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If you have a question or would like to make an appointment please call our office at 414-427-1999. Grand Opening Grand Opening Grand Opening Grand Opening Dr. Thomas Marciniak PODIATRIST / FOOT SPECIALIST 4811 South 76th Street • 414-427-1999 254991018 OUTDOORS The state Department of Natural Resources will hold its annual spring hearing and Conservation Congress meeting Monday at West Allis Central High School, 8516 W. Lincoln Ave., West Allis. There will be hearings and CC meetings in all 72 counties, all beginning at 7 p.m. Monday. Individuals can provide their input in the county where natural resources management interests them the most, but can only vote for Conservation Congress members in their home county. It's the best time of year for people to really have a say on what regulations they'd like to see — or not see — regarding hunting, fish- ing, trapping and more in their state. Brett Weir of West Bend has been on the Conservation Congress since 2007 and said the spring hear- ings and CC are vital in Wisconsin. "The CC is the only statutory body in the state where citizens elect delegates to advise the Natural Resources Board and the DNR on how to responsibly man- age Wisconsin's natural resources for present and future genera- tions," Weir said. "The Congress accomplishes this through open, impartial, broad-ranged actions. And this includes the upcoming annual spring hearings." With a recent history of the Legislature at times bypassing the requests of the Congress and spring hearing results, and push- ing though new rules of its choos- ing, some might wonder if the CC packs as much punch as it used to. "Someone asked me other day regarding viability and the impor- tance of the CC," Weir said. "My response and my opinion as a citi- zen of our great state and not the viewpoint of the Congress was, present and future 'viability' lies within its members. (Take) a busi- ness entity as an example: The fea- sibility and future success lies within its employees, right? And the employees have to listen, lead and convey new ideas, or at least adapt to changing conditions. If not, someone else will." There are 88 questions on this year's survey. Some, a person might not care about, but below are a few local ones to consider: ■ Question 21 affects all waters of the state that currently have a pro- tected "slot limit" regulation for largemouth and smallmouth bass. The current regulation reads: "three fish and no minimum length limit on largemouth and small- mouth bass, however all bass from 14 to 18 inches must be released and only one fish greater than 18 inches is allowed." The proposal will make no change to the size limits associated with this regulation, but will increase the associated bag limit from three bass per day to five bass per day in all places where this rule is used now and in the future. In Waukesha County, we're talk- ing the Mukwonago River being affected, which is interesting because I didn't even know there were that many bass in that river. ■ Question 22 asks if we'd favor increasing the minimum length limit for walleye, sauger and their hybrids from 15 inches to 18 inches and reducing the daily bag limit from five to three on all inland waters of Kenosha, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha counties (except Lac La Belle); as well as others fur- ther north. The DNR thinks we should be in favor of the increase before it invests money in stocking larger fall fingerlings into the system and let them have a chance at reaching a mature level. This rule would help do that and also give walleyes and related fish one more year to breed. It doesn't seem like a bad idea to me. No one goes out to Pewaukee, Okauchee or Nagawicka expecting to catch a bunch of keeper walleye as it is. This might make the fish- ing better for both action and an occasional fry. ■ Question 33 is asking for an extension on a rule inserted back in 2010 that put a 40-inch minimum length and daily bag limit of one northern pike per day on Big Muskego Lake and Bass Bay in Waukesha County. Preliminary results suggest significant improvements to the size structure and abundance of northern pike on Big Muskego and Bass Bay, but an extension of the sunset clause will allow further study of the reg- ulation's impacts. A question to either make the rule permanent or adopt a different rule would be offered at the 2021 spring hearings. While I hardly qualify as a scien- tific focus group on this, a lot of people I know, myself included, have been pretty impressed with the size of northerns off these lakes recently. I say it's worth a few more years to see what happens. (Dan Durbin writes an outdoors column for the Post. Call Durbin at 644-7940, or email him at ddurbin@bastdurbin.com if you have a story idea.) Why spring hearings, Conservation Congress matter DAN DURBIN

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