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Feral Pigs

Wild hogs in the woods Aug '05

Ferns

Christmas fern, Nov/Dec '88, p. 2

Festivals

Icescape to Appleton Feb '97, Wisconsin Traveler

Love a parade, June '90, Wisconsin Traveler, p. 2

Brrrr-town, Dec '89, Wisconsin Traveler, p. 1

Snow fun, Oct '89, Wisconsin Traveler, p. 2

Be prepared, June '89, Wisconsin Traveler, p. 4

Field Trials

Top dogs June '08, pg.4-9

Field Trips

Get outdoors and explore Wisconsin's wild places April '12

Explore with the experts Apr '11

Round up swans, track a bat, make a difference Apr '10

Educate yourself Aug '09, Wisconsin Traveler

Exlore close to home Apr '09

Weekend adventures Apr '08

Take me along Apr '07

Take a field day Apr '06

Time to travel! Apr '05

Have guide, will travel Apr '04

Adventures in rare places Apr '02

Affordable adventures Apr '99

With a guide at your side Apr '98

North, south, east and westward HO! Apr '97

Going afield Apr '96

In time for an outing, Apr '95 p. 14-17

See also Natural Resources Foundation

Firefighting

When conflagration sparks innovation Apr '09

Fires

The great Peshtigo fire, Mar/Apr '81, p. 19

Letter to Lisa, Mar/Apr '78, p. 28

Fire season 1976, Mar/Apr '77, p. 4

Firewood

Use local firewood April '10

Fish

Walleye winning their way back April '12

A state for sturgeon Feb '12

A trout treasury Apr '11

Recovery and redemption October '10

Sustaining a fishery or fighting natural change? June '10

A cold world with an icy ceiling Dec '09

Keeping salmon on the run Oct '09

Containing the threat Aug '09

Pirate perch Apr '04

In search of perch Feb '00

No bull Oct '98

A splash of color Apr '98

Can you recommend a good lawyer? Feb '98

Catch 'n' color, Apr '93 p. 24

Meet the paddlefish, Oct '92, p. 14-15

Trout, Apr '92, p. 2

Appreciating our cold-blooded nature, Feb '92, p. 4-11

Dockside delicacies, June '91, p. 22-24

A flash of silver at the end of a rainbow, June '89, p. 19

European ruffe, Sept/Oct '88, p. 2

Too many sheepshead in Big Bago? Mar/Apr '88, Federal Aid for Fisheries supplement, p. 13

Sewage plant muskies, May/June '87, p. 12

Try stocking your aquarium with natives, May/June '87, p. 24

Return of the skipjack herring, May/June '85, Fishing issue, p. 2

Inside the God's Country Muskie Club, May/June '85, Fishing issue, p. 21

Muskies are a calculated science, May/June '85 Fishing issue, p. 25

Muskie guide, May/June '85, Fishing issue, p. 31

Coulee smallmouth: plowed under and suffocated, July/Aug '84, p. 29

Beep, beep, beep, catfish calling, May/June '83, Fishing issue, p. 27

Like a fish out of water, May/June '83, Fishing issue, p. 34

Whoppers, May/June '83, Fishing issue, p. 47

Big fish in a small pond, May/June '83, Fishing issue, p. 50

Seven-to-nine-inch muskies do best, Nov/Dec '82, Catch-all, p. 18

Chinook, Mar/Apr '82, p. 2

Fish and Wildlife for the 1980s and Beyond, May/June'81 supplement

Underwater acquaintances, Mar/Apr '80, p. 4

Jawbonin' about fish mouths, Nov/Dec '79, p. 24

Muskellunge: wallhanger forever, July/Aug '79, p. 28

Rough, but ready to eat, July/Aug '77, p. 24

The first musky, May/June '77, p. 20

See also Amphibians, Bass, Biodiversity, Catfish, Exotics, Endangered Species, Fisheries Management, Insects, Mississippi River, Muskellunge, Paddlefish, Panfish, Reptiles, Salmon, Snakes, Sturgeon, Trout, Walleyes

