The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, in collaboration with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, is seeking the public’s help with …
Did you know that an average tree holds about 225,000 leaves? I am not sure who counted them, but that sure is a lot of leaves, so they must b…
Wisconsin Sea Grant has announced it will confer the first-ever Great Lakes Champion Award in early 2021. A call for nominations is now open a…
With the 2020 deer hunting season underway, hunters are reminded by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to follow the deer carcass t…
The Department of Natural Resources reminds all hunters that harvested deer must be registered electronically by 5 p.m. the day after the deer…
Students of all ages can now earn their Wisconsin hunter education safety certification through a single, online-only hunter education course …
The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection confirms that a whitetail deer at a Burnett County deer farm has tested positive …
We were sitting at our kitchen table Aug. 6 having breakfast when we caught a fleeting glance out our window of a bird with a bright red head …
State wildlife officials have confirmed that a tissue sample collected from a deer in Buffalo County has tested positive for the virus that ca…
One of our favorite walks, especially in fall, is a short half mile loop trail at the Round Lake logging dam in the Chequamegon-Nicolet Nation…
A female whooping crane that made history as the first of its kind known to survive a Wisconsin winter has once again flown into the record books.
Most of us have heard the old English proverb, “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” It means that it’s better to hold onto something…
Firefighting foam chemicals have been detected in deer in northeast Wisconsin, prompting state officials to warn hunters to not eat livers fro…
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources staff will collect deer heads for chronic wasting disease testing during the 2020 archery, cross…
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In collaboration with the Minnesota and Michigan Departments of Natural Resources, the Ruffed Grouse Society and Wisconsin Conservation Congre…
This fall, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is launching its largest ever survey of deer hunters to better understand which harve…
There are many organizations worthy of our support and sometimes it is difficult to decide which ones to support when one has limited resource…
Volunteers put on their masks, rolled up their sleeves, and explored 200 different monitoring sites across Wisconsin Aug. 15 to search for aqu…
A successful 17 year-long cleanup in the Lower Fox River is complete through collaboration between Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, …
Have you noticed there is a change in the air? I have! Outside I could see my breath this morning. It was 40 F and I think there was a touch o…
The Lower Wisconsin Riverway is now recognized as a Wetland of International Importance by the United States and the Ramsar Convention on Wetl…
I have always been impressed with the power of lightning — sometimes when I least expected it.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking the public to participate in Operation Deer Watch, an annual citizen-science survey th…
Most of the time we take clouds for granted. They are so commonplace in our lives that we don’t think much about them — until they bring storm…
Pretty much everyone who lives or vacations in the northern parts of the Midwest or New England is familiar with the otherworldly call of the …
“What is that big bird circling high up in the sky?” This is a frequently asked question on bird watching walks. Another person comments, “It …
A rare carnivorous plant last documented in Ashland County along with 59 never-before-seen populations of other rare plants in Wisconsin are a…
Recently I wrote about the rich variety of birds that are coming and going around my neighborhood, most of them in an area as small as 10 acre…