Trapping season is still in the future, but Wisconsin trappers who want to use Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge face a looming deadline.
Autumn in Wisconsin is all about the color. The beauty is breathtaking, and you’ve got to see it to believe it. With more than 6 million acres…
Evidence of the last waning days of summer is everywhere!
A regular reader and friend recently asked where I come up with story ideas and if I ever get writer’s block.
SAN MARCOS, Texas — When Charlie Agar pried open the lid of an abandoned piece of farm machinery in San Marcos recently, he found a sweet trea…
Habitat loss, climate change, invasive species, disease and severe weather have all taken a severe toll on birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, r…
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the winners of the 2022 Wisconsin Wild Turkey, Waterfowl and Pheasant stam…
While much of the attention given to ways hunters can help keep wildlife healthy is devoted to chronic wasting disease among deer, they’re not…
Do teachers still require students coming back to school to write about what they did on their summer vacation?
The approach of deer season has the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources asking that hunters join in helping slow the spread of chronic w…
Hikers on the Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin could have a new opportunity as plans to open a new half-mile move forward.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is creating a committee to review how the state responds to chronic wasting disease (CWD).
Bill Hoffman of Brantwood is a collector of conifers with more than 200 taxa (genus, species, and cultivars) under his care. But his real pass…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A coalition of animal rights groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday to stop Wisconsin's wolf hunt season this fall and invalidate…
There’s a change coming for the weather alerts you receive on a mobile phone, and it’s designed to better warn people about particularly dange…
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has announced bonus antlerless deer harvest authorizations will be available beginning Aug. 16.
New legislation in Wisconsin should streamline the process of restoring wetlands and flood plains in the state.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is committed to providing exceptional outdoor recreation opportunities for people of all abiliti…
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources launched Operation Deer Watch on Aug. 1, allowing citizen scientists around Wisconsin to report …
The Mississippi River bordering Wisconsin and Minnesota has long been known for its spectacular bald eagle-watching along its open waters duri…
Oxygen levels in the world’s temperate freshwater lakes are declining at rates faster than in the oceans, according to new research from the U…
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources recently announced that a Menomonee Falls kindergarten teacher and his students are among those …
A Wisconsin common tern has reached an uncommon milestone. The Department of Natural Resources today announced that bird number 962-67245 is n…
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is once again asking ruffed grouse hunters and outdoor enthusiasts who come across a sick or dea…
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has announced that three lucky Wisconsin residents won a once-in-a-lifetime elk harvest tag for …
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is actively following incidents of bird mortalities first reported in the eastern United States …
It seems like I just got done reporting about birds moving north into Wisconsin during spring migration. Now, already, it is time to report sh…
A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources conservation biologist has found the “holy grail” of a rare plant in Wisconsin: A green violet lon…