Fish Advisories

Give in to the fish fervor Dec '11

Limiting the hitch in the day's catch Jun '01

Fish and Wildlife Account

Thanks for Your Continued Support! Your Investment in Wisconsin's Fish and Wildlife 2009-2010 [PDF 3MB] Feb '11 supplement

Thanks for Your Continued Support! Your Investment in Wisconsin's Fish and Wildlife 2008-2009 [PDF 3MB] Feb '10 supplement

Thanks for your continued support! Your Investment in Wisconsin's Fish and Wildlife 2007-2008 [PDF 418KB] Feb '09 supplement

Thanks for your Continued Support! Your Investment in Wisconsin's Fish & Wildlife 2006-2007 [PDF 1.4MB] Feb '08 supplement

Fish Hatcheries

A gift that spawns Great Lakes fisheries Oct '11

Hatchery renovation is coming up roses October '10

Keeping salmon on the run Oct '09

Fisher

A long journey for the night hunter Aug '03

Furbearers of the northwoods, part two, Feb '93 p. 20

A quiet crafty return, Feb '90, p. 2

Thirty years of fishers, Nov/Dec '85, p. 29

Fisheries

A state for sturgeon Feb '12

A gift that spawns Great Lakes fisheries Oct '11

A trout treasury Apr '11

Sustaining a fishery or fighting natural change? June '10

Shoreside sentinels Feb '05

Something fishy in the air, Feb '91, p. 9-11, 33-34

Fisheries: together we can work wonders, May/June '87, p. 27

Lake Michigan: a world class fishbowl, Jan/Feb '87, Great Lakes supplement, p. 29

Market for oil from Lake Superior deepwater trout, May/June '87, Catch-all, p. 54

Troubled times for our inland seas, July/Aug '84, Fishing issue, p. 7

Up the anglers, July/Aug '83, Northwoods issue, p. 40

Where to go on Lake Michigan, May/June'83, Fishing issue, p. 42

Castle Rock Creek: fish for fun, Mar/Apr '83, p. 25

Wisconsin fish story – '81, May/June '81, p. 17

Mississippi River commercial fishing, May/June '80, Fish and wildlife for the '80s and beyond supplement, p. 10s

Great Lakes commercial fishing, May/June '80, Fish and wildlife for the '80s and beyond supplement, p. 12s

See also Water Quality

Fisheries Management

Get hooked December '12

Lake Michigan's salmon fishery thrives December '12

Walleye winning their way back April '12

A state for sturgeon Feb '12

A gift that spawns Great Lakes fisheries Oct '11

Changing of the guard Apr '11

A trout treasury Apr '11

Recovery and redemption October '10

Sustaining a fishery or fighting natural change? June '10

A strong base for broad recovery Feb '09

Tidings from the watery world Aug '08

Fishing Forecast April '08 supplement

Tailoring the take to the fishery Oct '07

Spring cleaning a fishery Jun '07

Across the trestles of time Dec '06

Rejuvenating a reliable workhorse Oct '06

The water wolf's invisible nursery Jun '04

Adrift on the sea of life Jun '03

Taking stock of state hatcheries Feb '03

Long live the kings Dec '02

Fish gotta swim Apr '02

Near shore and under water Feb '01 Special section on fisheries management and habitat protection

