Help with invasive plant sought
What is the comfort in the return to something familiar? Why does it feel good to return to what we know, what we like, what we expect, what w…
It’s finally late April and while readers downstate have little bursts of green here and there, those of us in northwestern Wisconsin have lit…
They’re out of hibernation and back in circulation. Bears are roaming again, and if you’re unlucky or untidy in the matters of garbage and bir…
DNR updates spring operations
I spent most of the winter complaining to anyone who would listen — including all you readers — about the almost total absence of birds in my …
Turkey hunt nears in state
Knowing I’m not invited, I attempt to stay on the edges, blend in where I can, and always be quiet. I am the interloper here in the dimness of dawn.
While most of the focus of this column is on birding and hiking, there are, of course, a lot of other creatures we encounter when we’re doing …
So we want spring now. It showed up on the calendar two weeks ago, but has it really arrived in the backyard and down the road? We want warmer…
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MADISON — The state Department of Natural Resources announced this week that nearly 38,000 acres of private land will be open for public acces…
Since I wrote last week’s column, most of the snow has melted along the South Shore and signs of spring are everywhere. The robins who were be…
MADISON — Frogs will soon begin chorusing throughout Wisconsin and the Department of Natural Resources is looking for volunteers to lend their…
The swamp is about 300 yards away, down the street hill and across the highway. Shaped like a piece of pie, it stretches for about a quarter o…
DNR seeks conservation wardens
Call me old-fashioned, but I still use a wall calendar to keep track of schedules and appointments. I find it more convenient to be able to gl…
The ruby-throated hummingbird showing up at your nectar feeder in May was sighted March 14 in Texas. It’s 6 weeks away from here, but it’s a start.
Hunter safety classes begin soon
It’s March, people, and that means it’s time to get those last winter activities in and at the same time dust off all the spring and summer st…
Ice shanty deadlines near
I sat in the late afternoon sun today and imagined it was mid-October.
Wolf hunting deadline looms
By the time this goes to print, we’ll be at the end of two weeks of below-zero weather.
Man, it’s a cold fright. Like seven inches from the polar vortex tonight. I look out the dining room window at the vehicle of sun, fun and sum…
When I woke up this morning, it was 20 degrees below zero.
Wisconsin Water Week nears
There’s life in the dead and dread of winter this morning. It’s cold — I’m seeing 22 degrees below — but there’s feathered and four-legged mov…