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....
Archive for category: Wildlife
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....
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...
Leave it to the Beavers?
Beavers are big-time engineers and their dams help curb erosion and slow flood waters. Usually, they are more beneficial than harmful, but occasionally their tree-cutting...
QUIZ: Cat, Coyote, or Cottontail?
Hikes on freshly fallen snow reveal the non-human dwellers of your woods. But can you identify who has hiked your path before you? Can you...
Interested in Improving Deer Habitat on Your Land?
This workshop has been cancelled until further notice. We are asking landowners interested in attending to let us know if they would prefer a fall...
Deer Management Program a Resource for Landowners
If you are managing land in Wisconsin, then you’re already dealing with the impacts that white-tailed deer have on your landscape. The Wisconsin DNR Deer...