The WOCA 2026 Conference has come and gone!
WOCA members celebrated the 50th anniversary year of the Wisconsin Outdoor Communicators Association with a robust turnout and dinner.
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2026 WOCA Annual Meeting Registration Now Open!
Registration for the Wisconsin Outdoor Communicators annual meeting and workshop on July 31 and August 1 in Eagle River is now open! Here’s a link to the informative 2026 agenda. Rub elbows with pros in outdoor communication. Join us!
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The WOCA 2025 Conference is in the books!
Nineteen folks attended the 2025 workshop, a cookout was honchoed by chefs Ron Weber and Bob Haase, and members enjoyed a wide range of speakers on ice fishing, public forests, the glowing success of wild turkeys reintroduced in Wisconsin, the world’s largest musky shop, wildlife rehabilitation, CWD spread, tick borne disease, trends among deer hunters, and more.
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Madison, Wisconsin to Host 2026 OWAA Conference
During its annual conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) announced it selected Madison, Wisconsin, as the host for its 2026 conference. That event will help kick off the organization’s centennial celebration.
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Wisconsin Green Fire Reports Wake Boat Hearing
A hearing has been scheduled even sooner than expected for Tuesday, August 26th. Now is an important time to stand up for our lakes and rivers. The coalition is strong because of our shared commitment to protecting Wisconsin’s waters, shoreline property, and aquatic ecosystems. The anticipated bill is unlikely to be even close to protective enough for our lakes and rivers.
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2025 Scholarship Winner Announced!
Matthew Crawford, a junior in Communications at UW-LaCrosse, is the winner of the WOCA OHEC scholarship for 2025!
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WOCA Annual Meeting Registration Now Open!
Registration for the Wisconsin Outdoor Communicators annual meeting and workshop on August 1-2 in Eagle River is now open. Here’s a link to the informative agenda. Rub elbows with pros in outdoor communication. Join us!
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May 2024 WOCA Newsletter
We’re less than three months from our annual summer conference at Trees for Tomorrow (Aug. 2-3), and we hope you plan to attend!
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January 2024 WOCA Newsletter
Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council has shared information about the Prescribed Fire Conference set for Februany 2-3 at UW-Platteville. Registration is now open
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WOCA Member and Environmental Sociologist Tom Heberlein Has Died
Thomas A. Heberlein, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Community and Environmental Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Visiting Professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, died early January 4, 2024 with his wife, Betty, at his side. He was a frequent speaker
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