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    August 24, 2014
    Wild Side: Masters of Camoflage
    Eastern gray tree frogs are common around our place. We see them stuck to the front windows of our house on damp mornings. Their toe pads allow them to cling to vertical surfaces. They make resonant trilling calls on humid days long after their breeding season in the spring. Gray...
    sports / outdoorsAugust 24, 2014 - 11:06am
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    August 7, 2014
    Wild Side: The summer wild flower show
    Our 10-week-old golden retriever Jack is an energetic pup with sharp teeth. I took him for a long walk around our place to introduce him to his territory as our new Chief of Homeland Security. I was hoping to wear him out a bit but that was wishful thinking. It was fun watching the...
    sports / outdoorsAugust 7, 2014 - 10:49am
    August 6, 2014
    Wisconsin baseball champ to be crowned in River Falls
    For the first time in the 65-year history of the Wisconsin Baseball Association, the WBA state champion will be crowned in River Falls later this month. Thirty-two teams begin the quest for a state title at four different sites across the state this weekend, Aug. 8-10, including...
    sports / outdoorsAugust 6, 2014 - 12:22pm
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    July 30, 2014
    Wild Side: What's Bugging You!
    It’s hard to ignore the swarm of small insects buzzing around your head when outside these days. Not only do they distract and aggravate but...
    sports / outdoorsJuly 30, 2014 - 1:02pm
    June 26, 2014
    Wild Side: Monarchs are in trouble; give them milkweed
    --Dan Wilcox, outdoor columnist Monarchs are the iconic North American summer butterfly; beautiful insects with dark orange, black and white wings. They are the only butterfly with long-distance annual migrations. Hundreds of millions of monarchs migrate from eastern North America...
    sports / outdoorsJune 26, 2014 - 8:21am
    June 20, 2014
    Wild Side: Rough fish aren't rough to eat
    Many of us are convinced that the only good-tasting wild freshwater fish are bluegills, crappies, yellow perch and walleyes. They all have sweet,...
    sports / outdoorsJune 20, 2014 - 12:54pm
    June 2, 2014
    Wild Side: Many jacks in the woods this spring
    One of the most distinctive of the spring ephemeral plants is the Jack-in-the Pulpit, “Arisaema triphyllum.” Growing up to two feet tall with one or two emerald green leaves each with three leaflets and a central “flower,” they are hard to miss. They are quite abundant this...
    sports / outdoorsJune 2, 2014 - 8:56am
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    May 16, 2014
    Wild Side: A dangerous fungus among us
    By Dan Wilcox, outdoor columnist Among the most abundant organisms on earth are the fungi. They live in the soil, in plants, in rivers and...
    sports / outdoorsMay 16, 2014 - 9:11am
    May 2, 2014
    Wild Side: Planted prairie blackened again
    --by Dan Wilcox, outdoor columnist After a hot and smoky time on our planted prairie last Saturday afternoon, a somewhat tired bunch of friends...
    sports / outdoorsMay 2, 2014 - 3:11pm
    April 22, 2014
    Brother and sister act
    Siblings Kaley Manglitz, left, and Mason Manglitz both bagged turkeys minutes apart during the statewide Youth Turkey Hunt last weekend. Kaley, age 13, shot her turkey before Mason, 11, got his a few minutes later. It’s the second turkey for Kaley and the first for Mason.
    sports / outdoorsApril 22, 2014 - 8:02am
    April 21, 2014
    Wild Side: Tiny insects and changing climate threaten majestic hemlocks
    Hiking through the forests of my boyhood in northeastern Ohio again last week, I was reminded of how much I enjoy standing in a grove of stately hemlock trees. The fine needles and dense canopy of a stand of large hemlocks form a sheltered and shaded cool zone. In addition to being...
    sports / outdoorsApril 21, 2014 - 8:59am
    April 2, 2014
    Local deer herd status on agenda at April 14th spring hearings
    EAU CLAIRE – State wildlife biologists invite anyone interested in the status of their local deer herd to attend the annual spring fish and game hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, April 14, in their county. In the past, early spring herd status meetings were based on groupings of deer management...
    sports / outdoorsApril 2, 2014 - 12:05pm
    March 12, 2014
    Wild Side: Strange but familiar forms of water
    H2O is a quirky molecule. Among its unique characteristics are multiple phases; solid, liquid, gas with rapid phase changes during minor changes...
    sports / outdoorsMarch 12, 2014 - 8:50am
    Wild Side: Homeland security air force in peril
    A bat flew by my nose as I was sitting on the patio last evening. The swooshing flutter startled me from my book. Bats were flying laps around our valley, eating their way through clouds of insects as the sun started to go down. It was a pleasant evening and we weren’t bothered...
    sports / outdoorsMarch 12, 2014 - 8:36am
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