Updated: September 17, 2019

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Restored Habitat Provides Oasis
for Butterflies
​and Birds
     Meet Tom and Eva Wedel, owners of Oak Woods Foundation in Argyle, Wisconsin. This awe-inspiring oasis of tranquility is home to 400 acres of rolling prairies and forests, providing habitat for fluttering monarchs and other butterflies feeding on milkweed and various wildflowers.
 
See the interactive, multimedia story map.
 
Read the full, printable story.
     Dust off your hummingbird feeders and brew up some nectar as Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds customarily return to Wisconsin in the first 2 weeks of May. The 'hummers' are going to be very hungry when they arrive as there are few plants for them to forage following our late-arriving snow storms.

6 Ways To Attract Hummers to Your Yard
  • More than most birds, hummers need to bathe regularly, due to the sticky nature of nectar.
  • They prefer very shallow, moving water, or a spray mist.
  • Placing nesting material near a feeder may attract female hummingbirds to nest near you.
  • Hummer Helper®”is a practical nesting material and is available at many bird stores and garden centers.
  • Hummer nests are often re-used, wholly or in part. Leave a nest in place.

Hummingbird Nectar Recipe
1. Combine one part plain white, granulated table sugar and four parts water.
2. Slowly heat the solution for 1-2 minutes to help the sugar dissolve and slow fermentation.
3. Allow the solution to cool completely before filling feeders.
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Engaging Youth:
Oneida County Takes the AIS
Fight to the Next Generation

Organic Chicken Farm in Georgia has Become an Endless Buffet
​for Bald Eagles

Montana Landowners are Hooked on Luring Eagles with Deer Carcasses
​INTERESTING?!

A Teen Scientist Helped me Discover
Tons of Golf Balls
​Polluting the Ocean

Bald Eagle Watching & Nest Counts

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Photo by Brian Collins
     Fly in to one of the bald eagle watching events in Wisconsin this year. Bald Eagle Watching Days in Sauk Prairie, Jan. 18-19, starts them off and features the live release of up to three rehabilitated eagles by Marge Gibson and the Raptor Education Group, Inc. 

We're Losing Monarchs!

Behind the Scenes at one of the Midwest's
Biggest ​Organic Cranberry Farms
​As soon as cranberries appear in my
​co-op each October, I launch into full holiday mode...

Check out this great
ENDANGERED SPECIES
​resource!
(NHC)
​Natural Heritage Conservation Program

Lumber Company's Gift of Land
Opens More Than 4 Miles of Undeveloped Shoreline on Northwoods Lake to Public​

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Nearly 4.4 miles of natural shoreline along Katherine Lake in Oneida County was included in the Yawkey Lumber Co.'s donation of 430 acres of forest and wetlands to the Northwoods Land Trust. (Photo: Northwoods Land Trust)

The Sweet and Tart Legacy of Wisconsin's Cranberry Crop

According to the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association, the
cranberry industry provides nearly $1 billion in annual revenue for Wisconsin, which produces over
half the world's
supply of this tart
and tiny fruit.)
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(Photo: Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association)

What the World Needs Now. . .

      “Drain the swamp” has long meant getting rid of something distasteful. Actually, the world needs more swamps. . .

​      Click on the button below to get the full story.

Great Lakes Restoration

      A report released Tuesday claims federal dollars invested in Great Lakes restoration efforts are returning far more back to the regional economy.  Click on the button below to read the whole story.

Northern Wisconsin Project Seeks To
'Slow The Flow' Of Stormwater

Please click on the button below for the story.

Goats and Humans Fighting Invasive Plants, One Munch at a Time!

Environmental Transformation Spells Brighter Future for Redonda's Fantastic Beasts...

Check out our ​Creature Feature page!
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Here's a step-by-step process
of how we sowed our seed at
​a seed sowing party. 
Watch and Learn!

Wisconsin is "fluttering" 

     Over the last few months, Northern Wisconsin has been fluttering with Painted Ladies.  People who have planted late-blooming flowers in their gardens should take a look.  Take special note of our locally growing native species, like Purple Asters on the left!  Painted Ladies (butterflies) love asters!

     Watch the video of a Painted Lady feeding on a Zinnia below, shot by our own Oneida County Conservationist. Click on the Painted Lady Feeding button.
     You can also read about the recent problem in Denver caused by butterflies.  Click on the Butterflies button. 
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