This past week I spent six days either turkey hunting at my food plot in northern Juneau County or crappie fishing on backwaters of the Wiscon…
We seem to be in a holding pattern here in the Northland where we have one or two days of actual spring followed by several days of cold and d…
Pro tip: when taking your dog (who’s on a leash) with you on your bike make sure that you both bike/run on the same side of an immovable object.
I’ve been riding the gravel/sand roads of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest for about a decade now. When I first started riding them I, …
Notwithstanding the recent gloom and snow, we’re getting into the busiest and most interesting time of year for bird-watching. In fact, just a…
Wisconsin’s fishing season opens Saturday May 1 without any changes to season dates compared with 2020.
Back in 1982 I fractured my lower spine in three places and spent two weeks in Madison’s University Hospital with some serious questions about…
The last time that I canoed on the stretch of the Wisconsin River that I am about to write about was back in 1991. That was a big year in my l…
Francois Faber was born in France in 1887, came in second in the Tour de France in 1908 and won it in 1909 when he won five consecutive stages…
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…
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is seeking volunteers to help collect information about the federally endangered Karner blue but…
I am writing to you once again this week about a unique trip that I took to my brother’s lake home on Lake Washington which is in west-central…
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 …
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is seeking public input on a draft statewide strategic analysis of wild rice management through June 7.
For all the turmoil and plan-wrecking generated by a year’s worth of coronavirus, some outdoors activities enjoyed a resurgence — among them, …
This week and next I will be writing to you about a very interesting fishing trip that I just took with my brother Mike Walters to my brother …
April brings a high risk for the often-fatal oak wilt disease across the state, and as a result, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources…
Wisconsin residents will have the chance April 12 to weigh in on recommendations for the 2021 county-level antlerless deer harvest goals and t…
The state of Wisconsin recommends that people eat just one meal a month of Lake Superior smelt after cancer-causing chemicals were found in fi…
Bayfield County opened its snowmobile trails Wednesday, though conditions were variable throughout the county. The lack of snow and cold tempe…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials are asking Gov. Tony Evers to renew the agency's contentious land ste…
There is no shortage of natural beauty in our neck of the woods, but one doesn’t even need to leave the city limits in order to find one of th…
If you’re in the market for a family-friendly hike with a splash at the end, Morgan Falls is the place to be.
If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to get off the beaten path, the Salmo Lakewalk Trail might be right up your alley.
Ashland High School fishing team members Jesse Chingo and Alex Westlund currently lead the Wisconsin Interscholastic Fishing Association stat…
Rejecting a DNR staff recommendation of six bull elk tags, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board on May 27 voted 5-2 to allocate 10 tags for t…
Winter storms damaged two docks and a vault toilet in Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
MADISON (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources plans to reopen eight of 11 shooting ranges on Thursday with a host of conditions.
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