Wildlife Archives - Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Fund

by Hannah Schroepfer | Sep 15, 2020 | Featured, Wildlife

This endowment fund will provide sustainable support to protect Wisconsin’s turtles, toads, frogs, lizards, snakes, and salamanders for future generations.

Backyard Birding with the Great Wisconsin Birdathon

by Sarah Cameron | Sep 11, 2020 | Great Wisconsin Birdathon, Wildlife

This year the Great Wisconsin Birdathon participants took part in the Backyard Birding Challenge, finding an incredible 185 species in their own backyards!

Tracking the Phantoms: A Red-shouldered Hawk Telemetry Study

by Jaime Kenowski | Aug 24, 2020 | Great Wisconsin Birdathon, Wildlife

In 2018 the Foundation helped fund the first attempt to monitor Wisconsin’s red-shouldered hawk with more advanced telemetry technology.

Feathers – Finders Keepers? Not Really . . .

by Blog Contributer | Jul 2, 2020 | Wildlife

For generations, feathers have been used in many decorative ways. Once removed from the bird, there is no way to know how they were acquired. The federal migratory bird act of 1972 put specific laws in place to protect all birds to keep them from being killed for their feathers.

Conservation Dogs Lend a Paw in Bumble Bee Surveys

by Blog Contributer | Jun 19, 2020 | Education, Wildlife

Thanks to the incredible support from the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Pollinator Protection Fund, Midwest Conservation Dogs, Inc. has begun training professional detection dogs to locate bumble bee nests.