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A new push is underway to make the Monarch butterfly the official state butterfly of Wisconsin. Former State Treasurer Jack Voight, who co-founded the Butterfly Gardens of Wisconsin, is teaming up ...
Mariners Trail, Point Beach State Forest, the Wisconsin Ice Age Trail and Woodland Dunes Nature Center make our list of great ...
Wikimedia Commons Ancient Architects of Wisconsin’s Animal Mounds The Late Woodland people built these mounds between 750 and ...
Another major part of the pot’s self-watering magic is its special porous clay material that allows moisture to pass through ...
Out of the 13 native milkweed species in Wisconsin, five are classified as endangered, threatened, or of special concern.
Wisconsin has 13 native milkweed species, five of which are listed as endangered, threatened or of special concern. Monarch butterflies rely on milkweed as the sole host plant for their eggs and ...
Five of the 13 milkweed plants native to Wisconsin are listed as endangered, threatened or of special concern, according to the DNR. A lost of native plant sales and native plants nurseries is ...
The DNR is looking for volunteers for the Wisconsin Rare Plant Monitoring Program, a community-based science program that allows plant enthusiasts to conduct surveys for rare plants around the state.
Members of the public, schools, parks, libraries, churches and nonprofits interested in adding native plants to their property are invited to apply.
Sara Hatleli's lake plant surveys are transforming how communities protect their waters. One woman's aquatic plant research is making a splash with lake groups across Wisconsin. Through Aquatic ...
The nonprofit group Wild Ones offers a free library of designs, with plants specific to your area — and you don’t have to be a member to use it.
A group of Green Bay elementary schoolers got their hands dirty Thursday to help Heritage Hill with its native plants initiative.