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A Kewaskum, Wis., family has four prairie strips on their farm. Read about their journey establishing this and other conservation practices.

New Mexico Leopold Conservation Award Finalists Named Ute Creek Cattle Company of Bueyeros in Harding County. Courtesy/Sand County Foundation LEOPOLD CONSERVATION AWARD News: ®. Given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, the prestigious award recognizes farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners who inspire others with their dedication to land, water, and wildlife habitat management on private, working lands. The finalists are: JX Ranch of Tucumcari in Quay County: Tom and Mimi Sidwell have adopted grazing practices that create a resilient landscape and mitigate drought. These e...

Interlochen Public Radio Brian Granger looks out over the Elizabeth Hoffman Nature Preserve in Charlevoix, in search of woodcock. There’s an elusive bird in northern Michigan. It’s there, if you know where to look for it. Right where fields and wetlands meet – that’s this bird’s bread and butter. And in spring time, you’ll see it dancing at dawn or dusk when it’s safer from hawks. The woodcock is a dull-colored bird just a little bigger than a robin. But don’t let the coloring fool you – this little bird is really cool. That’s because at this rare point of the day, when ...

It’s been more than two years since visitors walked the grounds of the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, and the rare and endangered cranes there are ready to welcome them back with their charismatic calls, dances and even a few newly laid eggs.  The ICF, which operates in 55 countries around the world, closed its Baraboo headquarters in November 2018 to undergo a $10 million renovation, with plans to reopen to visitors last summer.  But the coronavirus pandemic put reopening on hold until this year. Now that local and national health guidelines have loosened, the ICF is ...

We will leave our winter home in Cedar Key, Florida, and return to our home place east of River Falls, Wisconsin this week. We will be in time to watch spring happen again. Around here in Florida the white pelicans, turkey vultures, robins and most of the warblers have already migrated north. Deciduous trees and bald cypress have been leafed out since late February.  Blue flag iris, spiderwort and Magnolia trees have blossomed. Ticks, chiggers, deer flies, mosquitoes and sand gnats are out in force now. We’re “snowbirds” here and don’t want to become “sweatersâ€�...