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Wildlife studies provide food for thought
The Wildlife Society recently released some short summaries of wildlife research that provide food for thought.
Spring welcomed at the Gueberts’
The signs and sounds of another Illinois spring are everywhere and each one sends me daydreaming to another time, another place.
Everywhere else it’s called kleptocracy
Alan Guebert breaks down agricultural lobbyists contributions to 2024 political campaigns.
Just a bug?
About 8 days ago, Kymberly Foster Seabolt contracted cellulitis. Probably from a bug bite. Fortunately, her family is pitching in to take care of her.
Return of the woodcock a sure sign of spring
The dance of the woodcock is a rite of spring that every birder should experience at least once.
Another citizen science opportunity — Firefly Watch
About a week ago while sitting on the back porch watching night fall, I saw the first golden flash of summer. Soon a dozen fireflies, or lightning bugs as they are often called, patrolled the backyard. Another handful flashed from perches in the tall grass on the edge of the yard. Flashing fireflies mean summer
A Tale of Tapioca: Daddy’s Little Deception
Miffed and mildly embarrassed, my high school senior, Jo, admitted one more time to friends at school that, as a little girl, her dad told her that tapioca was fish eggs.
Almost time for lamb-nesia
Every winter around this time, baby lambs begin prancing through Eliza Blue’s dreams — no matter how exhausted she was during the previous lambing season.
Big Ag counting on the ‘Blue Dog’
Alan Guebert explains why Collin Peterson, the chairman of the House Ag Committee, could be the face of today’s political divide in rural America.
Don’t feed deer this winter, doing so causes harm
Back in February, as a brutal winter unfolded, I explained that feeding deer in winter is a bad idea. I quoted experts from the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, and a veterinarian from the National Wildlife Health Center in Wisconsin. All agreed that supplemental feeding is bad deer management. That
