December 2024
Time to Renew
Now is the time to renew your annual Brule River Sportsmen Club membership! If you wish, you can use our online store to renew your membership, make donations, and purchase any merchandise. Just click on Club Store. The online store allows you to pay online via PayPal or to print off a form and renew by…
Read MoreBoard of Directors Nominations, 2025 – 2028
Terms for board members Ken Zivic, Mike Sierszen, Jim Waletzko and Glen Hill end in December. All four were nominated to new terms by Dean Wellman with a second by Mike Sierszen. Their nominations were approved by unanimous approval voice vote. All four graciously accepted their nominations. The election will be held in December. Ken…
Read MoreBois Brule and Other Reasons
Dan Zekor is a freelance writer living in Columbia, Missouri who grew up in Wisconsin. Dan received degrees in Wildlife Biology and Natural Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He’s now retired from the Missouri Department of Conservation. An avid waterfowl hunter, deer hunter, and trout fisherman, he’s also a lifetime member of the…
Read MoreThis River
Ed Chaplinski is a retired dairy farmer from Gilman, Wisconsin. His father first brought him to the Brule to go fishing 60 years ago. Now that role is reversed, and he’s bringing his children and grandchildren. He occasionally teaches fly fishing at the Gilman School with the help of some of his grandchildren. He’s a…
Read MoreImproving Sandy Run Fish Passage
The aging and perched culvert under Wisconsin State Highway 27 will be replaced. The project is being designed by the Wisconsin DOT with the Wisconsin DNR and Trout Unlimited providing design review. Designs are expected to be completed in 2025 with construction occurring in summer 2026. The replacement will allow greater fish passage and also…
Read More2024 Brule River Sportsmen’s Club College Scholarship Awarded
This year’s Brule River Sportsmen’s Club College Scholarship recipient is Benjamin A. Fromm. Ben just concluded his sophomore year at UW-Stevens Point, majoring in Forest Management. He hails from Solon Springs, WI, and grew up fishing, hunting, and hiking the area with his parents. Early connections with the Brule River included working for the Brule…
Read MoreSouth Shore Railroad Grade Update
October 1, 2023 Update Work on the grade removal is finished! All that remains to be done is to shore up all the erosion control work. You will also note that trees (white pine, red pine, oak, spruce and birch) have been planted in the erosion matting and grass is even beginning to poke through…
Read MoreThreats to Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Funding
Proposed legislation (HR 8167) introduced by Georgia congressman Andrew Clyde (https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8167?r=4&s=1) would eliminate Pittman Robertson funding. The Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, enacted in 1937 is now known as the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and provides funding for states and territories to support wildlife restoration, conservation, and hunter education and safety programs. The proposed…
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