In search of perch Feb '00

Into Lake Michigan's waters June '98

The Badger Fish CarsJune '98

The long run at state fish hatcheries June '98

Trout on the rocks June '96

Genes make all the difference Feb '96

Walleye: a game of chance, Apr '95 p. 4-8

A new route for trout, Aug '95 p. 24-28

Long live king musky, June '93 p. 22-26

Book'em, Apr '93 p. 13-14

Learning at both ends of the line, Oct '92, p. 22-26

Meet the paddlefish, Oct '92, p. 14-15

Wisconsin fishing: business or pleasure? June '92, p. 4-8

Casting ahead, Apr '92, p. 4

A trophy within reach, Apr '91, p. 22-24

An account to draw on, Apr '91, p. 14-17

Lake sturgeon sketchbook, Apr '91, p. 19

The walleye wagon, Dec '91, p. 17-19

Streamside summit, Apr '90, p. 9

The born-again Oconto River, Apr '90, p. 15

A flash of silver at the end of a rainbow, June '89, p. 19

Size limits–What kinds of fishing would you rather have? Apr '89, p. 15

Great Lakes groceries, May/June '88, p. 17

Sand traps improve trout streams, May/June '88, p. 28

A tax that pays big dividends, Mar/Apr '88, Federal Aid to Fisheries supplement, p. 3

High tech home improvement for fish, Mar/Apr '88, Federal Aid to Fisheries supplement, p. 4

Picture the Milwaukee River – reborn! Mar/Apr '88, Federal Aid to Fisheries supplement, p. 5

Beaver Dam Lake on the rebound again, Mar/Apr '88, Federal Aid to Fisheries supplement, p. 7

Fresh greens, Mar/Apr '88, Federal Aid to Fisheries supplement, p. 9

Reforging a food chain, Mar/Apr '88, Federal Aid to Fisheries supplement, p. 10

Sizing up spearing, Mar/Apr '88, Federal Aid to Fisheries supplement, p. 12

Too many sheepshead in Big Bago? Mar/Apr '88, Federal Aid to Fisheries supplement, p.13

More than a surface look, Mar/Apr '88, Federal Aid to Fisheries supplement, p. 15

Tell me about the good old days, May/June '87, p. 21

Try stocking your aquarium with natives, May/June '87, p. 24

Keeping track of fish, May/June '87, p. 32

Computer modeled fish: a printout for the future, May/June '87, p. 40

Snagging outlawed, May/June '87, Catch-all, p. 54

Stomach-pump for fish, Jan/Feb '87, Research News p. 19

Half-logs can triple nest building, Jan/Feb '87, Research News, p. 19

Fishing for the future, May/June '85, Fishing issue, p. 4

The lower Wisconsin River: where catfish is king, May/June '85, Fishing issue, p. 34

Journey through the mind of a fish manager, May/June '85, Fishing issue, p. 40

More and better fish for Lake Michigan, May/June '85, Anglers' Almanac '85, p. 43

So you want to be a fish manager, May/June '85, Fishing issue, p. 45

Operations crews: millions of fish pass through their hands every year, May/June '85, Fishing issue, p. 49

The fish manager's bag of tricks, May/June '85, Fishing issue, p. 53

How sensitive are Wisconsin's aquatic resources? Nov/Dec '84, Acid deposition supplement, p. 24

The right slot, July/Aug '84, Fishing issue, p. 11

Fish, philosophy & people, July/Aug '84, Fishing issue, p. 22

What the good Lord giveth... July/Aug '84, Fishing issue, p. 24

I bought my fishing license: how about some fish? July/Aug '84, Fishing issue, p. 27

Fish managers in action, July/Aug '84, Fishing issue, p. 34

The catch in fish management, May/June '83, Fishing issue, p. 4

The Wisconsin idea in fish management, May/June '83, Fishing issue, p. 7

Before the cast: research! May/June '83, Fishing issue, p. 14

Taking stock, May/June '83, Fishing issue, p. 18

Fish eggs and water regs, May/June '83, Fishing issue, p. 24

Toxaphene may cut production in Great Lakes fish, Sept/Oct '82, Catch-all, p. 17

Will Wisconsin's fishing trip? May/June '81, p. 19

Fisherman versus hunter, May/June '81, p. 24

Public survey of fish and wildlife management proposals, May/June '80

See also Education, Fish, Fishing, Great Lakes, Lake Trout, Law Enforcement, Muskellunge, Paddlefish, Sturgeon, Trout, Walleyes

