Ensuring Your Water Garden Doesn't Harbor Invasive Plants As you're choosing your plants for your water gardens and backyards this spring, be sure you aren't accidentally growing an invasive plant that could do harm [...]
Webinar: Learn the History, Safety, and Efficacy of the Purple Loosestrife Biocontrol Program As part of Wisconsin Water Week 2023, join the statewide Purple Loosestrife Biocontrol Program Coordinator Jeanne Scherer to reflect on the [...]
Invasive Species Can Start From Well-Intentioned Aquarium Releases Warming temperatures mean we get out to our favorite lakes and rivers. We start to clean up our yards and start spring cleaning. But this is [...]
Two Individuals Found in Summer 2022 Monitoring Efforts A newly verified finding of spiny waterflea (Bythotrephes longimanus) was discovered in Lake Winnebago in Summer 2022. This finding represents the first verification of this species [...]
February Fond du Lac Pet Surrender Event Success Fourteen animals were turned in at an exotic pet surrender event in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on Sunday. Thirty people attended and there was a Facebook Reach of 20,710. [...]
Wisconsin Gardeners Help Manage Aquatic Invasive Plant Species Spread the word and help make a difference by participating in North America National Invasive Species Awareness Week February 20-26. Aquatic invasive species (AIS) impact everyone [...]
Trout Anglers Protecting our Streams from Aquatic Invasive Species Wisconsin’s Early Trout Fishing season starts Saturday, January 7th and runs until midnight on May 5th. Wherever our rivers and streams stay open and the [...]
As the temperatures drop and the water begins to freeze over, we often forget that our winter actions continue to impact water quality. From residential ditches to ice fishing lakes to trickling streams, the [...]
Do you have your auger and shanty ready? The ice will be calling anglers soon throughout Wisconsin. In fact, several folks are already getting out in our area! Be careful on that ice! Throughout [...]
Red Swamp Crayfish Illegal Import Resulted in Over $34K in fines The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced on Halloween the first-ever criminal convictions under the state’s invasive species law, Chapter NR 40, [...]
