Environment
Wildersmith January 28
-The romance and adventure of life in the wilderness was enriched last weekend with some big-time cold.
Redpolls and other winter songbird survivors
-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: Researcher Struggles To Fund Ruffed Grouse Research
-Rocky Gutierrez likes to point out an irony of Minnesota game bird management. The state has two hunting stamps dedicated to specific birds—the ring-necked pheasant and the wild turkey.
Small, white and feisty least weasels
-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: From Moose to Mussels, Landwehr Has Work To Do
-Two ardent pheasant hunters told me about a post-Christmas hunt in western Minnesota cattail marshes during a hallway break at the 2011 DNR Roundtable held last week.
Wildersmith January 14
-Winter has set down with the usual January cold, and has offered up a couple days of meager snow accumulations since we last met on the radio and/or web.
Deer are great survivors in winter
-Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist. She lives in Cook County and joins us periodically to talk about phenology or what’s going on in the woods right now. Welcome, Chel.
Of Woods And Words: The Art Of Gathering
-In the cabin, we have a framed comic strip which features a woodsman talking to a tree.
Tracks: what’s walking in the woods?
-Lots of snow means lots of interesting animal tracks in the woods. WTIPs Jay Andersen talks with local phenologist Chel Anderson about snow prints.
Birds have winter survival skills
-As winter settles in, so do many birds. Those that don’t migrate must have adaptations to the cold. WTIPs Jay Andersen talks with local phenologist Chel Anderson about winter bird survival.
