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I saw the biggest common garter snake of my life back in our barn a few days ago. It had a big bulge in its body as if it had recently eaten a…
The temperature on the bank in Cable read 94 degrees when I returned from a field trip on June 4. It was only a short walk from the air-condit…
An Arctic loon was spotted for the first time ever in Wisconsin when WI DNR Conservation Biologist Ryan Brady and friends sighted the striking…
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Conservation Biologist Ryan Brady of Washburn is a dedicated birder who has over 300 species on his …
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“Check out these pretty moths!” The Museum’s new office manager, Hayley Matanowski poked her head in the office door as I was firing up my com…
Summer is the season of babies. Loon chicks ride on Mom’s and Dad’s backs, fox pups play outside their den, and caterpillars munch on milkweed…
If you want to know what kind of baits fisherpersons are using around Fifield, all you need to do is look at utility lines around fishing hole…
At last month’s Natural Resources Board meeting, the board tabled their approval of the state’s 10-year elk management plan for several reason…
Last weekend we came across a fascinating fungus by our barn. It was fruiting on the exposed root of an elm tree killed by Dutch elm disease. …
The full moon was last week, and do you know what that means? Well, full moons signify many things to many people, but to whip-poor-wills, it …
Bee-buzzzzzz. From my parents’ deck overlooking their hilltop of restored prairie and ravines of brushy woods in the Driftless Area of northea…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Department of Natural Resources policy board started the process Wednesday of revising Wisconsin's wolf hunt rules to…
We often enjoyed sitting outside at dusk or on a moonlit night watching bats dart around our house and barn catching their favorite food, inse…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — This idea of paddling the whole length of the Mississippi River in record time — it's addictive.
Are you ready? Ready or not at least portions of 15 Mid-Atlantic and Southern states are going to experience an explosion of Brood X 17-year c…
Bee-buzz-buzz-buzz. A dozen heads turned toward the sound as it filtered through a shrubby mess of willows and alders. Brad Gingras, a former …
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Perhaps no creature on the Wisconsin landscape elicits more extreme reactions than the gray wolf.
In late April, loons fell from the sky across northern Wisconsin when icy conditions formed by a cold front coated the loons with clear ice, m…
The Park Falls paper mill, currently known as Park Falls Pulp and Paper and the single oldest ongoing business in the community, once again fi…
Pastor Hyunwoong Hwang, pronounced Zhanhoong Wong, was called to the Phillips United Methodist Church last July, smack dab in the midst of the…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate passed the Legislature's first bills Tuesday addressing police reform since George Floyd's death.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Native Americans in Wisconsin are struggling to overcome increased drug abuse related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a tribal …
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The national anthem would have to be played before all sporting events held at Wisconsin venues that received any public …
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters with disabilities urged lawmakers on Wednesday to reconsider two Republican-backed bills passed by the s…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday calling for a convention of the states to consider making changes to t…
“Sing, Fly, Soar—Like a Bird” is the conservation theme for World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD), 2021. It is the only international education prog…
Columnist’s Note: Kat is a writing major at Northland College who was recently my student in “WRI 273: Writing the Environmental Essay.” It wa…
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