Great news! Dr Doug Tallamy, Wild Ones Lifetime Honorary Director, will be speaking here in Wisconsin again! He will be a keynote speaker for the Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention and Water Action Volunteers Symposium to be held April 10-12, 2019 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Stevens … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2019
Apology
Just a quick apology for the huge list of posts you received Monday. I didn't realize MailChimp wasn't functioning. It still doesn't seem to be working today, Tuesday, but hopefully by Friday we'll be back to normal. Think spring! … [Read more...]
Promoting a Living Landscape
I was asked recently, on behalf of Wild Ones Fox Valley Area Chapter, to make a presentation to the Board of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation to help them make a decision around "supporting educational efforts for both urban and rural natural landscape practices." The presentation was to cover … [Read more...]
Running out of Time to “Tidy Up” Your Woodlands
As we all know, winter is the only time to prune some of our most beloved trees, namely, the oaks and elms. But winter is also the best time to remove unwanted trees and brush -- native or non-native -- to "tidy up" our woodlands. This is the time when plants are dormant so there is less … [Read more...]
Glyphosate, Friend or Foe? Webinar On-line
I've gotten several e-mails and comments asking if the webinar produced by WSSA as part of Invasives Species Awareness week was available on-line. I'm happy to say it is. Go to Glyphosate, Friend or Foe? See also The Roundup Myth by former Wild Ones Journal Editor Maryann Whitman. … [Read more...]
Botany Bill HR1572
On March 6, 2019 Representative Quigley (D-IL) and co-sponsor Representative Rooney (R-FL) reintroduced the “Botany Bill”* in the House of Representatives. The bill (HR1572) is similar to the version from the 115th Congress (HR1054). It supports plant research, the placement of botanists in the land … [Read more...]