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- Category: Articles
- Emily Rudolph: Artist in Residence at Huiras Lake State Natural Area
- A Magical Mystery Tour of the Milwaukee County Grounds
- Enjoying Point Beach State Forest!
- Finding Joy in Abstract Nature Photography
- Cream City Conservation: A Pipeline of Diversity for the Green Movement
- Chuck Stebelton: Artist in Residence in the Milwaukee River Greenway
- Protecting & Restoring Nature in the City
- Jaymee Harvey Willms: Artist in Residence at Schoofs Preserve
- Nature Deficit Disorder: A Guide to a Cure
- A photography lesson in Three Bridges Park
- The Urban Ecology Center has resources available to everyone sheltering at home!
- Five ways to get involved with A Wealth of Nature
- Category: Events
- Pollinator Bioblitz: How you can help save endangered pollinators!
- Kayaking the Root River with Root-Pike WIN and SEWRPC
- Three Bridges Park celebrates its Tenth Anniversary with a “Party in the Park!”
- OutWiGo Green brings thousands to Ottawa Lake despite the rain!
- Celebration Features Newly Installed “Peace Posts” at Hopkins Hollow Trailhead
- Nearby Nature Milwaukee Recognizes “Harriet Tubman Day” with a Water Trail Hike.
- A Walk in the Wilderness of Cedarburg Bog!
- Groundhog Day at Lakeshore State Park!
- Photo essay: Winterfest in Washington Park
- Autumn Odyssey 2: Treasures of Oz and more!
- Scenes from Milwaukee’s Three-in-One Festival!
- The Mane Event: Touring Nature Preserves on Horseback!
- Wauwatosa Youth Help Restore a Historic Sunken Garden
- Photo essay: Milwaukee Riverkeeper Cleanups through the years!
- Accessibility is front and center for the Wehr Nature Center Healthy County Challenge!
- Celebrating Frederick Law Olmsted’s Legacy in Milwaukee
- Photo essay: 3K walk in Sherman Park kicks off Healthy County Challenge
- Milwaukee’s Menomonee River Valley lights up for Urban Candlelight Hike 2022
- Journalist Isiah Holmes Earns Environmental Hero of the Year Award
- Cycles & Cider with Urban Ecology Center
- Xtreme Raptor Day 2021 at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
- Photo essay: Doors Open to Alice’s Garden Urban Farm!
- Photo essay: Exploring the Treasures of OZ
- Sturgeon Fest joins Harbor Fest – September 19!
- Photo essay: Shooting Three Bridges Park with the Natural Resources Foundation
- Photo essay: Greenway 15 – so far!
- Photo Essay: Peddle to Paddle in Lincoln Park
- Preserve Our Parks sponsors Week 3 of Greenway 15!
- Milwaukee River Greenway Coalition Celebrates 15 Years!
- Birding, Boats, and Breweries on the Milwaukee River
- Hiking the Lincoln-Estabrook Connector Trail
- Photo Essay: An Historic Return to the Milwaukee River and Indigenous Roots
- Where to do the DNR Challenge: Do It Nearby!
- African American Environmental Pioneer Awards 2021
- A guided—and illustrated—tour of Lake Park
- Treasures of Oz Eco-Tour 2020
- Lincoln Creek Greenway: Pocket of Paradise
- Sanctuary Woods: Restoring an old growth forest with ‘historical roots’
- Photo essay: Annual Milwaukee Riverkeeper Boat Parade rocks Milwaukee River
- The annual Urban Candlelight Hike in Three Bridges Park is coming!
- Kickoff event for new group: Friends of County Grounds Park
- Explore the Outdoors!
- Touring restoration sites on the Milwaukee River in Ozaukee County
- Photo essay: New Year’s Day at Lapham Peak
- Photo essay: Santa Rampage 2019
- Southeastern Wisconsin Conservation Summit convenes at Forest Beach
- Monarch butterfly tagging at Mequon Nature Preserve
- Sturgeon Fest: A child’s perspective
- Sturgeon Fest is this Saturday!
- Milwaukee County Parks System is designated an “Important Bird Area”
- Ozaukee County celebrates 10th annual Treasures of Oz!
- UW-Parkside and Root-Pike WIN Partner for “Pollinator Patch Program”
- Photo essay: Kite Fest lights up Veterans Park
- Photo essay: Kayaking in the Root River Challenge
- Photo essay: Kayaking Lincoln Park
- Join in the fun: “Wisconsin Loves Parks” Day is May 11
- Photo essay: Annual river clean up
- Hiking with the Ice Age Trail Alliance
- Milwaukee Riverkeeper Boat Parade!
