Past Headlines

December 18, 2025: NRB member Marcy West joins forces with Natural Resources Foundation (Outdoor News)

November 24, 2025: Cherish Fund seeks to fill gaps in state conservation (WORT)

November 11, 2025: $100K for Wildlife Restoration, work planned in Fond Du Lac County (WeAreGreenBay.com)

November 11, 2025: Cherish Wisconsin Outdoors Fund provides $100,000 to projects in the state (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

November 11, 2025: Cherish allocates over $100K to habitat projects in multiple counties (Hoodline MKE)

November 11, 2025: Grant funds to improve wildlife habitat in Fond du Lac and Dodge counties (Fox11)

November 10, 2025: Grants from Cherish Fund will support habitat (Wisconsin DNR)

October 10, 2025: Support public lands when renewing your hunting or fishing license (Outdoors Radio)

October 2, 2025: Watching the morning swarm at Nelson Dewey State Park (WPR)

September 25, 2025: Cherish Wisconsin Fund reaches milestone $3 million mark (Outdoor News)

September 24, 2025: Great Wisconsin Birdathon raises record $127,000 (WJJQ Northwoods)

September 23, 2025: Cherish Wisconsin Outdoors Fund hits $3 million (The Outdoor Wire)

September 22, 2025: $3 million milestone for conservation efforts (Hoodline Milwaukee)

September 22, 2025: Protecting the places we cherish (WNR Magazine)

September 22, 2025: Cherish Wisconsin Outdoors Fund hits $3 million (WDNR)

September 11, 2025: Protecting Wisconsin’s public lands through the Cherish Fund (Madison Locally Sourced)

August 18, 2025: Winged wonders take flight soon (Door County Pulse)

June 27, 2025: NRF Field Trips win Governor’s Outdoor Industry Award (WI Office of Outdoor Recreation)

June 16, 2025: Springtime birding on the Kickapoo (The County Line)

June 3, 2025: White throated sparrow takes first place in fattest bird competition (Great Lakes Echo)

May 14, 2025: Fat Bird Week returns (Newsomatic)

May 12, 2025: Wisconsin Fat Bird Week winner (Civic Media: Matenaer on Air at 15:50)

May 12, 2025: Winner announced in Wisconsin Fat Bird Week contest (WSAW)

May 12, 2025: Fat Bird Week crowns Spherical White-throated Sparrow as 2025 winner (News8000 La Crosse)

May 12, 2025: Spherical White-throated Sparrow flies away with honors (Green Bay Press-Gazette)

May 12, 2025: The 2025 WI Fat Bird Week winner has been crowned! (WIProud.com)

May 7, 2025: Wisconsin Fat Bird Week 2025 (103.3 The North)

May 2, 2025: Wisconsin Fat Bird Week (TMJ4 What’s Brewing Wisconsin)

May 1, 2025: Taking care of Wisconsin’s birds with Lisa Gaumnitz (Civic Media: Todd Allbaugh Show at 22:45)

May 1, 2025: Wisconsin Fat Bird Week May 2-9 (Door County Pulse)

April 30, 2025: Wisconsin Fat Bird Week celebrates Junco in the Trunko and other chonky feathered friends (Green Bay Press-Gazette)

April 30, 2025: This hour is for the birds (Civic Media: Matenaer on Air at 22:20)

April 28, 2025: Wisconsin Fat Bird Week is coming! (WIProud.com)

April 27, 2025: Wisconsin Fat Bird Week is back (Spooner Advocate)

April 24, 2025: Wisconsin Field Trip Guide 2025 (103.3 The North)

April 23, 2025: Wisconsin Fat Bird Week returns (WAOW)

April 21, 2025: Fat Bird Week flies its way back in May (Fox47)

April 21, 2025: Great Wisconsin Birdathon returns (WJJQ Northwoods)

April 17, 2025: NRF Field Trips (Outdoors Radio at 30:20)

April 17, 2025: Great Wisconsin Birdathon is on (Door County Pulse)

April 16, 2025: Aid species during spring migration (Hoodline MKE)

April 15, 2025: Help birds during spring migration (WDNR)

April 11, 2025: Great WI Birdathon kicks off next week (WKOW)

April 11, 2025: Great WI Birdathon kicks off April 15 (WQOW)

April 10, 2025: 8 Rare birds you can find in Wisconsin (WIProud.com)

April 3, 2025: Field Tripping in Door County (Door County Pulse)

