Category: Door to Nature
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Lukes’ to be Inducted into Conservation Hall of Fame
The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame induction ceremony and dinner, originally scheduled for April 14, has been rescheduled for May 5 at The Atrium at SentryWorld in Stevens Point. Door County naturalists and “partners in nature” Charlotte and Roy Lukes will be inducted into the Hall of Fame along with former Wisconsin Department of Natural […]
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Door to Nature: The Uncommon Common Loon
A favorite bird of many people living in the North Country rides the toes of oncoming winter south as the lakes freeze up. Come late March these same magnificent divers follow closely on the heels of spring as it advances through our state, leaving melted openings on the ice-covered bodies of water. Loons, like most […]
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Door to Nature: Raccoons on the Move
There is a wild animal, described as being a generalist with a cast iron stomach, that is here to stay, primarily because it has become so highly adaptive to humans. In fact, it is thought to be an excellent example of a synanthrope, an animal able or even preferring, to live with humans. One look […]