WOLVES IN WISCONSIN – ARE THEY ENDANGERED?
Can wolves’ adaptability and savvy save them from legislation now on the docket in Washington.
BLUE MOUNDS AREA PROJECT REFLECTS ON ALDO LEOPOLD
Health is the capacity of the land for self renewal. Conservation is our effort to understand and serve this capacity.
BATTLING BUCKTHORN WITH BAGGIES
There’s not a lot to like about the stout, spiked branches of the aggressively invasive buckthorn tree, and now there is a new way to remove it.
ASIAN JUMPING WORMS FOUND IN WISCONSIN
Destructive Jumping worms are being spotted around the Madison area. They are easy to spread because they winter in the ground as tiny, round brown or black cocoons about the size of the head of a pin.
FORENSIC BOTANY IN ACTION
An estimated $150 billion a year changes hands in the complex, global forest products industry that logs 32 million acres of forest every year, often illegally, leaving a trail of devastation to ecosystems and local economies around the world. Much of that timber makes its way to the United States, currently the largest wood products market in the world.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DRIFTLESS AREA THIS WINTER AT BMAP
Doug and I are so glad to be members of the Blue Mounds Area Project (BMAP). Fueled by the efforts of a part-time professional ecologist and a lot of […]
USING OUR INSECT PALS TO BATTLE INSECT PESTS
Last Friday Doug and I got a ton of technical advice and hands-on experience about FARMING WITH BENEFICIAL INSECTS; CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL CONTROL when we participated in the inaugural Xerces Society […]
