"We appreciate this most generous offer of assistance" said Special Agent Richard Dickinson. This investigation remains a number one priority with both Federal agents assigned to the case and Wisconsin Conservation Wardens. We are doing all we can to solve this case."
who have information on this case are encouraged to call the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Poacher hotline, 1-800-TIP-WDNR; Conservation Warden Dave Zeug, Northwest District Headquarters, Spooner, Wisconsin at 715/635-4151; or, Special Agent Richard Dickinson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, St. Paul, Minnesota at 612/290-3889.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 93-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System which encompasses more than 530 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 66 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices and 78 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies. For further information about the programs and activities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region, please visit our home page at: http://midwest.fws.gov
