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Wild Ones Fox Valley Area Chapter Annual Native Plant Sale – Wisconsin

April 18, 2016

Shoppers looking for native plants to take home for spring planting.

Pre-Orders are due Friday, April 29, 2016. A project very near and dear to my heart is the Wild Ones Fox Valley Area Chapter's annual spring native plant sale which is held at the WILD Center in Neenah, Wisconsin on May 14, 2016. When the chapter started this annual plant sale, the goal was to … [Read more...]

Noel Cutright & LeRoy Lintereur 2016 WCHF Inductees

April 13, 2016

Noel Cutright was a long‐term advisor to the WDNR and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service promoting the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative, the State Natural Areas Program, and neotropical migratory bird conservation efforts.

The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame (WCHF) will celebrate its 32nd Induction Ceremony on April 30th by honoring one citizen advocate and one public servant – both have left indelible marks on the Wisconsin environment. Citizen advocate Noel Cutright is known for his conservation … [Read more...]

Conservation Congress – Wisconsin

April 4, 2016

On Monday, April 11th, the 2016 Conservation Congress will be held in each county of the State of Wisconsin at 7PM. Wisconsin is one of the few, if perhaps the only, state to give its citizens a voice in conservation legislation through such hearings. Although most of the items covered by these … [Read more...]

Banning DDT

March 30, 2016

Reference my previous post on Lorrie Otto and DDT. Since I mentioned that banning DDT led to the charter of Wild Ones, I thought you might like to read a synopsis about how it all happened: 1942: DDT First Used DDT was introduced during WWII to protect our troops from the mosquito-borne disease … [Read more...]

March is Women’s History Month – Lorrie Otto

March 28, 2016

During the month of March, the United States celebrates Women's History Month and I would be remiss if I didn't add to the list of notable women being celebrated Lorrie Otto. Lorrie, whose campaign to use native plants and natural landscaping to heal the Earth after she and her cohorts from CNRA … [Read more...]

Why Natives?

March 25, 2016

Guess who's on WPT? One of the e-mails I got this week was from Wisconsin Public Television alerting me to the gardening and horticulture programs on one of their channels called University Place. University Place broadcasts blocks of lectures beginning at 2PM in the afternoon. This past Wednesday, … [Read more...]

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