April 3, 2025: Looking to get away in WI? Try an NRF Field Trip (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

March 31, 2025: NRF opens up full list of Field Trip opportunities (WKOW)

March 31, 2025: Enjoy an Outdoor Adventure on NRF Field Trips (WDNR)

March 18, 2025: Great Wisconsin Birdathon (Outdoors Radio show #2013 at 7:10)

March 28, 2025: Wild Things: Field Trips planned (Door County Pulse)

March 19, 2025: Return to Spur Lake Film at Wild and Scenic Film Festival (NBC15)

March 6, 2025: Donate to Cherish with fishing license renewals (Outdoors Radio show #2010 at 7:15)

March 6, 2025: Outdoor opportunities: no experience needed (WNR Magazine)

March 4, 2025: Finding joy again through birding (Madison Locally Sourced)

February 26, 2025: Spend long summer days giving back to our landscape (Madison Magazine)

February 26, 2025: Door County lake photo earns best in state contest (Door County Daily News)

February 21, 2025: Wild things: It’s a fisheye for the win (Door County Pulse)

February 21, 2025: Unique sunrise image wins statewide nature photo contest (Green Bay Press Gazette)

February 18, 2025: Natural Resources Foundation Photo Contest winners (WKOW)

February 14, 2025: DNR and NRF to host virtual climate change film showing (Fox47)

February 13, 2025: New short film highlighting conservation work at Rush Creek (WDNR)

December 16, 2024: Efforts to list the monarch butterfly (WUWM Lake Effect)

November 22, 2024: Cherish Wisconsin Outdoors Fund (Outdoors Radio at 36:05)

November 18, 2024: Land restoration at the Oneida Nation (WORT)

October 30, 2024: Wisconsin conservation efforts boosted with $80,000 in grants (Hoodline Milwaukee)

October 29, 2024: Parks in Dane, Sauk County selected as recipients of Cherish Wisconsin Outdoors Fund (WMTV15)

October 28, 2024: Restoring Lulu Lake State Natural Area (A Wealth of Nature)

October 7, 2024: Students pursue environmental experiences with diversity summer internships (UWM)

September 25, 2024: Conservation film invites all to free screening (WKOW)

September 1, 2024: NRF Field Trip: Banding efforts (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

July 1, 2024: Bringing New Faces to the Field (Madison Locally Sourced)

June 6, 2024: Conservation Innovation: Rush Creek project takes on climate change (WNR Magazine)

May 23, 2024: The Great Wisconsin Birdathon raises funds for bird conservation (WSAW)

May 14, 2024: Wild Rice is starting to grow on Spur Lake (WXPR)

May 6, 2024: 2024 Birdathon with the Flockadelics (Cambridge Deerfield News Independent)

May 6, 2024: Meet Wisconsin’s fat birds! (Newsomatic)

May 2, 2024: Statewide birdwatching marathon raises funds for conservation (Amery Free Press)

May 1, 2024: Wisconsin ‘Fat Bird Week’ crowns a chonky winner (Fox 47)

May 1, 2024: Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin announces winner of Fat Bird Week (WSAW)

May 1, 2024: Horned Lark named Wisconsin’s “chonkiest, floofiest bird” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

April 29, 2024: See What You Can Find: NRF Foraging Trips (Madison Locally Sourced)

April 25, 2024: Forget Fat Bear Week, it’s Fat Bird Week in Wisconsin (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

April 23, 2024: Fat Bird Week (WXOW)

April 23, 2024: BIPOC Birding Club donates birding backpacks to community centers (WUWM)

April 22, 2024: Chunky chicks, conservation shine in first-ever Wisconsin Fat Bird Week (Channel 3000)

April 19, 2024: Great Wisconsin Birdathon (Outdoors Radio)

April 19, 2024: The Great Wisconsin Birdathon is On (WXPR)

April 18, 2024: Come on along with the Great Wisconsin Birdathon (WORT)

April 18, 2024: Celebrating the Great Wisconsin Birdathon (Madison Minute)

April 10, 2024: Cherish WI Outdoors Fund supports habitat management and restoration (Spectrum 1 News)

April 5, 2024: The first Wisconsin Fat Bird Week (WXOW)

April 4, 2024: First ever “Fat Bird Week” takes flight April 19th (Channel 3000)

April 4, 2024: Wisconsin Fat Bird Week voting to begin April 19th (WSAW)

April 3, 2024: Use guidebook to start planning your Wisconsin field trips (WiscNews)

