This is part of a series on Wisconsin’s very impressive Forest Health Team. It first appeared in My Wisconsin Woods, the online newsletter of The Aldo Leopold Foundation. photos courtesy […]
If you have conifers growing on your land, you should be aware of Heterobasidion Root Disease (HRD), formerly known as Annosum Root Rot. This fungus can kill your trees, and once it is established in the soil, there is no known way to get rid of it, according to DNR Forest Health Specialist Alex Feltmeyer.
BMAP formed an exciting new alliance with the Botanical Club of Wisconsin this summer. The result was a four-session outdoor Natural Communities of Southwestern Wisconsin class, the brainchild of Micah Kloppenburg, BMAP ecologist, and Kevin Doyle, DNR botanist and member of the Botanical Club of Wisconsin.
Like many people in the Midwest, I was cheered this summer to observe many more Monarch butterflies than I have seen in many years! It has been one of […]
The proposed Driftless Trail will take hikers through public and private lands into some gorgeous areas that are now inaccessible.
We would all like to know when hail is about to pelt us. You can help make that more possible.
Working to turn woody plants into a replacement for petroleum.
The first global estimate of how many lakes are likely to lose winter ice cover as the climate warms is not cheery.
Underhill House is a great place to spend a Polar Vortex. We were snug and cozy with NO FUEL BURNED DURING THE SUNNY PART OF THE DAY.
Taking a trip to cranberry country during harvest time is a great autumn outing.
Digging in the Driftless 