Fishing

Get hooked December '12

Lake Michigan's salmon fishery thrives December '12

A chance for a Reel Recovery Aug '12

Fishin' for pike with Frank and Mike June '12

A walleye guy June '12

A small window for a big opportunity February '11

Casting for common ground June '10

A cold world with an icy ceiling Dec '09

2009 Wisconsin Fishing Report [PDF 3.1MB] Apr '09 insert

Hook into a good time Aug '08

2008 Wisconsin Fishing Report [PDF 4.4MB] April '08 supplement

Contemplating competition Jun '06

The Viggle Years Aug '00

Don't breathe a word Aug 00

Get hooked with your buddies June '00

The Secret Smallmouth Lake in the U.P. Aug '99

Panfish 101 June '99

Join the club Aug '97

June is for bluegills June '97

Angling for wigglers, worms and hoppers June '97

Root River steelhead Apr '97

On the table Feb '97

Scaling the heights of fashion Aug '96

A league for lunkers Apr '96

The lure of decoys, Feb '95 p. 9-11

Familiar waters, June '95 p. 4-8

Catch a glimpse, Apr '91, p. 18-21

Getting there was half the fun, Aug '91, p. 28-29

Plenke's pond, June '91, p. 8-10

The chisel pike of secret slough, Feb '91, p. 19-22

Fishing buddies, Apr '90, p. 21

Shore lunch, June '89, p. 16

Spring creek secrets, June '89, p. 31

Hot spots in cool waters, Apr '89, p. 11

Fisherwomen: a summary of responses to WNR's women and fishing opinionnaire, July/Aug '88, p. 29

Go fish, go play, May/June '88, p. 31

Life under the ice, Jan/Feb '88, p. 17

How to fish: the DNR lesson plan." May/June '87, p. 19

Women and fishing, May/June '87, p. 44

National Fishing Week '87, May/June '87, p. 54

Anglers' Almanac '86, July/Aug '86, p. 16

Commercial fishing, May/June '86, p. 14

Ice fishing, Nov/Dec '85, Winter recreation supplement, p. 20

Opening day dreams, May/June '85, Fishing issue, p. 7

Fishing contests: here today and here tomorrow, May/June '85, p. 10

Anglers' Almanac '85." May/June '85, p. 13

How to catch and release, May/June'85, Anglers Almanac, p. 14

Weekend walleyes, May/June '85, p. 15

New wave in sport fishing, May/June '85, p. 37

How to clean a bullhead, July/Aug '84, Anglers Almanac

Panfishing do's and don'ts, July/Aug'84, Anglers Almanac

Light lines and big worms, July/Aug '84, Fishing issue, p. 25

Charter boat checkout, July/Aug '84, Fishing issue, p. 42

Wisconsin fishing: the historical angle, Sept/Oct'83, p. 21

Panfishing tips, May/June '83, Fishing issue, p.32

Spot and plot for trophy fish, Mar/Apr '82, p. 24

Go fish, May/June '81, Summer Escape supplement, p. 13

Wisconsin fish story '81, May/June '81, p. 17

Little kids can catch fish, May/June '80, p. 8

Anglers are people, May/June '79, p. 26

Double your pleasure: collect your own fish bait, Sept/Oct '77, p. 8

It's a big one, July/Aug '77, p. 20

Fishing through the ice is nice, Jan/Feb '77, p.27

See also Aquaculture, Arts, Bait, Bluegills, Fish, Fisheries Management, Great Lakes, Hunting, Ice Fishing, Northern Pike, Outdoor Fees, Tourism, Trout

Floodplain Management

The rain on the floodplain, Oct '93 p. 30-32

See also History, Water Rights

Flowers

A gentle sign of spring Apr '96

Wildflower pilgrimage, Apr '93 p. 15-18

Dandelions, Apr '90, p. 25

The last flower, Nov/Dec '86, p. 4

Fall wildflowers, Sept/Oct '86, p. 2

Operation Wildflower, Sept/Oct '85, Transportation and the environment supplement, p.13

