It’s been a beautiful spring—strange yet beautiful as springtime always is. It was strange that March and April seemed to trade places on the calendar....
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Ancient Prairie in Wisconsin
Thirteen acres of lush green hillside meadow, tucked away in a cool and quiet valley. What a perfect place to spend a Sunday afternoon, slowly...
Departures and Happy Spring Returns
It’s become almost impossible to predict what spring will bring or when it will come in earnest. February’s sub-zero temperatures gave little hope for an...
Messengers Matter
By Steve Swenson, Program Director As a teenager, Peggy Timmerman would have characterized her mother’s interest in nature as over-enthusiastic. Plants individually labelled with Latin...
Winter Raptors Signal Spring
These January days are cold and the nights even colder, but the promise of spring is in the air, in spite of the frigid temperatures....
USDA Offers New Forest Management Incentive for Conservation Reserve Program
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making available $12 million for use in making payments to forest landowners with land...
Swansong In An Owly Winter
Up until now, the weather has been very pleasant and I was able to get lots of things done outside in preparation for the winter...
How to Identify Deer Browse in the Woods
Article shared from the University of Minnesota Extension – written by, Matt Russell, Extension forest resources specialist on Nov. 7, 2020. Fall is a popular...
Cooperating for Woods and Wildlife Video Series
As a proud sponsor, we hope you enjoy this 3-part video series from Golden Sands Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D) featuring how landowners work...