Citizen Scientists Help Answer Ecological Questions
As Director of the UW-Madison Arboretum, Karen Oberhauser oversees over a thousand acres of land in the heart of Madison. ...
The Resurrection Of Lord God Bird
Birds are dominating the spotlight at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum this month as the acclaimed Birds in Art ...
What I Mow Around
Mowing the lawn, a simple task that’s got to be done every so often during the summer. That is unless ...
Dispatches from The Wild: On Writing, Trail Work, And Falling in Love with The Challenge
Nature and writing have a long history. Rebekah Morrisson is following in that tradition building worlds with her words and ...
The Welcome Oak
Many of us have an affinity for certain trees. For Robert Root, it’s an oak that welcomed him to a ...
Synchronicity In Nature And Life
The Niagara Escarpment stretches from New York to Wisconsin and shapes the geological, environmental, and human history of all that ...
A Lifetime Of Reading And Loving Aldo Leopold
Many people have been inspired by the works of Aldo Leopold. Ron Weber first picked up the Sand County Almanac ...
Humans Teach Cranes To Be Cranes In Baraboo
The International Crane Foundation, based in Baraboo, works around the world to save cranes. Producer Breann Schossow spent a day ...
Professional Cyclist Competes In Grueling Bicycle Sport
Cyclocross is called the steeplechase of cycling, and professional racer Brian Matter is hooked on it. It's kind of a ...
Wisconsin Life #308: “Picture This”
A nature photographer, a cyclocross enthusiast and a couple that runs an animal sanctuary are among the Wisconsin people sharing ...
The Wiccans Of Barneveld
Wicca is a pagan religion that taps into the magic of nature. At a church outside Barneveld, wiccans have formed ...
Artist Captures Wisconsin Landscapes Using Chinese Painting Technique
Sitting in her home studio, painter Charlotte Fung Miller seems to have everything within reach: rolls of rice paper piled ...
Whimsical Essay Describes Lure Of Door County
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to the summer travel season. Writer Catherine Jagoe describes her favorite annual road ...
The Comfort Of A Leopold Bench
I remember my first Wisconsin hike, ten years ago, just after moving here from Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. I stepped from ...
A Favorite Tree
A few weeks ago a friend posted a photo online of his “favorite tree,” a magnificent sugar maple in his ...