Holcombe classes offer new hobbies, practical skills Oct 25, 2008
As a new requirement, all Wisconsin Recreational Safety Students are required to obtain a Wisconsin DNR customer ID number before the completion of any Recreational Safety Class and will also be required to provide that WI DNR Customer ID Number along with students personal information to the instructor. Obtain a WI DNR Customer ID Number by calling the WI DNR Customer Service at (888) 936-7463. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Youth ATV safety course planned in October Oct 3, 2008
This year, all Wisconsin Recreational Safety Students are required to obtain a Wisconsin DNR Customer ID Number before the completion of any Recreational Safety Class and will also be required to provide that ID number, along with students personal information, to the instructor. Obtain a number from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. by calling WI DNR customer service at (888) 936-7463 or visit a WI DNR Service Center during their regular scheduled hours. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Shaurette: Be sure to be safe as hunting season gets underway Sep 14, 2008
Living here in Wisconsin, we are very fortunate to have a great series of recreational safety education programs in place to help educate not only young people, but anyone who is looking to learn and spend more time safely in the outdoors. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources offers safety classes pertaining to ATVs, boating, fishing, bow hunting, trapping, snowmobiling and of course, general hunter safety. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Sustainable funding bill moves on to Iowa House Mar 29, 2008
Natural resources management to the Department of Natural Resources for identified needs in state parks, state preserves, wildlife areas, state forests, wildlife habitats, wildlife diversity program, access for hunting and other recreational activities, technical assistance from forestry, fisheries and wildlife biologists through private landowner programs and incentives, water trails, river and streams programs, natural resources outreach, including natural history interpretation in the parks... (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Swiss insurer humors skiers to reduce accidents Feb 25, 2008
One-third of the 150,000 sports-related injuries that occur in the country annually involve sliding around on the snow and ice, said Claudio Casparis, head of recreational safety programs at Suva. Today in Technology & Media. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Hunter education may save lives Feb 8, 2008
Signs point to a 1983 Iowa law that requires younger hunters to take hunter-education courses as a reason for the low number of fatalities in recent years, said Rod Slings, the supervisor of recreational safety programs at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The law requires everyone born after 1972 to take a hunter-education course before getting a hunting license. (Daily Iowan, IA)
HUNTING ACCIDENT Dec 14, 2007
According to Dale Anderson, recreational safety officer investigating the incident, the hunter was shooting over the crest of a hill at a wounded deer on the west side of County Road N46 and was unaware of Lawshe and his hunting party parked on the other side of the road below the hill. Lawshe was reaching into his vehicle when the slug passed through the passenger window, grazing him in the chest. (The Guthrian, IA)
3 injured in separate deer hunting incidents Dec 3, 2007
Deer hunters were challenged by a variety of weather and lighting conditions during the opening weekend of deer shotgun season, said Rod Slings, supervisor of the DNR's recreational safety section of the law enforcement bureau. "We have encountered everything from rain, sleet and snow on Saturday to sunny conditions over southern Iowa by Sunday afternoon. These changing light conditions make it that much more difficult --- and important --- to make sure you know what is in your line of fire when... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
ADEL MAN INJURED Nov 9, 2007
"Probably the three biggest reasons people fall from tree stands are falling asleep, not using a harness and trying to carry too much equipment," said DNR Recreational Safety Officer Jeff Barnes. Barnes said it is important for hunters to use a full body harness for safety, not a chest or waist type. (The Guthrian, IA)
2 girls die in ATV accident in Chippewa County Aug 28, 2007
She had minor cuts and was treated and released, said Recreational Safety Warden Bill Yearman of the state Department of Natural Resources. All three were from the Holcombe area, according to the Chippewa County sheriff s department. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Alcoa criticized at hearing Jan 25, 2007
"There was a lot of talk about grandchildren Tuesday night at the Edward C. Smith Civic Center, where about 400 people turned out for a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission meeting on the relicensing of Alcoa Power Generating's four Yadkin River lakes, dams and power plants. Commissioner Max Walser had pictures of grandchildren on his tie. Arcadia developer George Sowers said he came to speak on behalf of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.The main question was what kind of condition will... (Foster's Daily Democrat)
