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Doug Duren
Doug Duren is a passionate hunter, farmer, land manager and conservationist. He is the owner of Lone Oak Interests, LLC, specializing in site and land management consulting and contracting services throughout Wisconsin and the Driftless Area.
In addition to his consulting and contracting work, Doug manages the Duren Family Farm near Cazenovia, Wisconsin where he has been working and hunting for over 45 years. The farm has been in the Duren family for 115 years. Current management includes acres enrolled in CRP and other conservation programs, raising grass fed beef, timber management for forest health, wildlife habitat and financial goals, as well as a variety of hunting, aesthetic and recreation objectives.
In addition to his individual clients, Doug has worked on a variety of projects with several public and private conservation organizations including American Forest Foundation, Aldo Leopold Foundation, Pheasants Forever, Wisconsin DNR and Wisconsin DNR Forestry, My Wisconsin Woods/Driftless Forestry Network, NRCS and FSA.
Duren is a frequent contributor to the Meateater television show, the Meateater podcast and The Meateater Guide to Big Game Hunting. Duren has also been a guest on the Joe Rogan Experience discussing hunting, land ownership issues and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). He has been featured in various regional and national publications for his work in conservation.
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CWD in SW Wisconsin and Why Everyone Should Care About CWD
This is the last of a series of three articles in which Doug Duren shares information about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) along with his experience, perspective as a landowner and hunter in Southwest Wisconsin’s CWD endemic area, and why people
CWD and Deer Overpopulation Issues
This is the second of three articles in which Doug Duren shares information about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) along with his experience and perspective as a landowner and hunter in Southwest Wisconsin’s CWD endemic area. Read the
What is CWD and What Can Be Done About It?
This is the first of three articles in which Doug Duren shares information about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) along with his experience and perspective as a landowner and hunter in Southwest Wisconsin’s CWD endemic area. As the Fall hunting season
The Duren Family Farm | Savage Journeys
Located in near Cazenovia in southwest Wisconsin’s Driftless Area, the Duren Family Farm looks like the scene featured on the state’s license plate: a red 100-year-old dairy barn, white farmhouse and milkhouse, a concrete silo and a couple
Who was Aldo Leopold?
Aldo Leopold, known as the Father of Wildlife Ecology and the US Wilderness System, is one of the most influential thinkers in North American conservation history. Living 61 years, from 1887 to 1948, Leopold’s life and career in conservation
