For nature lovers, the recent cool spring weather is a mixed blessing. Of course, we’re all tired of windy 45 degree days, some sprinkled with rain. The earlier week of […]
Ripples 4/20/23
Last Saturday was the annual Midwest Sandhill Crane Count, held each year the third Saturday of April. I’ve been doing these counts for more than 25 years, and they always […]
Ripples 4/13/23
This is one of my favorite times of year. As winter grudgingly releases its grasp on our world, nature creeps back in the most subtle, and wonderful ways. It is […]
Ripples 3/30/23
Some things I do just seem to suck the life out of me. Preparing tax returns, for example. I am thankful that I have income, and in college I roomed […]
Ripples 3/23/23
We’re now in the third full week of March. This has always been a significant time for me, one who grew up along the banks of the Manitowoc River. My […]
Ripples 3/16/23
By Kennedy Zittel, Naturalist Now that it is almost spring, I have begun to dream about all of the plants I want to add to my flowerbeds. I have only […]
