Natural Connections: November is a Sigh with Lois Nestel

This week's outdoor features story by Emily Stone, Naturalist/Education Director at the Cable Natural History Museum.

"Possessed? Sure I’m possessed—by an overwhelming sense of wonder at and gratitude for the experiences I’ve had."

Board approved with amendments the Wisconsin DNR revised 2023 Wisconsin Wolf Management Plan and an administrative rule for wolves.

'As with humans, the weirdest organisms are often the most interesting.'

"Dampness cooled my fingers as I lifted softened wood out of the limp maple leaves."

'The mystery noise had followed us! But since we survived it the previous night, I assumed we’d survive again.'

The campsite on Winchell Lake is one of the most desirable, although it is not silent after dark.

State law requires that the DNR enact a 3-year baiting and feeding ban in counties where CWD has been detected.

"Now that the spell was broken, we talked excitedly about what we’d just seen. We no longer needed to listen intently for the elk."

Help Slow The Spread Of CWD This Season: Avoid Baiting And Feeding Deer.

The Northwoods are receiving new waves of southern species.

Understand the difference between elk and white-tailed deer this hunting season.

Kali Sipp is from Wild Rose, WI and recently graduated with a degree in geoscience from Northland College.

Emily Stone - Naturalist/Education Director at the Cable Natural History Museum.

Japanese knotweed can grow through porous surfaces, damaging foundations.

September marks the beginning of the breeding season for elk, with the season running through October.

The American Pelecinid Wasp has a scary-looking tail that won’t sting you. Only the larvae of Junebugs need be afraid.

"Even from the highway, we could tell that this rock outcrop was cool."

Over the last five years, 70% of fatal crashes involving operators or passengers under the age of 18 occurred on private lands.

Emily Stone is the Naturalist/Education Director at the Cable Natural History Museum.

"Community Science has taught me a new way to appreciate the finer details of the Northwoods."

Bonus antlerless harvest authorizations, formerly known as tags, announced.

Ten years ago the Cable Community Farm broke ground through a daunting thatch of quack grass in its location just north of Cable.