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Natural Landscapes decrease Impact of Global Warming

February 8, 2019

Leaves from the Oak trees are thatched into the lawn and debris from the summer's prairie plants are left for the birds and other critters that frequent the yard.

Even though we all may not have read the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report on climate change, we have all heard the dismal findings. Humans must act now to decrease global warming or we'll continue to suffer through more extreme weather events -- … [Read more...]

Daylighting a Forest

February 6, 2019

Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) outside our deck. Handles our Outagamie clay soil along with the moisture from the drainage of excess rainfall very well.

We recently had a huge Green Ash tree cut down which had succumbed to the Emerald Ash Borer. While on-site, we had the arborists trim out some of other trees as well. When they were working on our huge old Bur Oak, the crew supervisor mentioned to me that trimming out some of the big old dead … [Read more...]

Nature vs the Emerald Ash Borer

February 1, 2019

As we all know, the Midwest and the Northern Plains have been hit by some bitterly cold winter weather this week, and although it could have been deadly for any living thing, there is hope it will indeed be deadly for a most hated non-native insect called the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) (Agrilus … [Read more...]

Shinrin-yoku or Forest Bathing

January 23, 2019

In Japan, Shinrin means “forest,” and yoku means “bath.” So shinrin-yoku means bathing in the forest atmosphere or taking in the forest through our senses. I can't think of any more idyllic way to improve one's wellbeing then bathing in the forest. Walking in the woods at our hunting property … [Read more...]

David Cordray to Present Keynote

January 4, 2019

Senior restoration ecologist and engineer, David Cordray, Owner of Environmental Returns LLC in Belleville, Wisconsin will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Toward Harmony with Nature Conference on January 19, 2019 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. … [Read more...]

The Hunt

November 30, 2018

As many of you know I have been turkey and deer (gun season) hunting for many years. This is the first year in many years we've had snow for the deer season, so I thought I would share some of my photos with you. Perhaps you'll be able to see why I "hunt." (To enlarge the photos, click on a photo … [Read more...]

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