Jul 22

News

New Study Heightens Concern for Oregon Vesper Sparrow

New research confirms the Oregon Vesper Sparrow's population could be smaller than scientists previously believed.… Read more >>

Jul 21

Perspectives

White House Plays Down Pesticide Threat to Pollinators

Federal strategy takes a myopic view of neonicotinoid insecticides, an insidious class of chemicals that is deadly to birds, butterflies, honeybees, and other wildlife. … Read more >>

Jun 12

From the Field

Warblers and Woodcock in Minnesota's Wild North

From northern Wisconsin, I traveled west to Minnesota and the north shore of Lake Superior. Based out of Gooseberry Falls State Park, about an hour northeast of Duluth, my wife Carol and I toured the boreal forests of this marvelous area… Read more >>

Jun 08

From the Field

In Wisconsin, Reminders of the Past

By Bruce Beehler June 3, 2015 Blog #19 of my North with the Spring journey: In the southwestern corner of Wisconsin, where the Wisconsin River meets the Mississippi, there are a series of high bluffs that hem in these two great rivers. The bluff south of the Wisconsin is called Wyalusing, and… Read more >>