Outdoors Editor at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Wisconsin, USA
Joined April 2010
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Amazing: Golden eagles from northern Canada & Alaska spend their winters in toasty Wisconsin - including one that was first banded in 1992! @mjsps
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BREAKING: AOS will change all English bird names currently named after people within its geographic jurisdiction—one step in an effort to address past wrongs and engage more people in the enjoyment, protection and study of birds. americanornithology.org/abou… #BirdNames
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New Water Resources Institute research project checking for #PFAS in the Ceded Territories. Looking at maple syrup, lake water and walleye. bit.ly/3nCIV3A
ALT Two people in sun-filled winter woods examining a tree.
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The House rules package, passed just this week, includes a provision to make it easier to transfer or sell off public lands. This provision enables public land transfers to be treated as budget neutral, making it easier to transfer, sell off, donate, or exchange public lands.
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Brookfield East High School senior Brooke Salomone is the winner of the 2023 Wisconsin State Park and Forest vehicle admission sticker design contest.
Learn more: dnr.wisconsin.gov/newsroom/r…
ALT 2023 parks admission sticker featuring imagery of a deer, angler, lake at sunset and tent
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BIG NEWS! The Senate finance committee has passed the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act. Big thank you to @SteveDaines @ChuckGrassley and @SenStabenow for taking the next step in stopping the abuse of the charitable conservation easement deduction.
ALT Field of wild flowers
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Ever wondered about lake ice? How does it melt? Is it similar to an ice cube? Does it just slowly disappear?
@WiscLimnology Professor Hilary Dugan explains the fun science behind this common phenomenon in the first installment of “Were U Wondering.”
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Breaking News: FIFA will ban Russia and its teams, ejecting the country from qualifying for the 2022 World Cup only weeks before it was to play for one of Europe’s final places in the tournament. UEFA will join FIFA in issuing and honoring the ban. nyti.ms/3hm33Rk
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Smith: Minnesota's remote Lake of the Woods, a haven for walleye and sauger fishermen, is well worth our trip rssfeeds.jsonline.com/~/6838…
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Here’s a #ValentinesDay #funfact! Lake St. Clair is often referred to as the #heart ❤️ of the #GreatLakes for its shape and location in the centre of the lakes. canada.ca/en/environment-cli…
Photo credit: @NASAEarth
ALT Lake St. Clair
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We’ve revised the Federal Duck Stamp Contest regulations for 2022 and beyond: ow.ly/FcJe50FXfej This provides artists more flexibility & aims to ensure a more broad & inclusive appeal of the contest. (2021-2022 Federal Duck Stamp painted by Richard Clifton ©USFWS)
ALT The 2021-2022 Federal Duck Stamp, featuring a single lesser scaup drake painted by Delaware artist Richard Clifton. ©USFWS
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To help contextualize the newly released #IPCC Report, here's 800,000 years of Earth's CO2 history in 30 seconds.
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Today marks the anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act. 🥳
This important law funds enhancements to our national parks and recreation areas, creates jobs, and helps fight climate change by preserving our public lands, outdoor spaces, and the wildlife that call them home.
ALT A steep narrow canyon with a fast moving river is causing mist to rise and reflect a rainbow
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Did not know that about skunks. I will pay attention the next time spits, growls, shakes, fluffs or stamps.
It's pretty well known that striped skunks have a rather stinky reputation, but did you know that spraying isn't their first line of defense? Skunks will also spit, growl, shake their tails, fluff their fur & stamp the ground before resorting to spraying.📷courtesy of Hazel Holby
ALT a stripe skunk foraging
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Congratulations to Amber English for winning the women’s skeet gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics! Her score set a new Olympic record -- bit.ly/3y8ymWp 📷 by @USAShooting @USAMUSoldiers #TokyoOlympics #Shooting #shootingsports #competitiveshooting
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This is everything we need to learn about ego and living in the moment. In one sound bite. I just became a forever fan..
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A recent @UAlberta press release highlights the latest publication from @DebMcKprions and colleagues looking into the relationship between white-tailed deer prion protein genetics and susceptibility to CWD. Link: ualberta.ca/folio/2021/06/pr…
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DNR warden rescues struggling swimmer in Milwaukee River rssfeeds.jsonline.com/~/6558…