- Mequon Nature Preserve: Frolickers out in force
- A photography contest promotes local conservation
- Raptors get top billing at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
- Sturgeon Fest
- Monarch tagging event at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
- Migration Celebration 2018 at the Monarch Trail
- Photo essay: Hank Aaron State Trail Run/Walk 2018
- We Are Water / Somos Agua
- Treasures of OZ 2018 focuses on the Milwaukee River
- Category: featured artist
- Ellen Anderson: Artist in Residence at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
- Haley Krob: Artist in Residence in the Milwaukee River Greenway
- Alecia McBride: Artist in Residence at Sauk Creek Nature Preserve
- West Bend Sculpture Walk
- Megan Muthupandiyan: Artist in Residence at Tall Pines Conservancy
- kathryn e. martin: Artist in Residence at Kratzsch Conservancy
- A Woodland Sculpture Garden and a Wilderness Walk
- ARTservancy: Year in Review
- Julia Scheckel: Artist in Residence at Lake Park
- Lisa Leick: Artist in Residence at Biehl Nature Preserve / Lake Twelve
- Deb Mortl: Artist in Residence at Spirit Lake Preserve
- Jim Toth: Artist in Residence in Grant Park
- Holly Buchholz: Artist in Residence in The Milwaukee River Greenway
- Sarah Eichhorn: Artist in Residence for the Beerline Trail
- Wild Space at Washington Park
- Heather Eiden: Artist in Residence at Spirit Lake Preserve
- Photo essay: Stevens Point Sculpture Park
- ARTservancy: Year in Review
- Berel Lutsky: Artist in Residence at Kratzsch Conservancy
- Laj Waghray: Artist in Residence at Donges Bay Gorge Preserve
- Sally Duback: Artist in Residence at Spirit Lake Preserve
- Karen and Patrick Robison: Artists in Residence at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
- Kristin Gjerdset: Artist in Residence at Mequon Nature Preserve
- The Milwaukee River Greenway: A Wealth of Nature in the Heart of the City
- Mauriah Donegan Kraker: Artist in Residence in the Milwaukee River Greenway
- The Birds Are Here: Public Art Lands on Lakeshore State Park
- Heidi Parkes: Artist in Residence in Lake Park
- Beth Stoddard: Artist in Residence in Fitzsimmons Woods
- Jayce Kolinski: Artist in Residence in the Milwaukee River Greenway
- Tom Smith: Artist in Residence at Spirit Lake Preserve
- Angela Johnson and Justin Bitner: Artists in Residence at Zinn Preserve
- Marsha McDonald: Artist in Residence in Milwaukee River Greenway
- Frankie Garr: Artist in Residence at Tall Pines Conservancy
- ARTservancy: Year in review
- UWM students bring “balance” to the Milwaukee River Greenway
- Milwaukee River Greenway: A year in the wilderness
- Leslie Fedorchuk: Artist in Residence at Kratzsch Conservancy
- New public sculpture on Hank Aaron State Trail: An introduction
- Krista Allenstein: Artist in Residence at Sidney Woodland Preserve
- Mary Mendla: Artist in Residence at Fairy Chasm State Natural Area
- Kelly Alexander: Artist in Residence at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
- Emily Verbeten: Artist in Residence at Zinn Preserve
- Barbara Manger: Artist in Residence at Donges Bay Gorge Nature Preserve
- Featured photographer: Danielle (Dana) Kornitz
- Danielle Pahlisch: Artist in Residence at Shannon Preserve
- Vicki Reed: Artist in Residence at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
- Devon Hugdahl: Artist in residence at Sauk Creek Nature Preserve
- Glenda Puhek: Artist in residence in the Milwaukee River Greenway
- Tori Tasch: Artist in residence at Schoofs Preserve
- Featured artist: The pastel painting of Colette Odya Smith
- An exhibit at The Warehouse highlights nature
- Featured poem: To Homo Sapiens
- ARTservancy 2020 and Wild & Scenic Film Festival!
- Healing the waters: The art of Melanie Ariens
- Meet Me in the Grove
- Nicole Shaver: Artist in residence at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
- Andrew Musil: Artist in residence at Cedarburg Environmental Study Area
- Hal Rammel: Artist in residence at Hames Nature Preserve
- David Niec: Artist in residence at Lake Twelve Preserve
- Gina Litherland: Artist in residence at Bratt Woods Preserve
- Risë Andersen: Artist in Residence at Sauk Creek Nature Preserve
- Chris Hewitt: Artist in residence at Kurtz Woods State Natural Area
- Michael Bunton: Artist in residence at Kratzsch Conservancy
- Art and restoration on the KK River: The gods are smiling!
