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Green Bay collaborations help restore wildlife, wetlands

Green Bay collaborations help restore wildlife, wetlands

An effort to restore Northern pike habitat in Green Bay is also benefiting other wildlife species and raising local awareness about the effects of climate change. The primary goal of the multicounty collaboration was to create fish passage openings by building...

2025 Minocqua Dragon Boat Festival

2025 Minocqua Dragon Boat Festival

Event Details Paddles Up! The Minocqua Dragon Boat Festival is a fun, free, family event that has entertained thousands since it started in 2016. Over 152 teams have paddled from across 13 states and Canada. This excitement and energy have also had an immense impact...

Rhinelander’s Boom Lake Boat Races

Rhinelander’s Boom Lake Boat Races

There was a time when Boom Lake in Rhinelander wasn’t just a quiet, scenic waterway, it was a Northwoods’ racetrack. As Rhinelander’s sawmilling era declined, and the old log booms that gave the lake it's name were removed, Boom Lake gradually transformed from an...

Wisconsin group empowers women to restore prairies, pollinators

Wisconsin group empowers women to restore prairies, pollinators

June is National Pollinator Month and a local agricultural group which aims to empower women in conservation is bringing awareness to how prairie restoration can aid the declining population of bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Through its Wisconsin Women in...

New Potawatomi Chairman selected

New Potawatomi Chairman selected

The Forest County Potawatomi Community has elected a new Chairman. A post on the Forest County Potawatomi Community Facebook page congratulated Chairman Brooks Boyd Sr. He had previously been serving on the Potawatomi Executive Council. Boyd follows James Crawford in...

Top 10 Largest Lakes in the U.S.

Top 10 Largest Lakes in the U.S.

From tiny ponds to bodies of water the size of entire countries, the United States is home to hundreds of thousands of lakes. America’s lakes create natural habitats for countless fish, bird, and amphibian species and play a key role in everything from recreation to...

Garlic mustard aphids may help to slow down the invasive plant

Garlic mustard aphids may help to slow down the invasive plant

Hopes are one non-native species may help slow down another. Garlic mustard is one of the earliest invasive plants to be found in the spring. It’s widespread throughout Wisconsin. Hopes are the garlic mustard aphid may help by munching on the plants. The aphid was...