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2010 Prairie Chicken Festival celebrates Central Wisconsin Grasslands

The male greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) rapidly stomps his feet and inflates the bright orange air sacs on the sides of his...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to speak at Earth Day conference at Monona Terrace

The upcoming anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, 2010, is sparking events all over the globe. Today, the event that started 40 years ago as a...
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'Father of Earth Day' exhibit to open at the Wisconsin Historical Museum

Wisconsin's many and varied wilderness areas give those of us who call ourselves “nature travelers” much to be proud of. And if, like...
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Earth Hour, March 2010: give just 60 minutes for the planet

It’s as simple as turning off your lights for one hour on Saturday, March 27, at 8:30 p.m., your local time. That’s it. It may be the...
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2010 Olympics could harm Canada's Spirit Bears

There’s a place on the far western edge of our continent where a rare animal — a white black bear — can still hunt, fish, gather...
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Nature words omitted from Oxford children's dictionary

Words such as “dandelion,” “acorn,” and “vine” no longer appear in the most recent edition of the Oxford Junior...
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Activate your inner environmentalist at Tales from Planet Earth film festival

From the 1925 tale of Balto, Sled Dog of Alaska, who led the final relay team carrying diphtheria serum into epidemic-ridden Nome, to 1993’s...
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Yahara River Watershed is southern Wisconsin's great blue heron haven

Like a great artery through Madison, the 45-mile-long Yahara River connects the waters of the city’s four lakes: Mendota, Monona, Kegonsa,...
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A lack of "outdoor" Vitamin D found in U.S. kids

The astoundingly low levels of Vitamin D found in our nation’s children have garnered a lot of attention this week, due to the publication of...
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Sending kids outdoors: a dose of nature may protect against health and environmental threats (#1)

It used to be that being a kid just went with being outdoors. Remember how hard it was to wait for summer vacation, when you could be free from the...
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