The DCCL is a long-time member of the Sportsmen’s Alliance (SA), a nationwide organization whose mission is to, “Protect and advance America’s heritage of hunting, fishing and trapping by uniting sportsmen to protect against legal and legislative attacks by the animal-rights movement, win public support for outdoor sports, ensure the future of this heritage by involving families in the outdoor experience, and by promoting the sportsmen’s stewardship role in the scientific management of America’s fish and wildlife.”
Currently, SA is active in Wisconsin with its filing of petitions with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the grey wolf in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin -- otherwise known as the “Western Great Lakes” population and to provide a roadmap to putting wolf management back in the hands of wildlife biologists. Other groups that have signed on to the petitions include the Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association.
Submitted by Lowell Carter
Sent to memberships on Feb. 11, 2024
The 2024 Dane County Conservation League Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 23 at Schwoegler’s Park Town Lanes, 444 Grand Canyon Dr., Madison, starting at 7 p.m. There will be some raffles/door prizes and FREE PIZZA returns.
There will be a brief financial summary of the League’s income and expenses for 2023.
The most important event of the meeting will be the election of several Board members for 2024. There will be four, three-year seats up. Most incumbents will probably run for re-election, but anyone can be nominated from the floor that evening.
Anyone who is nominated will be requested to speak on the following:
Why do you want to serve on the Board?
What experience and skills do you bring to the table that will benefit the organization?
Board members are expected to lead, not just attend a meeting once a month. Leadership may include conducting a meeting, handling finances, taking minutes, writing a newsletter, organizing a banquet, leading highway clean up, communicating with DNR staff regarding the prairie chicken lands, serving as program chairman, helping manage the pheasant farm, organizing the annual farm cookout, planning habitat projects and growing the membership.