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Six more weeks of winter

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Here’s a recording of Punxsutawney Phil’s 2012 prediction that six more weeks of winter await us. I know that there are local groundhogs in the forecasting biz, but here at FW only the most reputable, established, and celebrated groundhog will do. That’s Phil. video platform video management video solutions video player Okay, for those who…

Animals, Nature, Wisconsin

New ‘deer czar’ absent for deer hunt

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Sack him, and he’ll have even more time for projects in Texas: “I’m a busy man. I’m in high demand. I had a schedule already set up. And also as a Texan, and I think Wisconsin folks are the same way, I keep my word. And I already had a schedule set up. I film…

Animals, Nature

Camera Trap App Sends Wild Animals to Your iPhone

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The Instant Wild app, free and newly released by the Zoological Society of London, streams images to your iPhone or iPad from camera traps in Kenya, Sri Lanka, Mongolia and England’s Whipsnade Zoo. Images can also be seen via browser. “It’s amazing for people to just be sitting in their office or walking in the street and…

Animals, Conservation, Nature

DNR Establishes Anti-Poacher Hotline

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I saw that the WI DNR has established an anti-poacher hotline. Not a bad idea, and especially nice to see that (as with similar hotlines) the state readily embraces a principle of anonymity: Help the wardens protect your natural resources and wildlife from poachers and violators. If you see anything suspicious during the pending 9-day…

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Whitewater’s First 70-Degree Day (with heat to spare)

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Two weeks ago, the FW comment forum asked, in comments and a poll, what would be Whitewater’s First 70-Degree Day this Year? Today was that day (using the Weather.com data for Whitewater), topping out at over 80 degrees. (The National Weather Service data for the Whitewater area, using Janesville information, showed a high temperature of…

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Gallery of Falconry Photos – JSOnline

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Master falconers Eric Wittak of North Prairie and Gary Cox of Elkhorn fly their Harris’s hawks on a hunt in Waukesha County. Visit the link below for the gallery at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel‘s website — Via Falconry – JSOnline.