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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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04.022022February 4, 2022
Is Light Pollution Affecting the Wildlife in My Woods?

Is Light Pollution Affecting the Wildlife in My Woods?

By Emily OyosIn Conservation, News, Wildlife

Star-gazing has been a favorite pastime for millennia, but these days, it often seems like stars are growing dimmer...

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09.112021November 9, 2021
Getting Used to Changes Lately

Getting Used to Changes Lately

By Andy RadtkeIn Reading the land, Uncategorized, Wildlife

September 18— Like last year, the summer is still lingering in the Kickapoo Valley and the garden flowers are showing their last blossoms. There’s still...

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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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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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24.092021September 27, 2021
Muralt, Mississippi, and This Waning Summer

Muralt, Mississippi, and This Waning Summer

By Andy RadtkeIn Reading the land, Recreation, Wildlife

The new normal for me is getting comfortable with the expanding unpredictability of this region’s weather. I had convinced myself that the spring drought would...

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11.062021June 11, 2021
Spring in the Kickapoo Valley

Spring in the Kickapoo Valley

By Andy RadtkeIn Uncategorized, Wildlife, Woodland Watch

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....

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04.052021May 5, 2021
Departures and Happy Spring Returns

Departures and Happy Spring Returns

By Andy RadtkeIn Uncategorized, Wildlife, Woodland Watch

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...

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02.032021March 9, 2021
Messengers Matter

Messengers Matter

By Andy RadtkeIn Invasive species, Oak management, Ownership 101, Success stories, Tree care, Wildlife, Woodland Watch

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...

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02.022021February 3, 2022
Winter Raptors Signal Spring

Winter Raptors Signal Spring

By Andy RadtkeIn Reading the land, Wildlife, Woodland Watch

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....

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