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Month: March 2017

  • Invasive Plants

Perils of Pear Sex

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  • March 31, 2017April 2, 2017

These beautiful pear blossoms along your local roadside or in that vacant lot could be the beginning of a very ugly invasion. Wild Bradford pear trees are knocking at Wisconsin’s…

  • fire

Get Fired Up

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  • March 26, 2017

It’s that time of year again; time to get the burn gear ready to go. An early thaw has brought the spring burn season by several weeks. Though this weekend…

  • Wildlife

Yew Killed Our Deer … and Elk

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  • March 23, 2017January 22, 2018

There is a killer shrub lurking in many Wisconsin yards. Japanese yew are, according to the Idaho Statesman, killing mule deer, elk and pronghorn sheep in large numbers. Heavy snow…

  • Invasives

Let’s Get Cutting

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  • March 17, 2017March 17, 2017

If you have been waiting for the right time to cut wood invasive trees, shrubs and vines; now is the time. Snow is off the ground so it is easy…

  • Citizen Science

Make Frog and Toad History

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  • March 15, 2017March 15, 2017

Be part of the longest running citizen science amphibian calling survey in North America. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is looking for volunteers to lend their ears for the Wisconsin Frog…

  • Landowners

It’s Your Water; Your Well

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  • March 3, 2017March 7, 2017

Groundwater is the world’s most extracted natural resource. Find out more about protecting the water the flows beneath your property during National Groundwater Awareness Week March 5-11, 2017. The National…

  • Invasive Plants
  • Invasives

Basic Invasive Species Video

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  • March 2, 2017

The University of Wisconsin Extension Weed Sciences program has released a new video about invasive species in Wisconsin. It tells what they are, why they are a problem, how they…

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