Twelve Gifts of Conservation
As we head into the holiday season, I’d like to highlight the Twelve Gifts of Conservation that we get when we conserve natural resources. Each breath of air, sip of water and bite of food you will ever…
Let’s Talk Turkey
The wild turkey is one of wildlife conservation’s greatest success stories in the United States, including Wisconsin. In the early 19th Century, the wild turkey was reduced to a population of just 30,000. Today, the population numbers about…
Christmas Trees
Hope you had a terrific Thanksgiving with family, friends and a lot of food. To the hunters, hope you had a rewarding gun hunt. Now, we’ll start hearing the Christmas music and Christmas shopping will commence. Have you…
Deer Hunt 2022
Conservation Corner Conservation Corner is a weekly article produced by the Forest County Land &Water Conservation Department. For more information contact Steve Kircher, County Conservationist-Land Information/GIS Director at 715-478-1387 or by e-mail at . As you read this…
Downy vs Hairy Woodpecker – Identification Tips
Downy vs. Hairy Woodpeckers – Identification Tips The other morning, I was enjoying my coffee with the birds. There was a woodpecker on one of the suet feeders and I identified it as a Downy woodpecker. Well, one…
Deer are threatening American forests. Is more hunting the solution?
Excerpts from: https://grist.org/science/deer-are-threatening-american-forests-is-morehunting-the-solution/ Across the United States, the deer population has ballooned in recent years to an estimated 30 million. Once a rare sight, deer have become something of a pest, spreading disease and causing fatal car accidents…