ease measures are included. ….

ease measures are included.

The final draft of the plan is expected to be completed in mid-February and an administrative rules public meeting is planned for late February. It’s hoped the final draft will receive Natural Resources Board approval in April. The changes to the hunting season would go effect in the fall of 2022.

Once widespread here and across North America, elk were eliminated from Wisconsin in the 1880s due to unregulated hunting and habitat loss. More than 130 years later, they once again live in Wisconsin’s central and northern forest regions. From a population of 25 elk reintroduced in 1995, and with the help of a second reintroduction effort that started in 2015, the state’s total elk population is quickly approaching 400 animals providing significant viewing and hunting interest in the state.