OTTER CREEK MARSH will always offer a never ending challenge to wildlife biologists and managers. The trick is to work with natural weather related cycles and conditions to make the best of available opportunities to enhance certain wetland vegetation or cut back or curtail vegetation when ...

SUMMER SEASON is fast approaching. The magic date is June 20, 2025 when our Earth’s axial tilt is at its maximum toward the sun. For spherical objects like our Earth, the northern hemisphere receives its most direct sunlight rays. Day length is at or near its peak of 15 hours and 15 ...

MAMMALS come in all sizes from the largest of all, blue whales, to the smallest like the Least shrew. Whales are entirely aquatic and live in ocean environments. Shrews are land animals that can be found in prairie grasslands, or along forested edges or wetland fringes. For today’s ...

What is most important when looking at and watching birds? The easy answer is to carefully look at the entire bird. You will have lots of time afterwards to consult bird book field guides. Obvious characteristics of shape, habitat it is using, feather colors, help eliminate many choices ...

INSECTS do not usually give us humans too much concern. However, if one studies even a tiny bit of natural history topics from plant pollination to disease vectors, from beneficial bugs to outright pests, and everything in between, we soon learn that we are vastly outnumbered. ...

POPE and YOUNG CLUB members look forward to spending quality outdoor time using their bow and arrow equipment to hunt. They know that archery gear is a game of close encounters, stealth, hard work, and fantastic associations with lots of people, guides in some of the most fantastic scenic ...