- Brooklyn Henke: Artist in residence at Spirit Lake Preserve
- Patricia Bertha-Mattingly: Artist in residence at Donges Bay Gorge
- Cynthia Lorenz: Artist in residence at Huiras Lake State Natural Area
- Todd Mrozinski: Artist in residence at Fellenz Woods
- ARTservancy: Art and conservation
- Art and Ecology
- Photo essay: Swallow Mandala
- Lake Michigan: A Poetic Appreciation
- Technology and Nature: The Art of Nathaniel Stern
- Feature: Wildlife photographer Mary Lee Agnew
- Category: Issues
- What are the Rights of Nature?
- Native garden comes under attack in Wauwatosa!
- Take action to support Knowles Nelson funding!
- Ensuring Equitable Access to Wisconsin’s Waters
- Washington Park: The Urban Ecology Center Perspective!
- Milwaukee’s Olmsted-designed Washington Park listed as “at-risk” by The Cultural Landscape Foundation
- Milwaukee County Strengthens Protections for Natural Areas
- Nature Ignores Design that Ignores Nature
- Conservation plans in trouble—please take action!
- Conservation protections may be lost in Wisconsin: Please act now!
- Milwaukee County Parks are in Desperate Financial Straits
- More glass buildings planned as dead bodies pile up on Innovation Campus
- Honoring Earth Day All Year
- Bradford Beach proposal stirs controversy over public access
- Trail Fees Proposed for Milwaukee County Parks – Then Dropped for Now
- Photo Essay: Kinnickinnic River restoration in Pulaski Park
- Photo essay: The resilience of Milwaukee’s rivers
- County Executive David Crowley names Guy Smith for Parks Director
- The Ice Age Trail – Waterville Segment to be improved!
- “Love Your Parks” campaign launched in Milwaukee County
- County Parks Lost Funding to Bucks Arena
- It’s GARLIC MUSTARD time!
- Celebrate 50 years of Earth Days: Join the #trashtag challenge!
- Schools are closed, events cancelled, but parks are open!
- Milwaukee County voters: Is your County Executive candidate a Public Parks Champion?
- Waukesha County Land Conservancy and Muskego Lakes Land Conservancy to Merge
- The coyotes that share our urban environments
- Two perspectives: Kletzsch Park River Access & Fish Passage Project
- Wauwatosa Common Council to vote on resolution to protect Sanctuary Woods
- Public to weigh in on proposal to rezone Sanctuary Woods in Wauwatosa
- Wauwatosa Plan Commission votes unanimously to rezone Sanctuary Woods as Conservancy
- Preserve Our Parks posts “For Sale” signs at Milwaukee County Parks
- Make your voice heard: Support Milwaukee County Parks with a letter to the editor or to your county supervisor
- 10 Ways to Design Healthy Communities
- Competing views on Kletzsch Park project proposal
- Photo essay: Kinnickinnic River restoration in Pulaski Park
- Wauwatosa citizens speak out (again): Save Sanctuary Woods!
- Wauwatosa to hold Public Hearing on revised Master Plan
- Open letter to Milwaukee County Board: Milwaukee County Parks need a “Fair Deal”
- “Our Turn” petition drive for more park funding goes online
- Preservation has become a priority for Sanctuary Woods
- Milwaukee County Parks at a Crossroads
- County Board adds protections for Pleasant Valley Park
- “Our Turn” petition drive and town hall meetings appeal for more park funding
- Our Endangered Domes
- Category: Places
- Trekking the Retzer Nature Center with the Sierra Club
- Hiking the Niagara Escarpment on National Trails Day: Oakfield Ledges SNA
- Tips for taking photos at Lakeshore State Park (or any park!)
- Bird Banding at Riveredge Provides Critical Scientific Data
- Hawthorn Glen: A Hidden Gem Awaiting Discovery
- Close Encounters in a Suburban Enclave or Why Neighborhood Parks Matter
- Kenosha County in a Blaze of Color
- Winter Waterfalls: Manitowoc and Brown Counties
- Autumn Odyssey 7: A World of Trees
- A Wintertime Walk Along Harrington Beach
- Creating a Bird Refuge at Doctors Park
- Autumn Odyssey 5: Size matters, except when it doesn’t!
- Donges Bay Gorge Natural Area: Ablaze in the Golden Season
- Donald County Park: A Must Visit
- Fall Colors at Virmond Park
- Photo Essay: Hiking Pike Lake State Park in Autumnal Glory!
- Exploring antique apples and more at Weston’s Antique Apple Orchard!
- An Apple Orchard is Thriving in McGovern Park!
