MADISON, Wis. — Native plant sales are blooming across Wisconsin through June, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said. By planting native plants, you can support the entire ecosystem by providing food for insects, birds, small mammals and other wildlife. Many native plant ...

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — The nation’s oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100. Betty Reid Soskin retired Thursday after more than 15 years at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, the National Park Service ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill Thursday that would have allowed hunting ranches to raise bovids. That’s a term for cloven-hoofed mammals, including bison, buffalo, sheep, goats and antelopes. Republicans who introduced the bill argued that many such animals ...

When moving around the yard and house at Six Mile Lake, I like to keep an eye out for new tracks, especially after fresh snow or, this past week, an increasingly muddy driveway. The vast majority of prints are deer and red squirrels, along with the tridents and feather marks from birds hopping ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin Conservation Congress will host the 2022 Spring Hearing online, with the page going live at 7 p.m. April 11. The public will have three days to provide input on proposed natural resources rule changes from the ...

Three newborn bear cubs have left the intensive care unit at a Rhinelander, Wis., wildlife rehabilitation clinic earlier this month and are continuing to healthily grow in the facility’s care, the clinic’s co-founder said. Mark Naniot, the director of wildlife rehabilitation at Wild ...