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...
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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...
Get a Boost To Help Care for Your Land
Did you buy your dream property with the hopes of caring for it, but struggle to get started? We know life gets busy, it’s hard...
Host a Trail Cam for Snapshot Wisconsin
Snapshot Wisconsin is a volunteer-based wildlife monitoring project utilizing a network of trail cameras. The project recently launched statewide and is looking for additional volunteers....
Polar Vortex Effects? Spring Will Soon Tell
By Denise Thornton, Driftless Landowner and Environmental Blogger for digginginthedriftless.com Area landowners have shepherded their properties through two distinct winters this year, the first almost too...
Snapshot Wisconsin: Candid Camera for Critters
By Denise Thornton, Driftless Landowner and Environmental Blogger for digginginthedriftless.com. Doug and I have been taking care of our 44 acres since 2003, and I...
Is Winter Bird Feeding Good for Birds?
By Stanley Temple Many people feed birds during winter, believing they’re engaging in an activity that is good for them as well as for the...
Learn Something New About Your Land – Classes Start Soon!
Gaining expert advice at the Learn About Your Land (LAYL) classes is guaranteed, but most landowners gain valuable perspectives from an unlikely source: their neighbors. “It was through...