by Forest County Land Conservation | Aug 9, 2021 | Conservation Corner
In 2019, Governor Tony Evers declared it the Year of Clean Drinking Water. As part of the state-wide initiative to ensure Wisconsinites have access to clean, safe drinking water, Gov. Evers signed Executive Order #40 in August 2019 to address the issue of...
by Forest County Land Conservation | Aug 2, 2021 | Conservation Corner, Invasive Species
This week we finished mapping the county roads for Wild Parsnip and Purple Loosestrife locations. We noted that the Wild Parsnip has bolted (flowered and gone to seed) and is pretty much done causing problems for the year. Next spring, we will begin...
by Forest County Land Conservation | Jul 23, 2021 | Conservation Corner, Invasive Species
Every summer at my household, my wife collects milkweed and monarch butterfly eggs. She’ll put the milkweed and eggs in a large terrarium and then has her daycare monitor their growth and transformation from caterpillars to butterflies. She usually is able...
by Forest County Land Conservation | Jul 19, 2021 | Conservation Corner
Blue-green algae, also known as Cyanobacteria, are a group of photosynthetic bacteria that many people refer to as “pond scum.” Blue-green algae are most often blue-green in color, but can also be blue, green, reddish-purple, or brown. Blue-green algae...
by Michelle Gobert | Jun 22, 2021 | Lake news
Forest County Association of Lakes (FCAL) is proud to announce this year’s essay contest winners from the 5th and 6th grades of Crandon, Laona and Wabeno schools. This year’s essay theme was “ Aquatic Invasive Species...
by Forest County Land Conservation | Jun 17, 2021 | Conservation Corner
As a musky fisherman, I consistently hear walleye fishermen stating that they’d catch more walleyes if it weren’t for the muskies eating them all. They’ll say, “if we’re not catching walleye, then something else must be.” But, people’s beliefs about who’s eating who...
