The Hustle, Bustle, and Serenity of Summer
Hot and humid—just what the doctor ordered for a growing summer garden. Rain has come to the central Kickapoo Valley a few times this past…
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Spring in the Kickapoo Valley
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.…
Ancient Prairie in Wisconsin
Thirteen acres of lush green hillside meadow, tucked away in a cool and quiet valley. What a perfect place to spend a Sunday afternoon, slowly…
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…
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.…
USDA Offers New Forest Management Incentive for Conservation Reserve Program
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making available $12 million for use in making payments to forest landowners with land…
The Turning Year Rimes With Woodland Beauty
The first week of 2021 was trying to tell us something wonderful is afoot, right? As the calendar turned its page on a challenging year,…
Swansong In An Owly Winter
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…
Cooperating for Woods and Wildlife Video Series
As a proud sponsor, we hope you enjoy this 3-part video series from Golden Sands Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D) featuring how landowners work…
October Makes Way for the Coming Cold
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…
Virtual Field Days Help You Manage for Sustained Wildlife, Environment, and Timber
The Tree Farm Virtual Field Day 2020 was very…2020, AND is now an online treasure of resources for Wisconsin woodland owners who plan to up…
How many did you get right?
Here are the answers to the Cooperating for Forest Management video quiz. How much of Wisconsin woodlands are privately owned? More than half of Wisconsin’s…
Tips for 4 Common Fall Projects
The number of hopeful projects for landowners always seems infinite, but each fall presents an opportunity to check something off the seemingly never-ending list. Here are…
Psst! The 2021 Phenology Calendar is On Sale!
As it turns out, the most important date to note in your 2021 phenology field book is…right now! We’re not exactly sure how that works,…
The Fabulous Fall Color Quiz
It’s one of THE best perks of woodland ownership. Every autumn a master artist comes along and overnight converts your property into a priceless work…
Emerald Ash Borer Confirmed In Oconto And Shawano Counties
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) forestry staff have confirmed the presence of emerald ash borer (EAB) in the Town of Little Suamico in Oconto…
My Wisconsin Woods Facebook @ 10,000 Followers!
We’ve reached a big social media milestone! In less than two years, our My Wisconsin Woods Facebook page recently earned its 10,000th dedicated follower! Since…
Butterfly versus Moth. Can you tell the difference?
Pollinators are all the buzz, and while butterflies and moths are not the most important pollinators of plants, they might possibly be the most loved.…
Invasive to Watch: Japanese Hedge Parsley
What is Japanese hedge parsley? Japanese hedge parsley is a relatively new invasive to Wisconsin. It is a biennial that flowers in mid-summer of the…
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…
Is Your Morel True or False? Know the Difference.
2020 has been a late year for the mighty morel mushroom in Wisconsin. Lingering cool weather and late, widespread frosty nights have kept soil temperatures…
Recordings for online classes now available!
Enjoy these informative online classes conducted by delightful, insightful professionals, designed to give you the knowledge to put your unique signature on your woodland. These…
How to Co-exist with Wisconsin’s Ticks
If you plan to be out in the woods or live next to woods, don’t be too quick to trade long pants and long sleeves…
A Sand County Almanac New Edition!
Well, shoot. Looks like we’re all cooped up for a while longer—and just as Spring is tapping at our early-morning windows—so we might as well make the…
Improve Wildlife Habitat on Your Land with the Wisconsin Young Forest Partnership
A few years after cutting aspen (aka popple), it is impossible to tell that this spot had a timber harvest. Aspen and other young forest…
Payments for Conservation: The Conservation Stewardship Program
The health of private lands has always been important to society as a whole. That’s why federal, state, and county governments offer public conservation assistance to private…
Your Trees at Risk: Heterobasidion Root Disease (HRD)
Beware! If you are a woodland owner of pine and spruce stands, and you anticipate harvesting or thinning, now is the time to understand the…
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…
Patience, Creativity, and Hard Work to Realize Restoration Success
Doug Steege and Kris Euclid are owners of a mix of prairie and woodlands straddling the border between Dane and Iowa Counties in the Driftless…
QUIZ: Can you ID these Tracks?
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…
Is a Conservation Easement for You?
Your property is your treasure, with lots of love, sweat, and maybe even a few tears poured into caring for it. It means a lot…