Outdoors
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Springtime in Texas is unique, but Wisconsin still home
There’s nothing quite like springtime in Texas, but one of the best things about travel is it reminds us that there’s nothing quite like ...
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Leopold’s ‘Sky Dance’ essay inspires family tradition
“The drama of the sky dance is enacted nightly on hundreds of farms, the owners of which sigh for entertainment, but harbor the illusion ...
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Spring arrives in all its noisy glory
With the first sunny Saturday of true spring having arrived last week, Portage County was treated to a mass migration of wildlife – winter-bound ...
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Ruffed Grouse Society raises $80,000 for projects, including local one
For those of us addicted to the out-of-doors, holes in our calendars seem to continually fill with local conservation related events and meetings. Here’s ...
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Some resolutions easier to keep than others
When it comes to Wisconsin seasons, spring strikes me as comparable to coming home from work one day and finding your garage blocked by ...
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Sea Grant funds Great Lakes research, including UWSP projects
Two projects at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) were among 19 recently awarded by the Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. The Sea Grant awarded ...
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Seeking winter isolation? Try a little “Mead time”
When it comes to getting outside in late February, we should make a way while the sun shines. I didn’t do that this past ...
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Gobbling turkeys, walleye fishers are sure sign of spring
“The power’s off again,” groaned the boss at 10 minutes to six last Sunday morning. “We’ll have to boil water for coffee.”
As I rolled ...
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Free, public programs will be held in March at Schmeeckle Reserve
What makes some animals and plants glow? How is an insect a superhero? What kinds of mammals live in the water? Discover the answers ...
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DNR sells land that governor, Legislature said to get rid of
“Land,” President Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said, “is about the safest investment in the world.” Unless, of course, you are the Department of Natural ...
