OUTDOORS
RNC mountain bike team races to season start
The Rhinelander Northwoods Composite Mountain Bike Team (RNC) welcomes another fall season with five scheduled competitions throughout the state, including one here in Rhinelander. The RNC is comprised of middle school and high school students from Rhinelander, Tomahawk, Lakeland, Northland Pines, Three Lakes, Crandon, and Phelps, the team’s Facebook page …
Friends of Town Line Lake Park fundraiser to be held Sept. 13
The Friends of Town Line Lake Park have finalized plans for their annual fundraiser, Music in the Bowl. This year’s event will be on Sunday, Sept. 13, from noon to 3 p.m. The event is held at Town Line Lake Park’s “Bowl.”
Trees For Tomorrow expands K-12 environmental education program access
Trees For Tomorrow is expanding access to outdoor learning opportunities for students across the region through enhanced scholarship support for its School Outdoor Learning Experiences (SOLE) program. The funding will help reduce financial barriers for schools and ensure more students can participate in hands-on environmental education.
Register for the 46th Annual Midwest Musky Classic in Phelps Oct. 2-4
Registration is open for the 46th Midwest Musky Classic fishing tournament held Oct. 2-4 in Phelps. Tournament fishing is on North and South Twin Lakes, Lac Vieux Desert, Big Sand Lake, and, new this year, also Long Lake and Kentuck Lake.
Hodag Challenge 2026 sees jump in shooters
The Hodag Sports Club pulled in shooters from across the midwest and beyond for the 2026 Hodag Challenge July 18 and 19. This years Hodag Challenge marked just the second time Rhinelander individually hosted the event. In the past, the club hosted it with the Wausau Skeet and Trap Club.
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Otto reflects on community relationships as a warden in the Northwoods
At the intersection of conversation and dead end roads, there are connections. Connections are what can build trust, and some may say they’re what brings dawn to the duck blind. Long-time Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) warden, Tim Otto, has driven down countless roads in nearly 27 years with …
RHS trap team shoots at Northwoods Invitational
HARSHAW — The Rhinelander High School trap team shot in the 17-team Northwoods Invitational May 15-17 in Harshaw and Minocqua. An event that offered opportunities for athletes to shoot trap singles, trap doubles, skeet, and sporting clays, the competition was split between the Harshaw Sports Club and the Minocqua Gun …
It’s tick season now: How to keep them off you and early signs of tick-borne disease
The snow is gone, the weather is warmer and ticks are back! They seem to be everywhere in the woods and the tiny vampires are just waiting to suck the blood of anything that walks by. Unfortunately, with tick bites also comes risk for tick-borne illness, the most notable being …
Aspirus Tick‑Borne Illness Center announces expanded therapeutic services
The Aspirus Tick-Borne Illness Center has expanded its clinical offerings to provide additional therapies intended to support patients managing complex tick‑borne diseases, according to a press release. The Center reports that tick‑borne illness can affect multiple systems in the body, influencing energy, mobility, and daily functioning, and that the expanded …
Deer management unit 116 CDAC meeting
With the statewide Citizen Deer Advisory Council (CDAC) meetings wrapping up, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Deer Advisory Committee will soon review CDAC harvest quota and season framework recommendations. Towards the end of May, the DNR administration will review harvest quota and season framework recommendations as well, before the …
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Fundamental focus for the RHS trap team
The Rhinelander High School trap team, now in its ninth season, is off and gunning on there weekly competitions at the Hodag Sports Club. The team has 30 shooters this spring, and they will conclude league shooting on May 28-30 when they travel to Minocqua for the Great North Trap …
Oneida County ATV/UTV trail system opens today
The Oneida County ATV/UTV Trail System (as administered by the Oneida County forestry, land and recreation department) will officially open for the 2026 spring/summer/fall season effective at noon, Friday, May 1.
‘Citizen Science 101’ class connects outdoor interest and scientific contribution
The School District of Rhinelander Community Education Program will host a hands-on learning opportunity, Citizen Science 101, on Monday, May 11, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Cedric A. Vig Outdoor Classroom (CAVOC).
The Lake Where You Live
A person has to wonder sometimes whether loons are safer in their winter waters on the Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico than in their breeding territory here in the north. True, while in the migratory phase they’ve faced calamities like botulism outbreaks and poisoning from oil spills. But here …
Increased revenue in DNR Fish and Wildlife Account shows money is flowing – but to where?
Last year, representatives with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) came forward and said they were expecting a $16 million deficit in the Fish and Wildlife Account for the 2025-26 biennium. While some called for higher license fees, sighting fewer people taking part in pursuits such as deer hunting, …
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