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28.072022July 29, 2022
Getting to Know Your Forest Health Team: Paul Cigan and Harsh Weather Effects on Woodlands

Getting to Know Your Forest Health Team: Paul Cigan and Harsh Weather Effects on Woodlands

By Catie GeibIn Ask the Expert, Firewood, Forest farming, News, Timber harvesting

By Denise Thornton Weather has a huge influence on all vegetation. It dictates what species will grow, how they grow, and their productivity. The time...

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27.072022July 27, 2022
Getting to Know Your Forest Health Team: Mary Bartkowiak on Woodland Invasive Species

Getting to Know Your Forest Health Team: Mary Bartkowiak on Woodland Invasive Species

By Catie GeibIn Ask the Expert, Invasive species

by Denise Thornton Invasive plants are a constant challenge for anyone working to manage Wisconsin’s forests, and with over 9 million acres of Wisconsin in...

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04.072022July 5, 2022
Prepare for Ticks with the Experts

Prepare for Ticks with the Experts

By Catie GeibIn Ask the Expert, Safety, Uncategorized

By Denise Thornton If you are going into a wooded area anywhere in Wisconsin, you need to be taking tick precautions. According to Rebecca Osborn,...

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22.062022June 23, 2022
Getting to Know Your Forest Health Team: Mike Hillstrom and Oak Wilt

Getting to Know Your Forest Health Team: Mike Hillstrom and Oak Wilt

By Catie GeibIn Ask the Expert, News, Oak management, Tree care, Uncategorized

We are now in the high risk period of the year for oak wilt in Wisconsin...

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22.062022June 22, 2022
WICCI Report: Warmer Winters & Extreme Rain Are Stressing Wisconsin’s Forest Resources

WICCI Report: Warmer Winters & Extreme Rain Are Stressing Wisconsin’s Forest Resources

By Catie GeibIn Ask the Expert, News, Uncategorized

A focus on climate impacts to Wisconsin’s forests in the most recent assessment from the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI) shows...

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02.062022June 2, 2022
Getting to Know Your Forest Health Team: Bill McNee and The Spongy Moth

Getting to Know Your Forest Health Team: Bill McNee and The Spongy Moth

By Catie GeibIn Ask the Expert, Invasive species, Uncategorized

Spongy moth caterpillars usually start hatching between mid-April and early May in the southern counties of Wisconsin. Though they have largely been out of sight in rural forests for close to a decade...

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21.042022May 11, 2022
Are YOU a Scientist?

Are YOU a Scientist?

By Catie GeibIn Ask the Expert, Ownership 101, Wildlife

Many Wisconsin landowners—the concerned and the curious—are joining the growing ranks of citizen scientists (CS) who collect information about their property to share with ecologists...

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04.102021October 4, 2021
Insect ID Apps: Which is Best?

Insect ID Apps: Which is Best?

By Emily OyosIn Ask the Expert, News, Wildlife

“Wow, I’ve never seen that bug before! I wonder what it is.” With over one million identified insect species on the planet...

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01.102021October 1, 2021
The 2022 Phenology Calendar is On Sale Now!

The 2022 Phenology Calendar is On Sale Now!

By Emily OyosIn Ask the Expert, News

It’s officially fall, and the year is already coming to a close! The Aldo Leopold Foundation, a partner of My Wisconsin Woods, is excited to announce...

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27.092021September 23, 2021
Our Favorite Bird ID Apps

Our Favorite Bird ID Apps

By Emily OyosIn Ask the Expert, News, Wildlife

“It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s…well, shoot, now it’s gone. That was a neat bird! I wonder what it was.” It seems like we’ve all had those moments...

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