Bird & Nature Blog
A clutch of the latest stories from Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance
We usually think of champions as winners of athletic contests but another definition kicks off this blog. Champion can also mean a person who is a determined, dedicated, competent, and untiring advocate and protector of a cause or people or, in the case at hand, of birds, bugs, and their homes. We have some such champions in our midst and they deserve our thanks.
Photo by Matt Reetz / SoWBA
Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance’s Goose Pond Sanctuary always has a ton going on. Bird conservation, habitat restoration, research, and outreach are always in season here. Learn more about Goose Pond through the update below, by visiting our Goose Pond webpage, or by exploring our Goose Pond StoryMap.
Photo by Emma Raasch
Thanks to all of you who participated in the DNR's Spring Conservation Congress Hearing and Expressions of Opinion (the DNR and Conservation Congress doesn't like to call the voting voting). With the help of conservation organizations such as Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance and folks like you, we might have made some progress on some important issues.
Photo by Arlene Koziol
The report on the search for rare plants is well written and illustrated. And hopeful. The facts that dozens of volunteers are willing to be trained and then spend hours or days searching for these rare plants and that they find many show that the conservation ethic is alive and well in Wisconsin and that Nature always has some pleasant surprises.
Photo by John Winder FCC
