Environment
Wildersmith February 18
-A couple weeks ago I talked of this being the month of the full “worm” moon. I have discovered that I was a month ahead of myself as this lunar handle should be applied to March.
Points North: Can Landwehr Move the DNR Forward?
-The recent announcement of DNR commissioner Tom Landwehr's leadership team left me wondering just one thing. Does Landwehr appoint the state poet laureate?
Activity under our frozen lakes
-Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist. She lives here in Cook County and joins us periodically to talk about phenology or what’s going on in the woods right now. Welcome, Chel.
Wildersmith February 11
-Alas, America is beyond its self-imposed Super Sunday! After more than two weeks of nonsensical analytical madness about cheese or steel, the masses can return to normal, whatever that means.
Points North: Let’s Keep Lawmakers Out of the Real Estate Business
-Last fall, we looked at a 20-acre parcel the state was selling near Grand Marais, one of several on the North Shore included in a statewide land auction last October.
Under And Around The Snowpack In February
-Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist. She lives here in Cook County and joins us periodically to talk about phenology or what’s going on in the woods right now. Welcome, Chel.
Points North: Can We Change And Reduce Deer Disease Risks?
-Last weekend Vikki announced she was giving up on feeding the birds for the winter, because she was overwhelmed by whitetails.
Wildersmith February 4
-The north woods survived January, and we are off into the month of Namebini Giizis (the “sucker moon” as the Ojibwe call it).
The Big Freeze on Lake Superior: Where and When
-Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist. She lives here in Cook County and joins us periodically to talk about phenology or what’s going on in the woods right now.
Points North: Will Pheasant Hunting Drown In An Ethanol Sea?
-Two recent actions by Congress and the administration are very likely to result in far fewer pheasants in Minnesota and across the Midwest.