North Woods Naturalist

Sunrise west harbor from the Sunrise Series by Stephan Hoglund

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Chel Anderson

Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist. She lives in the Hovland area and keeps close tabs on daily changes happening in the great outdoors. She shares her insights with WTIP listeners every Tuesday during the AM and PM Community Calendar programs. Subscribe to our North Woods Naturalist podcast.

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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.

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Lake Superior (by Aaron Fulkerson on wikimedia)

Sky streaks continue through mid-month

Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it a meteor shower and it’s going on right now.

All things snowflake

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.

Prehistoric plants grow under our winter snow

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.

Frogs face the freeze in different ways

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.