by Katherine Babcock | Dec 20, 2024 | News
By Katie Thoreson, WXPR – December 19, 2024 Strapping his canoe back into his truck bed, Brian Biermier remembers Spur Lake in the 70s when wild rice grew thick on the Oneida County lake. “It was solid rice, shore to shore, you could not see the water,” said...
by Kayla Littleton | Nov 14, 2024 | Conservation Corner
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...
by Kayla Littleton | Nov 7, 2024 | Conservation Corner
Forest County Emergency Management & the City of Crandon Airport partnered with University of Wisconsin to install a high-tech weather station. Wisconsin’s Environmental Mesonet (WiscoNet) Program is supported by a $2.3 million grant from the University of...
by Kayla Littleton | Oct 31, 2024 | Conservation Corner
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...
by Kayla Littleton | Oct 24, 2024 | Conservation Corner
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...
by Kayla Littleton | Oct 10, 2024 | Conservation Corner
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...
