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Stevenson and Tanaka know that the infrastructure that holds the land, water, air, and the earth’s living creatures in a delicate balancing act has begun to dangerously sway. It is what they offer to steady the environmental pyramid and to teach others to participate that has gleaned them recognition and praise. Reading through the letters of recommendation for the award, 80-year-old Jim Stevenson’s and Tara Tanaka’s plaudits include dozens of laudatory letters from conservation organizations across Florida. One could believe they are a compilation of the accolades of three or four peop...

The secret is simply to be there when it happens. Written By: Sam Cook, for the News Tribune | 5:00 am, Apr. 7, 2021 × Sam Cook Here they come now, bugling their progress through the dawn’s early light. Their cruising altitude is just over the tapered tips of some mature spruces. Canada geese, on the move. It seems as if I could reach up and touch their downy underbellies. I glance up, and now the 747s of waterfowl are just above us. I can see their outstretched necks, watch the way their fuselages rise and fall with each wingbeat. The morning light, low and rich, bathes the bell...

AJ TaylorDecember 28, 2020Last Updated: February 28, 2021 If you’re looking for something to do during the long, cold nights of winter, especially now that Covid is keeping many people indoors, you might want to consider joining the Winnebago County Conservation Board’s Book Club! The first meeting will be over Zoom on Saturday morning, February 27 th, from 10:00-11:00 AM. The book that the club will be reading this winter is Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, first published in 1949. Aldo Leopold was born in Iowa in 1887 and was a conservationist, forester, philosopher, educator, w...

Conservation Hall of Fame to add Eldred, hold virtual ceremony in 2021 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Tim Eisele Gary Eldred of Boscobel will be inducted in the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame in April 2021. The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame will hold a virtual ceremony April 24 to honor four members, the organization announced Thursday. Since last year's event was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2021 ceremony will include recognitions of those it planned to fete in 2020 – Stephen Born, Jens Jensen and Stanley Temple – as well as ...

arinahabich/Getty Images Dick Cates and Robert and Carol Bartholomew are honored at the WFBF annual convention. Dec 11, 2020 Kevin Krentz was elected president of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation and Rural Mutual Insurance Co. on Dec. 7. He is a dairy farmer from Berlin in Waushara County.  Krentz was first elected to the WFBF board of directors in 2012 to represent District 5, which includes Adams, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Juneau, Marquette, Waushara and Winnebago counties. He is president of Krentz Family Dairy Inc. Krentz started his farming career i...