The prairie garden, May/June '81, p. 11

Lesser fringed gentians, Sept/Oct '80, p. 21

Violets, May/June '80, p. 20

Swampflower, Mar/Apr '80, p. 28

Look for this one, July/Aug '79, p. 2

Greenless bloomers: flowers without photosynthesis, Mar/Apr '79, p. 26

Lily with many names, Mar/Apr '78, p. 2

Pasqueflower, Mar/Apr '77, p. 2

See also Prairies

Folklore

An explorer's favorite haunt, Oct '90, Wisconsin Traveler, p. 29

Folklore, July/Aug '83, Northwoods issue, p. 17

Nuts to you, valentine, Jan/Feb '83, p. 32

Wisconsin's magic madstones, Nov/Dec '82, p. 32

Forest Pests

Use local firewood April '10

Forest Products

Branching out October '12

Marketplace matters Dec '05

Plastod and wetal, Oct '89, Tree trends supplement, p. 9

A lesson from the woodlands, July/Aug '87, p. 4

Economic and social impact, Mar/Apr '84, Forestry issue, p. 7

The timber resource, Mar/Apr '84, Forestry issue, p. 12

Recreational woodcutting: fuel, fun and sweat, Jan/Feb '83, p. 11

Mark, score and hew: how to build with logs, Sept/Oct '81, p. 13

Cords and boards and recreation, Jan/Feb '80, p. 6

Firewood on the back burner? Nov/Dec '78, p. 21

Sugarin' Mar/Apr '78, p. 4

Lookin' wood, Jan/Feb '78, p. 30

Forestry

Reinforcing a foundation in oak June '12

A canopy for partnerships April '12

Growing up June '11

When you can't see missing trees from the forest Dec '09

When conflagration sparks innovation Apr '09

Tending to tomorrow's woodland owners Oct '08

Vertically inclined Dec '05

Contrasting foresters Feb '05

Managing Wisconsin's old-growth Oct '04 special section

100 years of Wisconsin Forestry Feb '04

Forests of opportunity Dec '03

Shaping tomorrow's building blocks Dec '03

The forest where we live Oct '02 special section on urban forestry

A peaceful harvest Feb '00

The Learning Trees Oct '99

The quiet forests June '99 special section on privately owned woodlands

Stumped by a sale Oct '98

The roots of our forestry future June '98

Sustaining the changing forest Apr '98

More than tending timber Aug '97

That perfect tree Dec '97

The nature of cones Dec '96

The forest where we live Feb '96 special section on urban forestry

Woodland partners, Feb '95 p. 25-28

Seeing the forests and the trees, Apr '95 p. 25-28

Homegrown, homemade lumber, June '95 p. 9-11

Sustainable forestry, Oct '95 poster p. 16

Coastal Sentinal, Oct '93 p. 2

Ambassadors with roots, Apr '93 p. 2, 29

Mine, yours & ours, Aug '92, Special Section, Whose woods these are... p. 1-8

Who owns Wisconsin's forests? Aug '92, Special Section, Whose woods these are... p. 1-8

My piece of heaven, Aug '92, Special Section, Whose woods these are... p. 1-8

Private consultation, Aug '92, Special Section, Whose woods these are... p. 1-8

It's a struggle...but it's a good struggle! Aug '92, Special Section, Whose woods these are... p. 1-8

I cast my lot with trees, Aug '92, Special Section, Whose woods these are... p. 1-8

It's more than trees, Aug '92, Special Section, Whose woods these are... p. 1-8

A natural partnership, Aug '92, Special Section, Whose woods these are... p. 1-8

Becoming a forest steward, Aug '92, Special Section, Whose woods these are... p. 1-8

