Dogsledding In Northern Wisconsin
Dogsledding has been a family affair for writer Julie Buckles. She and her husband, Charly Ray, caught the bug when ...
Tilia The Conservation Dog: Sniffing Out Invasives In Wisconsin
Every spring, when the wild parsnip sprouts and the elusive salamanders begin to breed, the team at Mequon Nature Preserve ...
Dog Training In A Time Of Isolation
It's been a few months since people have had to make changes in their lives because of COVID-19. Some get ...
Boy And Dog
We saved our son’s baby teeth in a plastic margarine tub on top of the microwave. At first as a ...
The Last Good Years With A Beloved Dog
“Buddy, you are 7 years old, in the prime of life. These are the good years. Enjoy.” The words stared up ...
Extra-Terrestrial
Along the Ice Age Trail, near Portage County’s Trunk T, is a short spur that delivers me, chute-like, from the ...
Snowbirds Migrate Home to Wisconsin
In a flash of orange and red, the first red-winged blackbird of our drive north glides along a fence line ...
Man with Dog
Many of us see the same people on the bus, in our coffee shop, at the gym, or walking to ...
Fairchild Man Trains Falcons To Hunt
Dan Orth of Fairchild has been hunting since he was a boy, but his hunting skills can’t compare to those ...
Playing Possum
We celebrate Earth Day this week. Many animals have evolved the ability to feign death. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn witnessed ...
Friends
Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate romance. But it’s also a holiday of love in all its forms. Writer ...
Daily Bread
Unexpected gifts often come in the midst of our daily chores. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn tells us what she — ...
Coyotes
Coyotes can be found or at least heard in every county in Wisconsin. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn sometimes hears them ...
Dog Walk in the Dark
Darkness descends earlier and earlier in Wisconsin as fall slowly gives way to winter. And with that loss of light, ...