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...
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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...
The Ecology of Phenology
By: Dr. Stan Temple, Beers-Bascom Professor Emeritus in Conservation, UW-Madison, and Senior Fellow, The Aldo Leopold Foundation The Aldo Leopold Foundation is pleased to share...
Dogs, Land, People, and Potential
Written by: Mark Horn, Conservation Digest When Mike Lake’s dad purchased the farm northeast of Hustisford, Wisconsin, it was considered a failing property. Its compact...
Thinking about Planting Trees?
Now is the time to put in your order! The Reforestation Program has begun its annual tree seedling and shrub sales. Whether you’re looking to plant...
Want to care for your woods? Struggling to get started? Too busy? Money?
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...
Oak in the Driftless Workshop Presentations
Nearly 200 landowners and professionals gathered on September 29th, 2018 at the Oak in the Driftless workshop in Baraboo to discuss many topics around woodland...
Upcoming Workshop: Oak in the Driftless
Landowners love their oaks. Majestic, sturdy, long-lived, bountiful, valuable, oak trees are admired for many reasons. What other single tree species in the Driftless means...
The Power of Your Voice at a Local Working Group (LWG)
It’s your part of the massive Farm Bill. The federal Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recognizes that “top-down” funding gets better with “bottom-up” input through...
Restoring Fire, Restoring Function
“I didn’t even know that 200-year-old burr oak was there,” said Matt Millen, Sauk County landowner. Presence of fire-tolerant oaks with sprawling branches testify to...