Midwest Natural Resources Group (MNRG)
State Facts
The Service employs 163 people in Wisconsin
Fiscal Year 2006 Resource Management budget for Service activities in Wisconsin totaled $13.5 million
National Wildlife Refuge Facts
Eight National Wildlife Refuges and two Wetland Management Districts in Wisconsin total more than 181,000 acres
In 2004, more than 800,000 people visited national wildlife refuges in Wisconsin to hunt, fish, participate in interpretive programs and view wildlife
Federal Assistance to State Fish and Wildlife Programs
In 2006 Wisconsin received:
$9.8 million for sport fish restoration
$7.3 million for wildlife restoration and hunter education
Endangered Cranes Summer at Wisconsin Refuge
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge continues to serve as the summer home for members of the only migrating flock of whooping cranes in the eastern United States. In 2001, a flock made its first migration to Florida’s Chassahowitzka NWR, and by September 2004, a fourth group of whoopers had gone south. Cranes are led on their first fall migration by ultralight aircraft. They are raised and trained to follow the ultralights at Necedah NWR and now number over 45 birds.
Protecting Endangered Species
The Green Bay Ecological Services Field Office works to conserve and protect the 19 federally listed endangered, threatened, or candidate species in Wisconsin. Actions to save these species from extinction result in improved water quality, preservation and restoration of natural areas, clean up of contaminants, and restoration of degraded rivers and streams.
Menominee Indian Tribe Celebrates First Sturgeon Season in More than a Century
The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources celebrated the first chance for tribal members to harvest lake sturgeon in more than a century. When two dams were placed downstream on the Wolf River in the 1880s and 1920s, lake sturgeon could no longer move upstream onto thereservation. To allow for harvest of sturgeon once again on the reservation, the Service has stocked more than 56,000 lake sturgeon into Legend Lake since 1994 to establish a sturgeon fishery. Annual fishery assessments now indicate that there are substantial numbers of lake sturgeon over 40 inches in length to provide a limited fishery season for tribal members.
Waterfowl Production Areas
Incorporated into the refuge system in 1966, nearly 95 percent of waterfowl production areas (WPA) are located in the prairie wetlands or “ potholes” of the Dakotas, Minnesota, Montana and Wisconsin. Staff manage wetland easements, perpetual contracts with willing private landowners who protect their wetlands from draining and filling with soil. In recent years, the Service has also purchased grassland easements to provide permanent grassland cover around wetlands to meet the needs of upland nesting waterfowl and other wildlife. WPAs are open to hunting, fishing, and trapping. Other important wildlife-dependent uses include wildlife observation, photography, and environmental education.
