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02.022021February 2, 2021
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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11.012021January 11, 2021
Swansong In An Owly Winter

Swansong In An Owly Winter

By Andy RadtkeIn News, Reading the land

Up until now, the weather has been very pleasant and I was able to get lots of things done outside in preparation for the winter...

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05.112020November 10, 2020
October Makes Way for the Coming Cold

October Makes Way for the Coming Cold

By Andy RadtkeIn News, Reading the land

Most of the woodland trees have lost their colorful fall plumage and the prairie grasses are nodding, golden-brown heads in the meadow.  It happens every...

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14.082019November 13, 2019
Inspired to be Good Stewards

Inspired to be Good Stewards

By Jen SimoniIn Reading the land, Success stories

When Dale and Phil Grimm found their land in 1995, it was languishing under the haphazard attention of 20 years of rental farming. Today their...

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24.072019July 24, 2019
Lee’s First Walk in the Woods with a Forester

Lee’s First Walk in the Woods with a Forester

By Jen SimoniIn News, Reading the land

In his youth, Lee Bushmaker enjoyed spending time on his grandpa and grandma’s dairy farm in Adams-Friendship. Those formative moments seem to have left an...

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22.062017June 22, 2017
It Takes a Village to Care for Land

It Takes a Village to Care for Land

By Jen SimoniIn Ask the Expert, Invasive species, News, Oak management, Reading the land, Success stories

“This is a family recreational property, but it is highly degraded. It’s for the benefit of wildlife and we want to witness it, but before...

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30.112016December 1, 2016
Three Times Lucky: The Driftless Region

Three Times Lucky: The Driftless Region

By Jen SimoniIn News, Reading the land

By Steve Swenson If and when the next glacier comes to Wisconsin, the smart bet is a move to the Driftless Region. While many are...

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31.032014February 27, 2018
Reading the History of Your Land

Reading the History of Your Land

By Jen SimoniIn News, Reading the land

Air photos have been taken periodically of Wisconsin, starting in the late 1930s and continuing through today. You may be able to pull together a...

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