It's only 77 days until spring, but we're making plans already.
Today, Gary and I signed up for the annual Wisconsin Department of Resources sturgeon guard. The annual Wolf River sturgeon run usually happens in April, but in 2012 it started in the third week of March. The DNR still assumes the 2013 run will be in April but this year the sign up dates begin on April 1 instead of April 15. We were asked to sign up for three dates, marking them in order of preference. We like Sunday nights so picked April 1 (which is Easter Sunday this year), April 8 and April 15. In fact, there is a shortage of people who like to take night shifts, so we'll be asked to work no matter how the run goes.
The annual Midwest Crane Count takes place on April 13. I'm not certain I will join on this one. I am getting a bit long in the tooth to get up at 4:00 a.m. to watch the sunrise on a cold morning. We'll see what I feel like after Easter.
Canoecopia is held in Madison, Wisconsin March 8-10. We don't need any more canoes, Gary already has four, but he is still thinking about a kayak, plus the maps and brochures we collect there are invaluable. Last year, we got all the information we needed for our Circle Tour around Lake Superior in July. Since I will be repeating that tour (though going the opposite way, counterclockwise) I wouldn't mind talking to some of those lovely rangers from Ontario who comes to the convention each year.
It is events like this that draw us through the winter.
My February tour to Mississippi will help, too!
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