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After many years and multiple hurdles to overcome, work to remove the abandoned railroad grade on Nebagamon Creek was completed in fall 2023. To read about the project completion, click on Duluth News Tribune Article.

Rainbow trout were introduced to Lake Superior in the late 1800’s and exhibit high variability in reproductive success. Understanding the factors in the stream and lake habitats that determine the returns of spawning adults is valuable to the management of their populations. To read more about the influence of conditions in Lake Superior and the…

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conducted a creel survey on the lower Bois Brule River from fall 2016 through spring 2018 to document angler pressure, harvest and catch rates of lake-run salmonids. Click on Creel Report to read the report.

We’re featuring an article on rainbow trout in Wisconsin that is the third in a series on Wisconsin salmonids to appear in Wisconsin Trout, the newsletter of Wisconsin Trout Unlimited (click on  WI TU for information). The piece appears here with permission from the author and Wisconsin Trout Unlimited. It was written by Dr. John…

We’re featuring an article on rainbow trout in Wisconsin that is the fourth in a series on Wisconsin salmonids to appear in Wisconsin Trout, the newsletter of Wisconsin Trout Unlimited (click on  WI TU for information). The piece appears here with permission from the author and Wisconsin Trout Unlimited. It was written by Dr. John…

We’re featuring an article on rainbow trout in Wisconsin that is the third in a series on Wisconsin salmonids to appear in Wisconsin Trout, the newsletter of Wisconsin Trout Unlimited (click on  WI TU for information). The piece appears here with permission from the author and Wisconsin Trout Unlimited. It was written by Dr. John…

We’re featuring an article on brown trout in Wisconsin that is the second in a series on Wisconsin salmonids to appear in Wisconsin Trout, the newsletter of Wisconsin Trout Unlimited (click on  WI TU for information). The piece appears here with permission from the author and Wisconsin Trout Unlimited. It was written by Dr. John…

We’re featuring an article on brook trout in Wisconsin that is the first in a series on Wisconsin salmonids to appear in Wisconsin Trout, the newsletter of Wisconsin Trout Unlimited (click on  WI TU for information). The piece appears here with permission from the author and Wisconsin Trout Unlimited. It was written by Dr. John…

Recent biotic inventories have documented exceptional features and high quality sites on the Brule River State Forest (WI DNR 1999, 2016). The authors add to the existing inventory knowledge by providing a wetlands status assessment using a wide cross-section of sites across the Brule River watershed. Their goal was to use a standardized wetland survey…

This study is part of a larger project to establish plant observations for terrestrial and aquatic habitats in the Brule River watershed. The objective was to provide baseline data on aquatic plant species diversity and floristic quality interpreted in the context of existing lake assessments in northern Wisconsin. To read the article, click on Lakes…