Blake Richard
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Hardwoood Hearings
“Walleye chop,” my dad shouted from the back of the canoe as we paddled in the wind across one of the many lakes in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA). The waves lapped against our canoe, and the trees tossed in the breeze along the jagged shore.
Lakeland trap team shoots at the 8th annual Northwoods Invitational
The Lakeland High School trap team competed with 16 other teams in the Northwoods Invitational May 15 to 17 in Harshaw and Minocqua. An event that offered opportunities for athletes to shoot trap singles, trap doubles, skeet, and sporting clays, the event was divided between the Harshaw Sports Club and the Minocqua Gun Club to accommodate shooters from all 17 teams.
Midges emerge in Northwoods
Joining the warmer weather, insects have started to emerge, and among them are various species of midges. The short-lived midges swarm along our lakes and provide an important food source for the rest of the environment.
Rice restoration efforts at Spur Lake State Natural Area
Twenty thousand years ago, when the glacier over northern Wisconsin slowly receded north, a chunk of it broke off and got lodged in the ground about five miles south of Three Lakes. Eventually, temperatures warmed and that giant ice cube that was left behind melted to form what is now known as Spur Lake State Natural Area.
Hardwoood Hearings
In all my towering love of the Northwoods, deer hunting admittedly never really left a rut in my repertoire of desired activities. I’ve harvested a few deer and enjoy the time outside and traditional family and friend company, but without a doubt would rather be holding a shotgun or camera eyeing up my feather obsession.
Conclusion of CDAC meetings
The Citizen Deer Advisory Council (CDAC) meetings have concluded for Deer Management Unit (DMU) 117 and 120, which make up most of the rest of Vilas and Oneida counties with DMUs 116, 121, and 122.
A peeping proclamation
Our ephemeral residents have begun their cacophony of amphibious acoustics, and I have followed their serenade to the topographies of true.
Fire for fowl
Any woods walker who wanders the trunks this time of year can hear the crunchy needles or leaves beneath them. Before any substantial amount of rain saturates our forests and before any new green growth sprouts to the sky and shades the understory, fire season engulfs our arid and fuel-rich landscape.
