Wisconsin Conservation Congress and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources invite the public to attend open houses at 6 p.m. April 8 to learn about resource management through the annual Fish and Wildlife Spring Hearings process.

In Manitowoc County, the open house will be at 6 p.m. April 8 at Lakeshore Technical College, room 260.

An online opportunity for public input will also be available from noon April 10 through noon April 13.

DNR staff and WCC delegates will be on hand at these open houses to discuss local issues of importance, answer questions from the public and open a dialogue between the public, the DNR and the WCC about areas of interest and concern.

The WCC will also hold their delegates’ elections at each meeting. Two of the five WCC seats will be up for election in each county.

The public is invited to provide feedback on a variety of fish, wildlife and other natural resources-related topics as part of the spring hearing process. The public is encouraged to provide input online from noon April 10 through noon April 13. For those who prefer to do so in person, a number of paper ballots will be available at each in-person meeting.

More information is available on the Wisconsin Conservation Congress Spring Hearing webpage.

Read last week’s column:How you can help monitor snakes and aquatic life in Manitowoc County, plus more outdoors news

Mishicot club holding brat fry fundraiser

Mishicot Sportsmen’s Club, 13804 Jambo Creek Road, just west of Mishicot, will be holding its fundraising brat fry from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. April 13.

Enjoy a single or double brat or a brat plate that includes baked beans and a choice of cold American potato salad or hot German potato salad.

New this year is a meat raffle that will start at noon. Plus, they will hold the gun raffle drawing. Take your bow along and shoot on their practice range.

Challenge the Outdoors plans annual sporting clays fundraiser

Challenge the Outdoors will hold its 26th annual sporting clays fundraiser April 13 at J&H Game Farm, Highway 156, 1.5 miles west of Navarino. Shooting will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with registration ending at 2:30 p.m.

Cost is $30 for 50 targets and the second round can be shot for $20. Lunch is included in the price with serving from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Raffle drawings will start at 3 p.m.

CTO is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving the recreational needs and desires of physically challenged sports persons.

Maribel club still has room in hunter safety course

Maribel Sportsman’s Club has its first hunter safety course filled up, but there are still openings in its second course.

That course will run 6-9 p.m. April 25 and May 2 and finish up from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. May 4.

The bow hunter course will run from 6-9 p.m. May 7, 14 and 16.

Pre-registration for these courses is required by calling me, Bob Schuh, at 920-682-3106.

Fish & Game offers two $2,500 scholarships

Manitowoc County Fish & Game Protective Association will be providing two $2,500 scholarships for the 2024-2025 school year.

This continues a history of helping bring local students into careers involved in hunting, fishing, conservation and related programming.

For undergraduate students to be eligible for the scholarship, the student must be entering their junior or senior year of college.

For graduate students to be eligible for the scholarship, the student must have completed their undergraduate degree by June 30.

Deadline to apply is June 14.

Scholarship applications can be obtained by visiting mantyfg.org and clicking on scholarships, or by contacting Dan Cichantek at 920-901-9449.

Whitelaw club shares fishing derby winners, announces trap league

Whitelaw Sportsman’s Club recently held its statewide fishing derby. Results of the adult divisions are as follows:

• Northern pike: First and second places went to Steve Schmitt.
• Perch: First place went to Neal Sickinger, second place went to Darryl Morzinski and third place went to Neal Sickinger.
• Bluegill: First, second and third places all went to Mike Schenian.
• Crappie: First, second and third places all went to Tim Brick.
• Whitefish: First place went to Raycen Dehne.
• Walleye: First place went to Jacob Fischer.

Results of the kids’ divisions are as follows:

• Bluegill: First place went to Hassel Cohen, second place went to Louis Cohen and third place went to Hassel Cohen.
• Northern pike: First, second and third places all went to Serenity Schmitt.

Whitelaw Sportsman’s Club is also looking for teams to shoot its trap league starting in May. If interested, call Ryan at 920-901-6961 or Tom at 920-323-6328.

Whitetails Unlimited banquet is April 16

Whitetails Unlimited will hold its annual banquet April 16 at City Limits. Social hour starts at 5:30 p.m. and the dinner will be served at 7 p.m.

They will have games, raffles and door prizes. Cost is $48 per person and $30 for those 15 years old and younger. Deadline for purchasing tickets is April 10.

Make checks payable to Whitetails Unlimited Inc. and mail them to: Tanner Brey, 2909 38th St., Two Rivers, WI 54241.

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Paul Tittl guest speaker at next Fish & Game meeting

Manitowoc Unit of Fish & Game’s next meeting will be at 7 p.m. April 10 at Lincoln Park Cabin No. 1. The meeting is free and open to the public.

Guest speaker will be State Rep. Paul Tittl, who will provide an update on what is going on in Madison and recent legislative work of interest to sporting and conservation enthusiasts. Recent bills will have an impact on hunting and conservation, and Tittl will discuss those as well.

The unit reminds the community that memberships for the 2024 term are available. Membership counts have been in decline in recent years and the organization reminds the public of the importance of supporting all 25 conservation organizations in Manitowoc County. Membership is important to impacting future rules and regulations and to protect rights and resources. Manitowoc Unit dues are still only $5 annually.

It was also announced that Fish & Game is extending the timeline for the Manitowoc County Conservation Study to April 15. Those who have not completed the online survey are asked to go to www.leedewi.com/outdoors to complete it.

That’s it for this week, so have fun in the great outdoors.