- Autumn Colors: Joan M. Pick Nature Preserve
- Island of Nature: Exploring a Blank Spot on the Map of Milwaukee
- Indian Creek Woods and Indian Creek: Rebounding with Life in Fox Point
- Photo Essay: Summer scenes from our wealth of nature!
- Life and Landscape: A Photographic Tour of Three Bridges Park
- The Scuppernong Springs Nature Trail: A Saunter through History
- Lincoln Creek: A Vital Summit and a Visual Tour
- Loew Lake by Kayak—at Last!
- Goats Boost Effort to Restore Woods Through their Browsing Habits!
- Photo essay: Kayaking Wild and Scenic Rivers!
- Maquoketa: Reaching Deep into the Niagara
- Badertscher Preserve: The Prairie Enthusiasts aid with restoration efforts
- Lizard Mound State Park: A Place Apart
- The Gift Of Nature
- Photo essay: Human+Nature at The Morton Arboretum
- A magical morning on the Forked Aster Trail!
- Is it Spring yet? A panoramic view
- Port Washington’s Valley Creek Corridor
- Badertscher Preserve in Muskego: A Hidden Gem
- Jackson Marsh Wildlife Area: Degrees of Wilderness … and Solitude
- Doctors Park: TRANQUIL RESTORATION
- Trailblazers aim to bring nature back to Milwaukee’s 30th Street Corridor neighborhood
- Photo essay: Autumn Colors Hike at Havenwoods with Nearby Nature MKE
- Fifty Scarecrows Are Among Autumn Delights at Retzer Nature Center
- Photo essay: An autumn explosion!
- The Abstract Wild: Stigler Nature Preserve in New Berlin
- Drainage Ditch to be Restored into a Living River
- Suburban Soles: A photography lesson in Grant Park
- Oconomowoc River Conservancy Park and Healing Nature
- Lion’s Den Gorge: A Meditation on Photography
- Wildlife Spotting Along the Menomonee River
- Celebrating Earth Day with the Planting of 44,000 Trees at Meachem Preserve!
- Photo Essay: The Blue Hole
- Area Nature Centers Tap Maples for Syrup—and Fun!
- Frosty Fun in Three Bridges Park with a three-year-old!
- Nature and Community: A Winter Walk in the Milwaukee River Greenway
- Prairie Seeding Honors Ancestors at Buffalo Speaks Reserve
- Winter fun in Milwaukee County Parks!
- Chiwaukee Prairie: If You Restore It, They Will Come
- Unique New Maps Show What’s in Milwaukee’s Harbor
- Cultural fire at Buffalo Speaks Reserve preserves American Indian tradition
- Kulwicki Park: An unlikely wilderness
- Milwaukee River Greenway: Moments of Gratitude
- Developing America’s Most Inclusive Park in Milwaukee County
- Photo Essay: An Autumn Odyssey of Discovery
- ‘Welcome All to the Forest’
- Revisiting Hartung Park: Floating islands and so much more!
- Prairie and wetland restoration to begin at Gitzlaff Park
- Photo essay: Badertscher Preserve in midsummer
- Menomonee River Valley Kayak Tour 2020
- An historic tour of Sanctuary Woods
- Snowbirds at Mequon Nature Preserve
- Photo essay: Milwaukee River Greenway in white!
- WGLBBO, FBMP and OWLT: Ten years and growing
- A winter walk in the Cedarburg Bog
- Photo essay: A winter hike along the Milwaukee River
- Photo essay: Winter is a blast at Curry Park
- Photo essay: Wild winter surf on Lake Michigan
- Photo essay: Christmas Day in the park
- Work in progress: Friends of Doctors Park Annual Report
- Photo essay: The magic of the monarchs
- Touring Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area
- Photo essay: Fun and adventure on the Milwaukee River at Estabrook Falls
- Photo essay: A misty morning at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
- Meyer Preserve: Restoration and Stewardship Project
- Photo essay: Downtown Milwaukee’s river of kayaks
- Photo essay: Ottawa Lake Recreation Area
- Photo essay: A guided tour of wildflowers in Three Bridges Park
- Photo essay: A busy afternoon at Fox Brook Park
- Photo essay: Sunrise and resurrection at Grant Park!
- Fellenz Woods Preserve: A controlled burn
- Photo essay: Touring Schlitz Audubon Nature Center with the Sierra Club
- Buckthorn brigade tackles Sanctuary Woods
- The observatory at Harrington Beach State Park
- A new interactive map reveals the secrets of Wauwatosa’s Sanctuary Woods
- Ho! Ho! Ho! Christmas Day snow!
