Annual Native Plant Sale!

Annual Native Plant Sale!

Once again, we are going to have our Annual Native Plant Sale! Native plants are a great way to attract bird, butterflies, and bees to your property. They can also help to stop erosion and sediment loss on shorelines. Consider planting native plants this summer...

Wisconsin Wildlife in the Winter

Wisconsin Wildlife in the Winter

Wisconsin wildlife have evolved a range of adaptations to help them survive the harsh winter conditions that we experience here in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Conditions like extreme cold that we have been having this winter, deep snow (that we have yet to get this...

Winter Salt Awareness Week

Winter Salt Awareness Week

Each year the DNR and Wisconsin Salt Wise invite the public to learn about the impacts of road salt on our drinking water and freshwater ecosystems during Winter Salt Awareness Week. This year it is January 27th-31st. It is a series of YouTube livestreams with...

What is a Geographic Information System (GIS)?

What is a Geographic Information System (GIS)?

In the Forest County Land Conservation and Land Information Department, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are used every day. I am sure you use GIS in your everyday life and you might not even know it. If you use Google maps to get directions or find a restaurant...

Consider Invasives while Ice Fishing

Consider Invasives while Ice Fishing

Did you know that aquatic invasive species (AIS) can still be spread even during the winter? Invasive species are non-native plants, animals and diseases that cause great ecological, environmental, or economic harm. Aquatic invasive species can crowd out native plants...

Forest County Awarded Grant for Orthoimagery

Forest County Awarded Grant for Orthoimagery

Every 5 years Forest County partners with the Wisconsin Regional Orthoimagery Consortium (WROC) to update the county’s orthoimagery. Orthoimagery is a geometrically corrected aerial photograph. Orthoimagery has been the foundation of regional mapping efforts in...

Buckthorn in our Forests

Buckthorn in our Forests

  Buckthorn in our Forests This week I’d like to talk about an invasive species that can be easily seen in the fall.  Buckthorn is an invasive plant that most commonly looks like a shrub, but once mature can form into a small tree. There are two main varieties of...

Disposing of your Halloween Pumpkins

Disposing of your Halloween Pumpkins As the Halloween season comes to an end, here are a few ways you can properly dispose of your pumpkins that are beginning to rot and mold. There are proper ways to dispose of your pumpkins to mitigate both methane release and the...

Ruffed Grouse Population Increases in Northern WI

The ruffed grouse is a native Wisconsin species and popular upland hunting bird. Those of us in Forest County are familiar with them. We often see them on gravel roads in the fall and hear the thumping of their wings when walking in the woods. Their population is...

Fall Colors in Forest County

  Fall Colors in Forest County have peaked in the last few weeks. During the peak color this photo was taken from our drone. The Forest County Land Conservation/Land Information Department has a DJI Matrice 300 RTK drone that has many different uses in the...