Category Archives: Outdoor
Ripples from the Dunes: Trillium Trail Juneberries
The following article is written for the Woodland Dunes "Ripples from the Dunes" series. What a joy to finally emerge from the cold, at least some days, and see nature's green again. Early mornings in...
May 14, 2021 Juneberries in blossom in the forest along Trillium Trail at Woodland Dunes
In WI, There's Plenty of Room for Riverkeepers
A volunteer-driven effort to patrol and clean up three primary rivers in Milwaukee hopes to inspire similar movements across the state. Organizers say Wisconsin needs more "riverkeepers." The state's ...
May 09, 2021 Eliza / CC
Ripples from the Dunes: Lawn Management and Pesticides
The following article is written for the Ripples from the Dunes series by Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve by Jim Knickelbine, Executive Director. When I was young, growing up on the west edg...
Apr 30, 2021 Spring Peeper // photo courtesy of Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve
Ripples from the Dunes: Black-Capped Chickadees
The following article is written by Kennedy Zittel, Woodland Dunes Assistant Naturalist, for the Ripples from the Dunes series. I find that every time I put an item "somewhere that I won't lose it" th...
Apr 23, 2021 Woodland Dunes Black-Capped Chickadee in hand
Lake Winnebago Water Levels Low for the Spring Season
The US Army Corps of Engineers has closed to gates on the Neenah dam because water levels on Lake Winnebago are low. The Corps says they're not down to record-setting low levels. Local officials are h...
Apr 12, 2021 EarlRShumaker / CC
Ripples from the Dunes: Mourning Cloak Butterflies
The following article has been written for the Ripples from the Dunes series, by Kennedy Zittel of the Woodland Dunes, Assistant Naturalist. The sun is shining, the days are warming up, migratory bird...
Apr 09, 2021 Mourning Cloak / Kennedy Zittel Woodland Dunes
Study: Longer-Lasting Dead Zones In Lakes Tied To Climate Change
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have published a study showing longer-last dead zones in lakes are connected to climate change. Dead zones happen because organisms like algae fall to the bo...
Mar 22, 2021
Ripples from the Dunes: The Battle of Barberry
The following is an article written for the Ripples From the Dunes series by Jenna Brandl, Woodland Dunes Land Management Intern. It closed in all around us. Sharp thorns, a height of almost si...
Mar 19, 2021
Wintry Mix of Precipitation Continues in the Lakeshore Area this Afternoon
National Weather Service Green Bay has announced a special weather statement for Door, Outagamie, Brown, Kewaunee, Waushara, Winnebago, Calumet, and Manitowoc counties. A mix of rain, snow, and graupe...
Mar 17, 2021
WI Groups Urge DNR to Rethink Future Wolf Hunts
On the heels of Wisconsin's first wolf hunt in several years, groups are calling for a lot more planning in future seasons, after hunters killed far more wolves than the state had intended. Last month...
Mar 14, 2021 USFWS Midwest Region / CC
