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GAME FISH A BIG HIT I just wanted to congratulate the staff of Wisconsin Natural Resources for producing the Spring 2021 edition. It is the best one I have seen. Photography and writing were excellent. I also wanted to ask if there is someplace I can buy or obtain a poster of the Game Fish of Wisconsin pictures that appeared in the issue. A number of years ago, I obtained a poster you had published and have it mounted at my lake home in Shawano. … Keep up the good work. Greg Martin Addison, Illinois
Thanks for the kind words! Several readers asked about the “Game Fish” piece from the Spring issue. Unfortunately, it is not available as a full-size poster at this time, but the magazine was designed so those pages, printed on a bit heavier paper, could be easily removed and saved. TEETH HOLD THE CLUE I found this skull while cleaning up a perennial flower bed in my yard in May 2019. Can you please tell me what it is? This is a rural area of Fitchburg with plenty of woods, farm fields and critters! Thank you. MR. AND MRS. CARDINAL A beautiful northern cardinal pair, perched together in my back yard. Taken in Richland County. Jackson Kinney Blue River
Anita Clark Fitchburg
Wildlife biologists Rich Staffen and Paul White, both small mammal experts for the DNR, agreed on the ID. Here is Staffen’s reply: “I believe it is a striped skunk. This is based off the dental formula from the second picture, which appears to be three incisors, one canine, three premolars — missing the first; second and third are somewhat combined, but two roots — and one large molar, angled. But it’s also based on the size and shape of the top of the skull.”
TIMELY TALE OF LAKE LIFE I just read the Spring 2021 issue cover to cover! My husband and I recently moved to Lake Okauchee. The ice has just come off the lake. Ted Rulseh’s article on “Lake Awakenings” was so timely. I ordered his book. Thank you for a great issue and all the wonderful work the DNR does. Elaine Jacobsen Oconomowoc
Send your letters to: Readers Write, WNR magazine, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707. Or email dnrmagazine@wisconsin.gov.
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