April 1, 2024: Explore Wisconsin’s natural wonders on NRF Field Trips (WI DNR)

March 28, 2024: Field Trips double as conservation fundraisers (Door County Pulse)

March 15, 2024: Birding for a Cause (Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine)

March 14, 2024: NRF field trips provide unique opportunities (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

March 8, 2024: NRF Internships increase diversity in conservation field (Badger Herald)

March 1, 2024: Registration for Field Trips starts April 4th (Outdoors Radio at 30:20)

February 23, 2024: Donate to Cherish WI Outdoors Fund when you renew your fishing license (Outdoors Radio at 16:00)

February 21, 2024: Natural Resources Foundation’s 2024 Field Trips (WPR Larry Meiller show)

February 19, 2024: Young Prairie: Restoration and Recreation (A Wealth of Nature)

February 13, 2024: Join the Wayfarers in exploring the outdoors in Madison and beyond (608 Today)

February 5, 2024: Cherish Wisconsin Outdoors Fund supports habitat restoration in the state (WORT)

December 18, 2023: A bird’s-eye view of conservation – profile of Soumika Gaddameedi (UW Nelson Institute)

December 15, 2023: Diversity in Conservation Internship (WI Natural Resources Magazine)

October 10, 2023: $2,500 grant brings flowers to Grandad Bluff (La Crosse Tribune)

September 12, 2023: Diversity needed to further conservation field (Badger Herald)

September 11, 2023: Natural Resources Foundation hosts annual nature photo contest (WKOW)

August 26, 2023: Environmental groups recruit people of color (AP News)

August 24, 2023: Donate to Cherish WI Outdoors Fund when you renew your hunting license (Outdoors Radio at 27:50)

August 23, 2023: Caitlin Williamson makes sure the Wisconsin conservation show goes on (UW Nelson Institute)

August 22, 2023: Diversity in Conservation Internship aims to welcome new voices to the field (WI State Journal)

July 25, 2023: Wisconsin program fosters diversity in the next generation of conservationists (WUWM)

July 18, 2023: Wisconsin’s pollinators are in danger, and you can help save them (Up North News)

July 10, 2023: Field Trips with the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin (Madison Locally Sourced)

June 23, 2023: Wisconsin’s pollinators get a boost with Natural Resources grant (Fox 11)

June 23, 2023: Property owners can help with pollinator habitats (WJJQ Northwoods)

June 20, 2023: Pollinators are declining, but some Wisconsinites see ways to reverse that trend (WPR)

June 19, 2023: NRF and Wisconsin DNR Team Up to Increase Pollinator Habitat in State Parks (WDNR)

May 25, 2023: 2023 Field Trips (Outdoors Radio at 18:20)

May 22, 2023: DeForest students stay put to do their part in Birdathon (Madison.com)

May 18, 2023: Birding by Train Field Trip (KSTP)

April 27, 2023: Saving Wisconsin’s birds (WORT)

April 24, 2023: What to do in Madison this week: Great Wisconsin Birdathon (Isthmus)

April 10, 2023: Explore Wisconsin with natural resource field trips (WKOW)

April 5, 2023: Great Wisconsin Birdathon launching soon (Outdoors Radio with Dan Small)

April 4, 2023: Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin offers field trips throughout state (Baraboo News Republic)

March 25, 2023: Wisconsin conservation groups issue an SOS for Wisconsin songbirds (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

March 20, 2023: Parks, other projects protect Wisconsin’s pollinators (Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine)

March 9, 2023: Best of Wisconsin’s natural world: NRF field trips are back for 30th year (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

March 2, 2023: Find your flock for the Great Wisconsin Birdathon (Bird City News)

February 16, 2023: Saving migration for Wisconsin’s long-distance migratory birds (WORT)

January 15, 2023: Filling in knowledge on Wisconsin’s elusive salamander, the mudpuppy (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

January 8, 2023: Juneau County receives DNR funding to improve public lands (NBC 15)

January 3, 2023: Grants support Connecticut warbler breeding habitat in Wisconsin (WORT)

December 15, 2022: Research on the needs of migratory birds: the Neotropical Flyways Project (WORT)

November 17, 2022: A first-of-its-kind project is helping land adapt to climate change (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

October 24, 2022: Birding is a traditionally white-dominated space.  One WI group is trying to change that (WPR)

October 12, 2022: DNR and Partners Take Action on Disappearing Songbird (WDNR)

