The Crex Meadows area is still hosting large numbers of short-eared owls and rough-legged hawks along with nesting trumpeter swans. Birders should be checking mudflats and beaches along Lake Michigan for early...

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The ever changing weather patterns are responsible for a wide range of spring time conditions. The spring wildfire season is underway in Wisconsin and fire danger levels are at High to Very High in certain areas of the state...

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The population of gray wolves in Wisconsin has increased to between 540 and 600 animals, according to a preliminary estimate compiled by the state’s wolf population monitoring team...

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Wolves attacked and killed a bird hunting dog April 7 in an area about nine miles west-south-west of Tomahawk in the Harrison Hills near the Otter Lake Campground in Lincoln County. The dog was one of four its owner was exercising in the area...

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The public will have an opportunity to review and comment on a proposal aimed at reducing the amount of mercury that coal-fired electrical generating units emit in Wisconsin at a series of public hearings in May...

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Spring’s rollercoaster weather has been sending Wisconsin fish mixed signals, but it’s clear that the May 5 opening day of the regular inland fishing season should be another great time on the water, the state’s top fisheries official says...

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Cold temperatures and snow have thrown a wrench into the typical bird migration patterns for this time of year. Short-distance migrants that made it to Wisconsin prior to the cold are having to deal with...

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Winter made an abrupt interruption to spring this week, with up to 8 inches of snow falling in portions of southern Wisconsin with much of the lower half of the state receiving between 3 to 7 inches. This storm missed northern Wisconsin, but a snowstorm last week dropped as much as 15 inches of snow in areas of the north. Snowmobilers are reminded that despite the...

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As soon as the lakes thaw, state fisheries crews begin surveys that are the cornerstone of the state’s system to manage waters in the ceded territory of northern Wisconsin...

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All boaters, anglers and people who harvest bait from the wild must follow new rules regarding moving live fish, requiring water to be drained from boats after being used on potentially infected waters, and how they use and move bait...

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