Loggers come to the little cabin
I had been dreading this day. Approximately 50 acres of the little cabin property is enrolled in the Managed Forest Law (MFL) program.
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Christine Thomas: No swimming with the angel fish, Part III
I did not get to swim with the angel fish. Thought I should get that out there right away.
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Christine Thomas: In search of elusive angel fish, part II
Seventeen years after our first trip to St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands (described in the last issue), I organized another trip.
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Christine Thomas: In search of the elusive angel fish
I was hooked. This was about 24 years ago. My mother had passed, and I had inherited a modest sum of money, which I have parsed out over the years for a family trip here, supplies for the first college dorm room there, for a wedding dress for Shannon, and so on.
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‘Carcass cams’ reveal surprise visitors
The club is part of a university program, the Douglas Stephens- Boone and Crockett Club Research Fellowship, at the UW-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources.
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Answering the call for some owl banding
Back at the vehicle, the students took turns explaining the process of weighing, measuring, aging, and sexing the bird.
Data was meticulously recorded. There is a large national network of volunteers and professionals who do this each fall. Each owl gets a band, like those that are put on waterfowl. The number on each band goes into a national data base. When a bird is trapped again, it helps scientists understand where birds travel to, how long they live, and other important information.
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Lake Puckaway ducks skunk Christine
You have read in previous columns that I describe myself as a medium shotgunner. I like to say that I will never win a contest, but I can usually get supper.
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Christine gets the boot(s)!
Why boots? Well, most of the challenging aspects of the hunt were related to boots. You may recall an earlier column this fall, where I told you about my first snow-filled outing with Stan. This is the one where I hiked into Uncle Harry’s Devil’s Bend cabin with inappropriate footwear.
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Dan Honl breaks in ‘new’ deer stand
“I at the little cabin on have schoolwork to do, so I won’t be staying Friday night,” our daughter, Shannon Honl, said.
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