By Jack MacRae Everyone should be able to identify the northern cardinal. The boys are bright, bright red. Their faces are black. The girls...

By Black Jack MacRae When I think of black walnuts, I think of their abscission layer. Abscission is a botanical term used to...

On Saturday, September 19, Friends of the Fox River will coordinate our second river-length event on the entire Fox River from Waukesha,...

If you look at the lawn, you probably see evidence of drought conditions; brown and brittle leaves. The grass is probably not...

Few people realize that a fairly obscure Englishman nobleman named Cecil Calvert, (1605 – 1675) is directly responsible for the name of a...

You and your family are invited to join us on the 2nd Saturday of each month as we explore special places along...

By Jack MacRae I think everyone should have at least one wahoo (Euonymus atropupureus) in their backyard. They’re small, shrubby native trees that...

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