It was a warm, muggy September morning. Summer, which had been missing in action, arrived for a while to welcome students back to school. So I decided to check out Bradford beach. I drove down to the parking lot on the lake with my windows up and the air conditioner on. I wasn’t prepared for what happened next, but when I opened the door it hit me, or more correctly, assaulted my nose. The unmistakable smell of rotting organic matter…
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Further Down Stream July 2004
Beth Fetterley, director of education at the Urban Ecology Center (UEC), received the 2004 Conservation Educator of the Year Award from the Wisconsin DNR. During Fetterley’s four years with UEC, she has created the Ecology and Adventure after-school clubs and expanded the Urban Adventures program. She also created the High School Outdoor Leadership program, which […]
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Are dog feces bad for the environment?
Yes and no. Because dogs eat meat, their excretions contain bacteria that are harmful to all animals, not just humans…
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The War on Garlic Mustard… Hopeless Endeavor or Effective Management?
Our community is witnessing an onslaught by an advancing green army of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) that is smothering parts of our backyards and parks. It has been a particularly bad year for this delicious invasive plant introduced over 100 years ago…
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Wayne Wallner
by Peter Schmidtke
A bicycle messenger and business owner, a dabbler in film and music, a building renovator — Wayne Wallner, for lack of a better phrase, is a modest jack of all trades.
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