Thanks for taking a moment to review what's going on with your Association. Well, Jake, the family, and I are back home, we've survived our road-trip vacation adventure, and he still has a big chew-bone to work on, remnants of Christmas past. 


Back at work, once again, the final moments of the 2016 Conservation Calendar sales effort bring on a frenzied feel for volunteers and staff alike. A special thanks for all of the volunteers who work so hard to make sales, and fill orders on the Calendar, for our seventh year. Remember, with the first drawing coming next Monday night, we've got the deadline for drawing stubs and monies to be submitted to Kelcy at the Wales office, by this Friday, the 8th - earlier than ever before. This is due, in part, because for this year, the drawings will rotate, always occurring on the 2nd Monday of any given month. This will eliminate any weekend drawing dates, for this year. Results will always be posted by Wednesday that same week.

On another positive note, WWA can count another new Life Sponsor and Life Member to our ranks, following a great end-of-year flurry of activity. A huge thanks to Jack Olson and Randy Hess, respectively, for choosing to make such significant contributions to our efforts. Our membership ranks have swelled again, and I fully expect we'll crest over 6,000 now again, when we finally get a chance to catch our collective breath, and finish counting noses. I hope they, along with many of you, choose to join us to talk all things WWA, on January 30th, for the annual meeting, this year, in Berlin (see below).

At any rate - it looks to be a great year for WWA - keep watching these pages for the updates you'll need, to know when, where, and how YOU can participate in the works of this great association, as we enter our 32nd year.

See you on the water...Don

Here's your first reminder: if you desire to have an opportunity to immerse yourself more deeply in the details of Wisconsin's duck hunting past, present, and future, the time might be right for you to consider joining many of us from WWA who attend the Wisconsin Waterfowl Hunters Conference, returning again to Wausau, on Friday, March 11th and Saturday, March 12th (you'll be done in plenty of time on Saturday, to make it to our Baraboo dinner event that night!). For more information, check out their website. The all-volunteer steering committee provides a diverse series of topics, demonstrations and speakers each year. Consider joining the fun this year, and make it a point to attend!