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A Facebook notification popped up on my phone screen and I tapped it absent-mindedly, mostly to make it go away. Even as the post was loading,…
CATAWBA — As part of its mission the Monarch Wildlife Wayside Refuge & Park in Catawba, plans to add “Eagle Perch 1,” a 45-foot pole and n…
My feet were just starting to get numb from standing on the snow-packed trail when the activity over by the den changed. Students with Univers…
Thick clouds of snowflakes swirled as I climbed the steep hill. Behind me, a string of 20 third graders from Hayward Intermediate School padde…
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It was just a diagram on my screen, but the carefully drawn cross-section of a glacier with kettles, kames, and eskers being revealed as the i…
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It was just a diagram on my screen, but the carefully drawn cross-section of a glacier with kettles, kames, and eskers being revealed as the i…
The vehicle pulled off to the side of the snow-packed gravel road was the first clue that we were about to see something exciting. I steered o…
A group of silent sport enthusiasts who paddle area lakes and rivers via kayak on a weekly basis during the summer months don’t give up their …
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With a firmly packed trail under my feet, I could let my eyes wander. Blue sky peeked through gaps in the red pine canopy, and the orderly row…
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February is National Bird Feeding Month. This always brings up one of the most important questions we get at our Nature Education Center (NEC)…
Join Northwoods Land Trust and Iron County Conservation Specialist Zach Wilson for a free guided snowshoe hike from 1-3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 a…
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With bright sunshine to provide at least the appearance of warmth, single digit temperatures didn’t phase us much. Hand and foot warmers took …
Sand scuffed under my boots as I hiked up and out of the river bottom. The desert stream we’d eaten lunch near was running high after winter r…
BUTTERNUT — The annual Bobber’s on the Lake Ice Fishing Contest was held on Butternut Lake on Jan. 21.
BUTTERNUT — The Butternut and Schnur Lake Association is conducting outreach with its seasoned membership to educate new neighbors and visitor…
Gavin Esterhom, of Phillips, grabs his breath and wipes the icicles from his chin as he crosses the finish line of the Phillips Flurry 2023 ev…
A fishing group of four from the Marshfield area pack up after a day on Duroy Lake as part of the Phillips WinterFest Ice Fishing Tournament. …
Bang bang bang. Rattle. Bang bang bang.
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“Ewww!!!” exclaimed the second graders as I pulled a large rubber replica of bear scat out of the tub. Scat, of course, is the scientific word…
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