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  • TEST YOUR INTERNET SPEED
  • Guide to Conservation
  • Cost Share Program
  • Resource Management Plan
  • Comprehensive Plans
  • Conservation Corner
  • Conservation News
  • Conservation Videos
  • Forest County Website
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Archive

Past Conservation Corner Articles, Conservation News, Conservation Videos

Week 20, Census 2020, March 9, 2020 (docx)Download
Week 21, Possible Impacts of COVID-19 on Farming, March 16 (docx)Download
Week 22, Census 2020 and COVID-19, March 20, 2020 (docx)Download
Week 23, COVID-19 and Drinking Water, March 27, 2020, Cassidy (docx)Download
Week 24, Conservation Reserve Program, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, Cassidy (docx)Download
Week 25, Clean Water Clean Boats Blitz, April 10, 2020 (docx)Download
Week 26, Bill Gates Letter, April 24, 2020 (docx)Download
Week 27, Learn Something New, Invasives, May 4, 2020 (docx)Download
Week 28, Learn Something New, Tree Identification, May 8, 2020 (docx)Download
Week 30, Learn Something New, Plant Identification, May 18, 2020 (docx)Download
Week 31, CLMN, May 21, 2020 (docx)Download
Week 32, COVID Assistance for Farmers, June 1, 2020 (docx)Download
Week 33, Woodland Polinators, June 8, 2020 (docx)Download
Week 34, Nature Apps, June 15, 2020 (docx)Download
Week 35, How to Help Wildlife in Hot Weather (docx)Download

Lakeshore Protection

 Animated video about lakeshore restoration and stewardship created in collaboration with the Anoka County Water Resource Outreach Collaborative and several local Lake Associations. 

Invasive Species 101

Check out this great video

Shoreland Restoration

 As Summer begins, we enter into ‘Construction Season’ in the Land & Water Conservation Department. We are planning/overseeing many Shoreland Restoration Projects and I wanted to address a question we often receive. Landowners often ask, “Restoration projects cost thousands of dollars, even with Cost Share so. what can I do, myself, to protect my shoreline or water quality for not a lot of money?

 

Week 36, Shoreland Restoration, June 29, 2020 (docx)

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Great Lakes AIS Landing Blitz

  Boaters and other recreators learn about the risks of spreading aquatic invasive species (AIS) at public and private boating access sites across the Great Lakes region every summer. The Great Lakes AIS “Landing Blitz” events take place over a two-week period, emphasizing the need to Clean, Drain, Dry boats whenever they come out of the water, and Dispose of any unwanted bait in the trash.

Week 37, Great Lakes AIS Landing Blitz, July 6, 2020 (docx)Download

Spruce Bark Beetle Invasion

  

I had a property owner from the North end of Forest County call the other day and inform me of a Spruce Beetle infestation.  Bark beetles are found throughout Wisconsin. Their ranges vary with each beetle species and its preferred host tree(s).  Common conifer bark beetle species include:pine engraver (Ips pini), red turpentine beetle (Dendroctonus valens), chestnut-brown bark beetle (Pityogenes hopkinsi), spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis), eastern larch beetle (Dendroctonus simplex), and balsam fir bark beetle (Pityokteines sparsus).

Week 38, Spruce Bark Beetle Invasive, July 13, 2020 (docx)Download

How a Tree Grows

  

In my yard I have a massive old maple tree. There’s a hole in this tree that gets bigger every year. My wife and I are waiting for the tree to fall and looks like it will land in a place that won’t damage too much. Visitors to our place always ask how it’s still alive with such a big hole in it.

Week 39, How a Tree Grows, July 20, 2020 (docx)Download

Wildflowers

  

Next week, Conservationists across the State will be participating in a Roadside Blitz. We will be out traveling our respective county roads looking for terrestrial invasive species. As I’ve been traveling, I want to say we are lucky to be in a state with great native wildflowers.

Week 40, Wildflowers, July 27, 2020 (docx)Download

Atv-UTV Safety

  

ATV/UTV has become a popular sport in Wisconsin over the past few years. While a fun, popular sport, it can also be dangerous.  It’s important to take safety classes, know safety laws, and practice safety while riding. 

Week 41, ATV-UTV Safety, Aug 3, 2020 (docx)Download

One Bait, One Lake Video

Check out this great video/song

Back to Eden Film

  

Watch the free movie about organic gardening!

COVID-19 presents us with a unique, new set of challenges.
​What’s left on the shelves of your local grocery store? How will you continue to feed your family? 
Watch Back to Eden to learn how to grow your own food! 


https://www.backtoedenfilm.com/watchfreeorganicgardeningmovie.html 

Files coming soon.

Aldo Leopold Birth of the Land Ethic

Check out this great video

Where Would We Bee Without Pollinators?

Check out this great video

Michigan Shoreland Stewards - Lake Zone

 For the Shoreland Stewards Program the Lake Zone starts at the edge of the shoreline zone and extends out into the lake to where aquatic plants can no longer grow.  A healthy lake zone will help to promote a healthy and beautiful lake for the people who live on the lake and the frogs, fish, turtles, and birds who live there. 

Fall Gardens

  

This time of year, many of you are probably thinking of closing down and cleaning up your gardens. There are many reasons NOT to clean up your garden in the fall. What we do in them every autumn can either enhance or inhibit that role. Here are some reasons to ‘leave the mess’ in fall and wait until spring to tidy your gardens 

Week 47, Fall Gardens, Week of Sept 14, 2020 (docx)Download

Invasive Pests

  

As you head out to the Woodlot this Fall, watch out for these 2020 Fall Invasive Pests.

Week 46, Invasive Pests, Week of Sept 7, 2020 (docx)Download

Woodland Pollinators

  

Most landowners are familiar with the garden-variety pollinators – the most common, of course, is the honeybee. But, did you know there are many other pollinators? Woodland owners are starting to learn about the benefits of broadening the pollinator profile.

Week 45, Woodland Polinators, Week of Aug 31, 2020 (docx)Download

Flooding

  

With all of the high water and flooding on and around our Forest County Lakes this summer, I’d like to offer the following guidelines and advice for people with Septic Systems. 

Week 44, What To Do After a Flood, Week of Aug 24, 2020 (docx)Download

Migration

  

Lately, people have been asking, ‘Where are my Orioles or the Redwing Blackbirds? Did you know that even though it's summer, birds have already begun their fall migration? Fall migration starts as early as June and lasts until early January, with peak times running from August to mid-October. 

Week 43, Migration, Week of Aug 17, 2020 (docx)Download

No Wake Zones

  

Boaters in Wisconsin have long had to cut back on speed near docks, rafts, piers and restricted areas. Did you also know that the slow, no-wake rule also applies to the full lake shoreline on all lakes in the state?

Week 42, No Wake Zones, Week of Aug 10, 2020 (docx)Download

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