Better than Batman: Superheroic efforts to survey Wisconsin’s bats
Experience a night surveying Wisconsin’s bats with guest blogger, Lindsay Mayer.
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Community conservation: Over 30 years of the C.D. Besadny Conservation Grant Program
Created in 1990, the Besadny Program fosters responsible stewardship of Wisconsin’s lands, waters, and wildlife by supporting grassroots, community-based projects.
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The biggest, baddest Big Day
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Protecting the state’s wood turtles, one garden at a time
By David Zeug, Foundation guest blogger Any day on the Brule River is a good day. What I didn’t realize when I heard the commotion behind me was that this November day was going to become even more special and lead to a fascination with the wood turtle. Like a buck chasing a doe, the […]
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The birding bond: Father and son together take on the Great Wisconsin Birdathon
By Matt Reetz, executive director of the Madison Audubon Society, Foundation guest blogger I’m pulled from a deep slumber by a gentle tapping on my elbow. I can hear a faint whisper. My fog lifts slowly and my squinted eyes adjust enough to find the clock. It’s 5:58am on a Sunday. There is a small, […]
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Bad River Youth Outdoors: Good waters, good life
Bad River Youth Outdoors is gearing up for its third summer of watershed education with tribal youth from the Bad River Ojibwe Indian Reservation.
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Of birds and snakes on the Osa Peninsula
By Connie and Peter Roop, Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin members While hiking the Osa peninsula of Costa Rica with the Natural Resources Foundation, the deadly fer de lance, one of the most venomous snakes on Earth, slithered right between us. We looked at each other and agreed—it was time to make our will. We […]
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Seeking spruce grouse
By Sunil Gopalan, guest blogger and Foundation member I had been eyeing the NRF field trip to seek out the elusive spruce grouse since I first heard of it being offered last year. The spruce grouse is one of those secretive species that makes you work for it and even then, it is mostly sighted […]
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Celebrating a season of spring ephemerals on state natural areas
Discover the best places in Wisconsin to see ephemeral plants in action!
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Get involved in one of Wisconsin’s many great citizen science opportunities
By Lisa Gaumnitz, NRF volunteer and local freelancer My husband and I settled onto a camping pad on a hill overlooking a pond and waited in the dark. Armed with binoculars, hot coffee and a clipboard, we were ready for the start of our second stint as participants in the Annual Midwest Crane Count. Our […]
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