Episodes

  • Field Notes: Harvesting Ginseng

    Field Notes: Harvesting Ginseng
    Sep 10 2024
    One of the crops most iconic to our area is ginseng, Panax quinquefolia. Marathon County, just south of Lincoln County is the center of ginseng farming, not just in Wisconsin but it is recognized as the largest source and the best quality of ginseng in the world.
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    6 mins
  • Field Notes: Thermally Modified Wood

    Field Notes: Thermally Modified Wood
    Aug 13 2024
    In this month's installment of Field Notes, Scott Bowe of Kemp Station discusses thermally modified wood, a chemical free way to preserve wood for outdoor use.
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    4 mins
  • Field Notes: Know your salamanders

    Field Notes: Know your salamanders
    Jun 13 2024
    Salamanders, newts and mudpuppies are amphibians, and they are all salamanders, but not all salamanders are newts or mudpuppies.
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    5 mins
  • Field Notes: Wisconsin Crappies

    Field Notes: Wisconsin Crappies
    May 14 2024
    In Wisconsin, opening fishing applies to certain species of fish such as walleye, trout, largemouth bass, and northern pike. However, this season opener does not apply to panfish, which are open year-round. Panfish include species such as bluegill, crappie, sunfish, and yellow perch.
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    5 mins
  • Recording long term data

    Recording long term data
    Mar 12 2024
    There are many kinds of record keeping that scientists use to recapture recent and ancient history
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    5 mins
  • The Amazing Apple Tree

    The Amazing Apple Tree
    Feb 13 2024
    Apple cultivars brought as seed from Europe were spread along Native American trade routes, as well as being cultivated on colonial farms. By the mid 1800s, United States apples nursery catalogues sold 350 of the "best" cultivars, showing the proliferation of new North American cultivars by the 19th century.
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    6 mins
  • El Nino in Wisconsin

    El Nino in Wisconsin
    Jan 9 2024
    Open lakes, no snow, and sweatshirt weather was the scene this December in Vilas County. Much to the chagrin of ice anglers and cross country skiers, El Nino has taken hold and has had many implications for the local people, economy, and ecosystems.
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    4 mins
  • Northern Watersnakes

    Northern Watersnakes
    Dec 12 2023
    The Common Watersnake, Nerodia sipedon, is common throughout much of eastern North America. Our local subspecies, the Northern Watersnake, is common throughout much of Wisconsin.
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    5 mins