‘A Spring Song’: Reconnecting with nature after the winter thaw
As winter fades and Wisconsin begins to thaw, the changing season brings renewal not only to the land but also ...
White pine eulogy: Honoring the many lives of a Wisconsin tree
A white pine in northern Wisconsin stood for more than 150 years before it met ultimate fate. Writer Ron Weber ...
Freezing Man: Wisconsin’s small town version of Burning Man
Lakes across Wisconsin this time of year are dotted in ice shanties, bonfires and bundled people brave enough to face ...
From backyard garden to high-tech strawberry farm
A journey from Hawaii to Wisconsin landed horticulturalist Erin Warner a lead role at Warm Belly Farm in Fort Atkinson. ...
‘Evergreen’: Contemplating mortality — and the trees — on the family land
Profound loss has a way of never going away. Writer Amy Fleury moves through her grief on her family’s land, ...
Marveling at the return of a once endangered bird at Bald Eagle Watching Days
People flocked to Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin in mid-January for the annual Bald Eagle Watching Days. As Christina Lieffring tells ...
Windsor rehabilitator nurtures injured squirrels and rabbits back to health
Baby squirrels need a lot of attention. In Windsor, Wisconsin, Holly Hill-Putnam answers the call. It’s not every day someone ...
Peshtigo pair ‘proud to be part of this rotting world’
Mary Ellen Kozak grew up with mushrooms. Despite being raised in Detroit, she would often return to her family’s farm ...
Wisconsin Life: Blackbird Creative Lab at Yerkes Observatory
Angela Fitzgerald visits the Blackbird Creative Lab at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, where art and science collide. While the ...
Art meets astronomy at revitalized Yerkes Observatory
Since 1897, the small community of Williams Bay on the shores of Lake Geneva have provided an astronomical amount of ...
Left to my own devices: Maneuvering life after an icy fall
Winter slips and falls are dangerous and can be debilitating. While Milwaukee’s Shauna Singh Baldwin was recovering from her slip ...
‘And they call it deer hunting’: Appreciating nature in the midst of the wait
A lot of deer hunting consists of sitting around, waiting patiently in the woods for the perfect moment. As writer ...
Scientist’s underwater research is helping lake groups
To the untrained eye, lake health may seem most obvious from the surface: the presence of smells, foams or blue-green ...
‘Requiem for a Hope’: Honoring the spruce and other old trees
Most of us wouldn’t think twice about cutting down an old evergreen that has grown more brown than green. But ...
Pigeon racing takes flight on New Richmond farm
Waking up to greet the day, Liz Beukema reaches for the alarm every morning at 4:20 a.m. She crates her ...