2007 Contents

December 2007

Coneucopia: Conifers adapt different strategies in the up and down world of seed dispersal.
Bald and Beautiful: Eagles return to stir emotion, spur economics.
The Nature of Art and Science: Two exhibits provide a fresh perspective on habitat and climate change.
The View We Prize from Land and Water: Rules, incentives and awards protect both individual and collective rights to shorelands.
The Hell of High Water: Responding to emergencies is an unseen service until disaster strikes.
Creature Comforts: Make the Christmas Bird Count a holiday tradition.
Wisconsin Traveler: Take the kids.
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The World Down Under: Caves in Wisconsin? You bet! We can help you find them and explore them.
The Century Run: A boy and his father wing it for birding glory.
Cunning Corvids: Learn a thing or two about the Einsteins of the bird world.
Appetite for Trouble: How browsing deer change the landscape in forests, croplands and homesteads.
Tailoring the Take to the Fishery: In some streams, special size and bag limits can encourage trout populations that better match angler expectations.
Smoke from a Bald Giant: This massive fungi is a creamy puffball but not a pushover.
Creature Comforts: Politics and four-legged bedfellows.
Wisconsin Traveler: I'm pumped!
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Beauty and the Beach: Some find it unsightly, but scrubby vegetation is the foundation upon which a beach is built.
Pointing a New Way to Recreation: With a little map knowledge, GPS units can help you find a new hobby or make your way back to a favorite fishing hole, hiking trail, or wild asparagus patch.
Milkweed Love: Pollination is tricky, but it works!
Behind the Pattison: Memories of a magical place.
Transformations: Plants and animals change form, shape and appearance as they mature through the seasons.
Q & A about VHS: Quick answers to common questions about an emerging fish disease.
Creature Comforts: Feed those birds and get your pup in shape.
Wisconsin Traveler: A good old time
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Special Insert: Creating the Right Atmosphere: Approaches that staved off acid rain set the stage to tackle today's air challenges.

Small, Blue and Bountiful: Wisconsin is home to more Karner blues than anywhere else in the world.
A Tangled Question: DNR scientists begin to unravel the secrets of Eurasian water-milfoil and its effect on Wisconsin lakes.
Learn to Bear Hunt: Summer workshops offer teens the chance to learn bear biology and management, and to participate in a hunt.
A Firm Hand on the Spigot: A compact of Great Lakes states and provinces aims to protect this liquid treasure from a thirsty world.
Spring Cleaning a Fishery: Rehabbing spring ponds pumps up Northwoods trout streams.
Small Floaters before Your Eyes: Tiny one-inch jellyfish are at home in at least 40 state waters. How did they get here and why do they vanish?
Creature Comforts: Dog days of summer.
Wisconsin Traveler: Opposites attract
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Special Insert: Reasonable Expectations: Practical advice and positive directions to recognize and minimize the consequences of invasive species.

The Boss: This would-be tough guy mainly belts out songs.
Take Me Along: Book a weekend hike, tour or paddle from April through October.
Keeping Connected: A big exposition aims to spark kids - interest in a lifetime of outdoor recreation and exploration.
Signals from the Pastures and the Ridge Tops: Two years of tracking the wanderings of wild turkeys shows the mix of field and forest habit at that gobblers prefer.
Spooked by a Feathered Specter: When a hopeful hunter matched wits with a white turkey, he only had a ghost of a chance.
More Bluff Than Bite: They huff and hiss, but these bullish snakes are harmless and a rare find. Help us locate where bullsnakes range and roam in Wisconsin.
Creature Comforts: Enough peeping and leaping to go around.
Wisconsin Traveler: Super sap sweetens spring.
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Special Insert:: 2007 Wisconsin Fishing Report [PDF 2.5MB]; Forecasting hot spots and fishing opportunities throughout the year.

Felines with Fins: Long disparaged as the strays of the piscine world, Wisconsin's bullhead catfish deserve some respect.
Keep Neater Feeders: A few simple steps can help keep songbirds healthy as they wing in for a little seed and conversation.
Citizen Scientist: Wisconsin's first Renaissance man, Increase A. Lapham merits renown as surveyor, engineer, mapmaker, historian, self-taught botanist, geologist, forester, meteorologist and a prescient conservation voice.
Spry Slider: Spying a frolicking river otter is a high point on a winter walk. Look for its coded message in the snow.
Track Down a Crowning Treasure: As bucks give antlers the drop, eagle-eyed shed hunters can pick up a seasonal souvenir.
Keeping Current: When the brook stopped babbling, neighbors started talking.
Creature Comforts: Warm up your pets this winter.
Wisconsin Traveler: Play n...ice.
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