Edited by Paul Holtan
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
PO Box 7921
Madison WI 53707
(608) 267-7517
Fax: (608) 264-6293
E-mail address: paul.holtan@dnr.state.wi.us

Trapper education workshop offered

BABCOCK, Wis. – First-time trappers in Wisconsin are required to attend a trapper education course before being able to puchase a trapping license. The course was developed by the Department of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin Trappers Association to teach safe and humane trapping skills.

The Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center near Babcock, will offer a trapper workshop on Sept. 16-17 from 9 a.m. Saturday to 2 p.m. Sunday.

The course is open to anyone 12 years old and older. People successfully completing the course will receive WTA-DNR trapper education graduation cards and free trapping privileges for the year.

Registration is limited to 25 people on a first-come, first-served basis. Register by mailing in $25 registration fee per person by Sept. 6. Checks should be made out to DNR-Skills Center. Include the name of each participant, and the address and daytime phone number of one person in each party. Send your registration fee to: Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center, PO Box 156, Babcock, WI 54413. Inquiries on the status of registrations may be sent via e-mail to: <Richard.Thiel@dnr.state.wi.us>.

Students should provide their own sleeping bag, a bag lunch for Saturday and appropriate clothing for working outdoors. They will also have to make their own arrangements for transportation to and from Sandhill. A registration fee of $25 includes the Wisconsin Trappers Association education manual, three meals, refreshments, and tent camping.

More information on the Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center can be found on the DNR Web site.

The Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center is located 20 miles west of Wisconsin Rapids on County Highway X, 1 mile north of Highway 80 near Babcock, Wisconsin on the 9,000 acre Department of Natural Resources Sandhill Wildlife Area.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandhill Skills Center at: (715) 884-6333 or (715) 884-2437