LSRWA Blog
Spotted From 400 Feet Up: A Plant New to Wisconsin Is Colonizing Green County Roadsides — and Mowing Appears to Be Moving It
MONROE, Wis. — On the morning of August 20, 2024, a Wisconsin ecologist who also happens to be a pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings at the Monroe Municipal Airport looked out the left window of his aircraft to clear the traffic pattern — and instead found a plant that had never been documented in the state.
Deadly Poison Hemlock Is Rapidly Colonizing Wisconsin and Minnesota Roadsides – and Mowing May Be Spreading It
A highly poisonous invasive plant capable of killing humans, livestock, and wildlife is spreading rapidly across roadsides, farm-field margins, drainageways, and even wetlands throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota, Applied Ecological Institute (AEI) warned today. Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), every part of which is toxic…
Area Watershed Association Honors Local Citizen with Watershed Stewardship Award
The Lower Sugar River Watershed Association presented Paul Roemer with a Watershed Stewardship Award at their 10th Annual Meeting held recently at Three Waters Reserve.
Christmas Bird Count 101
Everything you need to know about the nation’s oldest citizen-science initiative…