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The Lake Where You Live
It happens this time every year where Sheep Ranch Road traces the shore of Elna Lake. Painted turtles come out of the water and dig nests in the warm sand of the road shoulder. On my evening bicycle rides I see the turtles, maybe four or five along a quarter-mile …
Hardwoood Hearings
Remind me, sky, of my tilted footprints beneath your drenching upset stomach bound to the brim of my ball cap. Spit back out each smile that accompanied the atmospheric rivers who thrust castaway driftwood upon the sandy barrier beside the Bay.
Long-tailed ducks on Lake Michigan
A study recently published in The Journal of Wildlife Management explained how researchers on Lake Michigan conducted a long-tailed duck hunter survey out of Two Rivers to help address a lack of harvest information and discuss management implications for the species. It was part of a larger study of long-tailed …
U.P. Trappers Convention and Outdoor Expo in Escanaba July 10-11
Maybe it’s because there were lots of cold, frosty nights in May this year in the U.P. Maybe it’s because fur prices are improving — but for some reason trappers seem to be getting fired up early; many are already thinking about the October openers!
DNR seeking landowners to host fall gun deer hunt for hunters with disabilities
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds landowners who are interested in sponsoring a Gun Deer Hunt For Hunters With Disabilities to enroll their properties, by July 1. There have been some changes to the program dates for fall 2026.
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DNR now accepting artwork for annual bird stamp contest
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds artists it is now accepting artwork entries for the Wild Turkey, Pheasant and Waterfowl Stamp Design Contests. The winning designs will appear on the 2027 collection of stamps.
Oneida County Public Health begins beach testing
The Oneida County Health Department (OCHD) began testing water at public beaches, including Buck Lake Beach in Rhinelander, Boom Lake Beach in Rhinelander, Sugar Camp Public Beach in Sugar Camp, Torpy Park in Minocqua and Maple Lake Beach in Three Lakes.
Northwoods Six‑County Lakes and Rivers Meeting to highlight Oneida County Lake Classification Project
Oneida County’s new Lake Classification Project will be featured at the 2026 Northwoods Six‑County Lakes and Rivers Meeting, scheduled for Friday, July 17, at James Williams Middle School in Rhinelander.
Wisconsin groups host town hall opposing proposed repeal of National Forest ‘Roadless Rule’
Nearly 100 Wisconsin residents gathered on June 4 for a town hall meeting where dozens voiced objections to the U.S. Forest Service’s proposal to repeal the longstanding Roadless Rule, a federal policy that has protected undeveloped national forest lands from new road construction and logging for more than two decades. …
Northwoods Yard & Garden
Warm weather has prevailed over Wisconsin much of June, and the summer solstice is just days away. Exactly what conditions this summer will bring is difficult to predict, but there are some maintenance strategies to help lawns look their best and tolerate whatever temperatures or rainfall extremes that may occur.
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Northwoods Almanac
We picked our first wild strawberries on 6/9. And so begins the delicious summer berry season, with Juneberries next to follow. I’ve quoted this before about strawberries, but it always bears repeating: “Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless, God never did.” - 17th-century English physician Dr. …
Hardwoood Hearings
A lot of the nooks and crannies in my frictionally wrinkled life are filled with duck calls. They call to me and I hear their voices between the spinning helter skelter as I wait for fall every year.
The Lake Where You Live
They were sitting around in the American Legion Bar in up Three Lakes the other night – “just topping off the tanks” is the way Steady Eddy puts it…
Bugles in the Badger State
As within the last couple years, roughly 25,000 state residents recently submitted an elk tag application before the May 31 deadline. To remember a time when elk were on Wisconsin’s landscape prior to successful reintroduction, you have to go all the way back to 1886. That year, the last known …
‘Walk on the Wild Side’ series this summer at Minocqua Winter Park
Minocqua Winter Park announces a full season’s worth of its “Walk on the Wild Side” series! In addition to the June 28 event, “Explore the Secret Lives of Northern Wisconsin’s Most Popular Fishes,” the series will offer presentations on a number of Northwoods wonders.
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