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Financial Assistance for Storm-related Damage to Your Woodlands
Woodland owners that experienced damage to their woodlands during the July storms can apply for financial assistance for tree planting among other practices. Applications to...
Town Halls to Provide Storm Damage Information & Resources for Landowners
Editor’s note: Two more town halls have been scheduled in Barron and Polk Counties, in addition to Oconto and Langlade Counties. Four town hall meetings...
High Winds Damaged My Woods – What should I do?
Recently thousands of Wisconsin woodland owners experienced the devastating effects of extremely high winds. If you are among those affected, we are sorry. We know...
Wilting Oaks Need Your Help!
Brown and dying oak leaves mid-summer in green and lush woods. Upon seeing this, landowner Dale Parker contacted the County forester and heard the phrase...
Lee’s First Walk in the Woods with a Forester
In his youth, Lee Bushmaker enjoyed spending time on his grandpa and grandma’s dairy farm in Adams-Friendship. Those formative moments seem to have left an...
New Video Series for Landowners
If you are a landowner, certainly you have goals for your property. Interested in viewing wildlife? Harvesting food from it? Restoring it or protecting it...
A Conservation Camp for Landowners
By Denise Thornton, Driftless Landowner and Environmental Blogger for digginginthedriftless.com. There’s a lot to learn about managing woodlands and many ways to do it. One...
Payments for Conservation: The Conservation Stewardship Program
The health of private lands has always been important to society as a whole. That’s why federal, state, and county governments offer public conservation assistance to private...
Spotlighting Land Care at MREA’s Energy Fair
Expressing our commitment to care for the land takes many forms. Some care for the land through the power of consumer choices that influence how...