Manitowoc County conservationists will again have a Hall of Fame Banquet this summer to honor those who have made a difference in Manitowoc County.

Maribel Sportsman’s Club will host the banquet June 21 at its club in its new building. Social will be at 5 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. and award presentation at 7 p.m.

Those being enshrined in the Manitowoc County Conservationists Hall of Fame include the following:

• Elmer Schill, sponsored by the Kellnersville Sportsmen’s Club;
• Dan Cichantek, sponsored by the Manitowoc City Unit of Fish & Game;
• Jim Knickelbine, sponsored by the Northeastern Wisconsin Great Lakes Sport Fishermen; and
• Scott Skattebo (posthumously), sponsored by Manitowoc Gun Club.

Those receiving special achievement awards are Jack Eisner, sponsored by Maribel Sportsmen’s Club; Jeff Dietrich, sponsored by Whitelaw Sportsmen’s Club; Glen and Marlene Rezek, sponsored by Larrabee Sportsmen’s Club; Gregg Wolf, sponsored by Manitowoc City Unit of Fish & Game; and Mike Krizizke, sponsored by Westshore Sportsmen’s Club.

Corporate awards will go to Crow Bar & Grill of Mishicot, owned by Jeff and Andrea Novak and sponsored by Mishicot Sportsmen’s Club, and Schuh Factory of Valders, owned by Tom and Jolene Schuh and sponsored by Clarks Mills Sportsman’s Club.

The banquet is open to the public. Tickets, which include meal, are $20 per person and must be purchased in advance. They can be obtained by contacting Dan Becker at 920-645-8953.

The large plaque holding the names of past Hall of Fame inductees that was formerly at City Limits Bar and Banquet Hall has found its new home at Maribel Sportsmen’s Club.

• Maribel Sportsmen’s Club will hold its Father’s Day Eugene Ramesh Memorial Lewis Class Progressive Trap Shoot June 18. Registration is from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

The club is putting the first $100 into the Lewis purse to build the prize. Food and refreshments will be available all day, along with multiple raffles.

Proceeds will go toward the new archery building addition and a percentage will also go to Pink Heals of Manitowoc County.

Maribel Sportsmen’s Club is next to Interstate 43, exit 164, State 147, Maribel.

• Summer camp registration is now open for Camp Tapawingo’s Youth Summer Camp programming.

Visit https://www.camptapawingowi.org/upcoming-camps-1 for more information and to register.

Camps include the following:

• Learn to Fish (registration is full but you can join the waitlist), June 20;
• Overnight Summer camp for ages 8-14, June 26-29;
• Family Camp, July 14-16;
• Campfire Cooking for ages 8-14, July 17;
• Wide World of Games for ages 8-14, July 18;
• Mad Scientist for ages 7-14, Aug. 14; and
• Craft and Create for ages 7-14, Aug. 15.

Check their website often for listings of all their events.

• Manitowoc County Fish & Game Protective Association will be providing two $2,500 scholarships for the 2023-2024 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 16.

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

• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources affirms that the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Sackett v. United States Environmental Protection Agency does not alter Wisconsin’s wetland regulations under state law.

Since 1978, the DNR has recognized the need to preserve, protect, restore and manage the state’s wetland communities because of the critical recreational, water quality, flood protection and habitat functions they provide to the public.

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Wisconsin was one of the first states to adopt water quality standards for wetlands in 1991 and was the first state to pass comprehensive regulations for isolated, non-federal wetlands in 2001 under 2001 Wisconsin Act 6.

In a bipartisan effort, the Wisconsin governor and legislators recognized the critical functions wetlands play when they unanimously established state regulations for wetlands not covered by the federal Clean Water Act.

Under current state wetland regulations, projects that propose to impact wetlands must either request a state exemption or apply for permit authorization to complete their project.

State permitting standards require projects to avoid and minimize wetland impacts to the greatest extent practicable and, in many instances, to mitigate for their wetland impacts.

“While the Sackett decision will likely remove federal jurisdiction and oversight from a large amount of Wisconsin’s wetlands, the DNR will continue to implement the state’s uniform wetland regulatory program for projects that propose to impact wetlands in order to preserve and protect these critically important resources,” said Tom Nedland, DNR waterway and wetland policy section manager, in a news release.

More about wetlands, including regulations and management, can be found on the DNR’s website.

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