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NRCS Wisconsin Staff to Help Landowners Get Started with Stewardship

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  • March 26, 2025March 26, 2025

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension Department of Forestry is hosting a series of three virtual webinars that invites new and prospective landowners in Wisconsin to connect with conservation professionals and…

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Book Review: Great Nature Wisconsin

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  • October 5, 2024October 5, 2024

Bookstore shelves are crammed with travel guides for Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest. There are hiking guides, camping guides, geological guides, fishing and hunting guides, canoeing and kayaking guides; even…

  • Landowners

Get Help Restoring Your Land

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  • September 24, 2024September 24, 2024

Apply now for the first round of fiscal year 2025 funding consideration. Applications are accepted at all USDA Service Centers in Wisconsin. Applications received after November 1st will automatically be deferred…

  • Invasives

Spotted Lanternfly: Future Threat

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  • July 29, 2024July 29, 2024

If you thought emerald ash bore is a menace, you’re right. However, there is a new invader making its way to Wisconsin from the east coast and this one could…

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Fire in a Box

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  • July 16, 2024July 16, 2024

There are two kinds of wildland fire, wildfire and controlled fire. Wildfires, also called forest fires or brush fires are fire gone awry. They are the devastating fires that scorch…

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  • Rare Plants

Turning Flowers into Butterflies (updated)

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  • June 12, 2024June 20, 2024

Sundial Lupine Three weeks ago, the Wisconsin prairies were awash in sundial lupine, the wild lupine that adorns our sand counties. The early spring and ample rain that blessed our…

  • Landowners

Starting a Sheep Farm

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  • June 4, 2024June 4, 2024

Join your hosts Jeremie Favre and Ellen Geisler for a field day, Starting a Commercial Sheep Farm from Scratch. Give your dream of starting a sheep a kickstart with this…

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Abundance

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  • May 21, 2024May 21, 2024

The goldfinch emerges from the gloom of the Baraboo Range, flaring out as it comes to rest on the feeder. This May morning it is joined briefly by a riot…

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Prescribed Fire Workshop – Fire Ecology and Field Instruction

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  • February 13, 2024February 13, 2024

The Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance (formerly known as the Madison Audubon Society) will is conducting a Prescribed Fire Workshop at their Goose Pond Sanctuary near Arlington, Wisconsin. This workshop is…

  • Native Plants

Choose Lupine Wisely

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  • January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

Shakespeare famously penned, “What is in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Romeo was speaking of family names, not flowers. Those of us in…

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