Bringing the forest to town, Apr '92, p. 24-29

A growing habit, Dec '91, p. 12-16

Clean-cut campground, Feb '91, p. 23-26

Out in the woods, Apr '91, p. 4-9

Shelter your shelter, Oct '91, p. 10-1

Stand by your plan, Apr '91, p. 10-13

Small packages, Dec '90, supplement, p. 20

It isn't easy being green, Oct '89, Tree trends supplement, p. 2

Starting an urban forestry program, Oct'89, Tree trends supplement, p. 5

Think globally, plant locally, Oct '89, Tree trends supplement, p. 6

Bridging the gap, Oct '89, Tree trends supplement, p. 13

Forest on the fast track, Oct '89, Tree trends supplement, p. 14

Protecting your forest home, Oct '89, Tree trends supplement, p. 16

Weathering drought, June '89, p. 4

Trouble beyond our borders, Apr '89, p. 24

A taste of the tropics, Apr '89, p. 29

Blown down but not beaten, Apr '89, p. 4

Nursery seedlings grow jobs too, Sep/Oct '88, p. 21

Growing toward tomorrow, Sept/Oct '88, p. 17

75 years of Wisconsin forestry, Mar/Apr '87, p. 19

Forest biotechnology, Mar/Apr '87, p. 28

Big tree hunters, Mar/Apr '86, Champion trees supplement, p. 7

The immeasurable dimension, Mar/Apr '86, Champion trees supplement, p. 9

DNR takes care of forests: they mean money and jobs to Wisconsin, Mar/Apr '85, Biennial report issue, p. 45

School forests in Wisconsin, Jan/Feb '85, Education supplement, p. 31

The northern forests, May/June '84, State Parks issue, p. 88

A strategic plan for Wisconsin forests, Mar/Apr '84, special issue

Why plan ahead for forests? Mar/Apr '84, Forestry issue, p. 5

Privately owned forests – an untapped vein, Mar/Apr '84, Forestry issue, p. 21

Wisconsin's tree nurseries, Mar/Apr '84, Forestry issue, p. 44

Protecting forests from fire, insects and disease, Mar/Apr '84, Forestry issue, p. 49

Forest inventory and computer modeling, Mar/Apr '84, Forestry issue, p. 56

Rapidly changing and standing still, July/Aug '83, Northwoods issue, p. 32

Wisconsin's changing forest, July/Aug '83, Northwoods issue, p. 50

A clearcut explanation, Mar/Apr '83, p. 22

I felt I was destroying it, Jan/Feb'82, p. 13

Windblown $$$, Sept/Oct '81, p. 8

Arbor and Bird Day, Mar/Apr '81, p. 11

Cradle-knolls, Jan/Feb '79, p. 10

Bottoms up, Jan/Feb '79, p. 18

Woodlot, Nov/Dec '77, p. 18

Tools of the profession, Jan/Feb '77, p. 14

See also Insects, International Work, Shelterbelts, Tree Farming, Trees, Urban Windbreaks

Fossils

Digging Wisconsin's Ice Age fossils, June '90, p. 4

The trilobite, Jan/Feb '87, p. 11

Wisconsin's fossil animals from the Pleistocene, Sept/Oct '86, Kettle Moraine supplement, p. 12

Fossil corals of Wisconsin, Jan/Feb '84, p. 22

Ice Age giants on display, Nov/Dec '82, Catch-all insert, p. 17

Fox River

Time travel June '12

A river under repair Dec '06 special section

Cleanup makes paper mill rivers fishy, July/Aug '86, p. 32

The Fox: chemical soup, May/June '78, p. 20

Cleaning up the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, May/June '77, p. 22

Foxes

A family of foxes Dec '11

Following a fox track Dec '09

Furbearers of the northwoods, part two, Feb '93 p. 18

How a fox gets foxy, Mar/Apr '79, p. 18

Frogs

Frog warts, lizard gizzards or eye-of-newt Aug '11

Window stickers Dec '06

Sleigh bells in the swamp Apr '02

All about amphibians Apr '96

A little night music, Apr '94 p. 24-29

A tadpole diary, Sept/Oct '84, p. 31

Chuckler of the forest, Sept/Oct '80, p. 2

Frogs sing in spring and they need help, May/June '77, p. 30

See also Toads

Fungi

Smoke from a bald giant Oct '07

Furturing

Earth Notes: Future challenges, Dec '90, p. 9

The future, 50 years from now, July/Aug '83, p. 57

Power gas 2049, July/Aug '83, p. 62

The unnamed lake, July/Aug '83, p. 64