September 29, 2022: Building a Diverse Workforce for the future of conservation (WDNR)

September 13, 2022: WI’s first grassland climate adaptation site is a ‘best case scenario’ for mitigating climate change (WPR)

June 6, 2022: Birders Gather to Raise Funds for Birds and their Habitat (WORT)

May 14, 2022: Wisconsin coalition urges Congress to pass bill that would save habitat and keep species from becoming endangered (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

May 13, 2022: Wisconsin’s natural world is at risk. A bill pending in Congress would help protect it (Green Bay Gazette)

May 2, 2022: Field Trips from the Natural Resources Foundation Show Off Wisconsin from All Angles (Up North News)

April 24, 2022: Go Birding for a Cause with ’22 Great Wisconsin Birdathon (Badger Birder)

March 2022: Field Trips Foster Love of the Outdoors (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Magazine)

March 17, 2022: These field trips explore Wisconsin’s special natural places — including some closed to the public (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

October 11, 2021: Lake Wingra is classroom for Edgewood Campus School students (Wisconsin State Journal)

September 28, 2021: Great Wisconsin Birdathon funds to help birds throughout the Americas (Birdwatching Daily)

June 23, 2021: DNR and Partners Team up to Improve 2,000 Acres of Pollinator Habitat in Southwestern Wisconsin (Lake Superior News)

April 30, 2021: Enjoy “Migration Miracle” And Help Birds in Wisconsin (Antigo Times)

April 11, 2021: North Iowa Nitty Gritty: Goats on the Go isn’t kidding around when it comes to landscaping (Globe Gazette)

March 1, 2021: Outdoor classrooms shouldn’t end with the pandemic (Bloomberg Report)

February 25, 2021: David Clutter talks about the programs of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin and the Cherish Wisconsin Outdoors Fund (Dan Small Outdoors Radio 28:50)

September 18,2020: Wild Things: The Hunt is on for an Escape from COVID-19 Madness (Door County Pulse)

September 12,2020: Mark LaBarbera: A Big Win for Outdoor Recreation in Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal)

September 9, 2020: Focus on Nature:Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin (Price County Review)

July 9,2020: Band Owls, Climb Trees and More on the Popular NRF Field Trips Which are Still on for 2020        (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

May 25, 2020: Birdwatching Blossoms In time of Coronavirus (New York Daily News)

May 9, 2020: Don’t Share the Binoculars: Even Birdwatching has Changed in the Era of COVID-19        (Wisconsin State Journal)

May 4, 2020: Birding is a Socially Distancing Friendly Sport you can do During the Great Wisconsin Birdathon (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

April 27, 2020: Birders Across the State Step up in Response to Bird Loss (The Country Today)

April 22, 2020: Megan Severson and Abe Lenoch: Wisconsin Birding for Beginners (The Cap Times – Madison)

April 20, 2020: Birders Across the State Step up in Response to Wisconsin’s Bird Loss (Lake Milles Leader)

April 22, 2019: Tours offer glimpse of Driftless history (The Country Today)

March 27, 2019: Natural Resources Foundation (Larry Meiller Show)

March 20, 2019: Maple trees signal spring arrival (Portage Daily Register)

March 14, 2019: See secret natural spots and rare species on a field trip with the Natural Resources Foundation (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

December 10, 2018: Winter is prime time to seed milkweed for monarchs (WXPR Radio)

November 13, 2018: Hunters can help improve habitat with donation (WXPR Radio)

October 31, 2018: License buyers can add to Wisconsin’s outdoor legacy (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

October 19, 2018: Connecting, exploring, and engaging at Crestwood Elementary (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction)

October 11, 2018: To tag a butterfly (Isthmus)

September 17, 2018: Two Rivers’ Woodland Dunes braces forested swales as emerald ash borer nears (Herald Times Reporter)

September 1, 2018: Conference in Pewaukee to address decline in swifts, nighthawks and other winged bug-eaters (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

May 30, 2018: Nature and Wildife Writers Roundtable (WPR, min. 0:18:00)

April 6, 2018: Great Wisconsin Birdathon takes flight during Year of the Bird (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

April 5, 2018: The call of the wild: The Wisconsin Master Naturalist program trains volunteers to study and celebrate our state resources (Isthmus)

March 29, 2018: 8 scenic and historical train rides in Wisconsin (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

February 17, 2018: Record number of snowy owls sighted in Wisconsin this winter (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

January 8, 2018: Badger and Arlington take the stage (Project SNOWstorm)

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