Meet Your Bright Red Neighbors
By Jack MacRae Everyone should be able to identify the northern cardinal. The boys are bright, bright red. Their faces are black. The girls... Read More
Meet Your Returning Neighbors
By Jack MacRae Ornithologists have learned a great deal about dark-eyed juncos, those cute, gray and white snowbirds that visit us from... Read More
Meet your Tall Neighbor
By Black Jack MacRae When I think of black walnuts, I think of their abscission layer. Abscission is a botanical term used to... Read More
It’s Our Fox River Day – A Watershed-Wide Celebration
On Saturday, September 19, Friends of the Fox River will coordinate our second river-length event on the entire Fox River from Waukesha,... Read More
How are you handling the drought?
If you look at the lawn, you probably see evidence of drought conditions; brown and brittle leaves. The grass is probably not... Read More
Meet Your Scavenging Neighbors
By Jack MacRae Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) are frequent flyers in our wild skies. Teetering on their long wings, these aerial scavengers... Read More
A Watershed is Not Where the Well is Located
By Gary Swick, FOFR President I have been asking folks for decades, “What is a watershed?” It is important to us because... Read More
Meet Your Orange, Black, Golden Yellow Neighbors
Few people realize that a fairly obscure Englishman nobleman named Cecil Calvert, (1605 – 1675) is directly responsible for the name of a... Read More
Second Saturday Outdoor Family Adventure
You and your family are invited to join us on the 2nd Saturday of each month as we explore special places along... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: Meet Your Wahoo Neighbor
By Jack MacRae I think everyone should have at least one wahoo (Euonymus atropupureus) in their backyard. They’re small, shrubby native trees that... Read More