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Witness To A Gale: Great Lakes Storms

Gales on Lake Michigan can be as destructive as hurricanes, attracting thrill seekers as curious as the tornado chasers on ...

The Hermit And The Goshawk

The hermit had a name but no one knew it, or almost no one did.  Francis Zirrer, an import from ...

A Wisconsin Astronaut Returns Home

Monday marks the anniversary of the first moon landing. Many of us have since dreamed of boldly going where few ...

Urban Foraging: Elderflowers In Madison

Elderberries grow abundantly in ditches, stream beds, and along bike paths in Wisconsin. Forager and chef Lee Davenport has been harvesting ...

Artist Creates Piece From The Destruction Of A Tornado

When a series of tornadoes hit Verona on June 17, 2014, the town was hit hard. Trees, a school, barns, and homes ...

A Favorite Tree

A few weeks ago a friend posted a photo online of his “favorite tree,” a magnificent sugar maple in his ...

Seeing Wisconsin From a Unique Perspective

E. Arti Wulandari’s Wisconsin Life started in Fall of 2006, when she began graduate study at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. ...

Extra-Terrestrial

Along the Ice Age Trail, near Portage County’s Trunk T, is a short spur that delivers me, chute-like, from the ...

Extra-Terrestrial

Along the Ice Age Trail, near Portage County’s Trunk T, is a short spur that delivers me, chute-like, from the ...

Snowbirds Migrate Home to Wisconsin

In a flash of orange and red, the first red-winged blackbird of our drive north glides along a fence line ...

Alice in Dairyland, Wisconsin’s Agricultural Royalty

Walking around the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds with Zoey Brooks is like walking around with a celebrity. Everywhere we go, people ...

Discovering An Ecosystem

Lately, I have been on the trail of a muskrat.  Before winter, his muddy mound of a home appeared through ...

Winter Tale

You’re probably looking forward to spring. The birdsong. The trees leafing out and the tulips pressing through the mud. The ...