- Hiking the Milwaukee River Greenway: our premier urban wilderness
- Birding at the Lynden Sculpture Garden
- Touring Vernon Wildlife Area
- Photo essay: Butterflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies at Cedarburg Bog
- The Prairie: Bristol Woods County Park
- New trail connects Lincoln and Estabrook Parks
- Lapham Peak: A summer bouquet
- Explore the Milwaukee Urban Water Trail
- Phenology at Lakeshore State Park
- Butterfly gardens are thriving in River Hills
- Hiking Hartland Marsh and the Ice Age Trail
- Photo essay: Ice Age Trail at Loew Lake
- Welcome to Tichigan Wildlife Area: A winter tour of trees
- Jackson Marsh, a local wildlife area for all seasons
- Category: Spotlight
- Photo essay: A summer for the senses!
- Photo essay: 20 of the Best Beaches in SE Wisconsin
- Rain Gardens and Bioswales: Beauty as Well as Utility
- Dear Mother Earth, I love you!
- Emphasizing the “Control” in Controlled Burn at Pringle Nature Center.
- First Snow: A meditation on winter, climate change, and feeling good!
- Milwaukee’s Thin Places
- 2022 Year in Review
- Autumn Odyssey 2022: A Thanksgiving Photographic Treat!
- Autumn Odyssey 2022
- The Importance of the “Wild” in Wildflowers, Part 2.
- Witnessing Owl Banding in the Wild!
- 2021: Year in Review
- 2021: The Year in Pictures
- Autumn in Southeast Wisconsin: A Thanksgiving Treat!
- Pike River Restoration: Enhancing the Watershed for a Cleaner Lake Michigan
- The Lincoln Park Wilderness
- Hawk Watch at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
- Year in Review: The Best of 2020!
- Photo essay: Autumn forays in the parks of Southeast Wisconsin
- A time for giving thanks!
- The dramatic effect of the Grazing Goats on invasive buckthorn!
- Coping with COVID: When will it end?
- Coping with COVID: Jane’s Walk goes virtual
- Coping with COVID: Imagining a future…
- Coping with COVID: Meetings and distances
- Coping with COVID: Spring Beauties!
- Coping with COVID: The new normal?
- Coping with COVID: An Earth Day tribute!
- Coping with COVID: Getting away from it all!
- Coping with COVID photo essay: All over the map!
- Coping with COVID-19: People enjoying our parks!
- Coping with COVID-19: People seek out nature!
- Sixteen reasons to build a fort in the woods
- The Year in Pictures
- Season’s Greetings!
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- Photo essay: An October Odyssey
- 12 “Awards” for Spring Flowers and Wildlife in the Milwaukee Area
- Wetland Monitoring: Citizen scientists join in the fun!
- A Place Where Water Sparkles
- Searching for snow and serenity: Bristol County Park
- 2018 in review: A year in The Natural Realm…with pictures!
- Season’s Greetings!
- Artist-designed posters of Milwaukee County Parks unveiled
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- Photo Essay: First snow
- Photo essay: Signs of autumn in Southeast Wisconsin
- Summer Bouquet: A panoramic view
- String of Pearls: Milwaukee County’s south shore parks
- Monarch migration underway on Milwaukee County Grounds in Wauwatosa
- Go jump in a lake!
- Welcome to “A Wealth of Nature”
- The Lakefront: Welcome to summer!
- Photo essay: A spring bouquet of wildflowers!
- Category: Stories
- Kayaking a Surprising Suburban Wilderness
- June Blizzard
- Wisconsin’s First Spring Flowers: Skunk Cabbage
- “Wildest Dreams” from the urban wilderness along the Menomonee River
- What CV-worthy skills do we develop by spending more time outside?
- Autumn Odyssey 6: Finding fall colors far and wide
- Season’s Greetings!
- Autumn Odyssey 4: A Sense of Wonder!
- Luxury Bug Hotel on Milwaukee Riverfront!
- Mushroom Season
- Fox River Idyll
- A Tale of Two Species
- The Importance of the “Wild” in Wildflowers!
- March: Lion or Lamb?
- Photo essay: Winter fun all over SE Wisconsin!
- Walking on the River!
- Generation Green: Creating Career Pathways for the Next Wave of Environmental Stewards
- How do you photograph the wind?
- Photo essay: Fantastic fungi are among the Treasures of OZ!
- Native Species: Our Home is Their Home
- Duluth woman aims to complete winter thru-hike of 1,200-mile Ice Age Trail
- Grazing Goats help eradicate invasive buckthorn!
- Threats to birds / A songbird photo essay
- What is “needle ice?”
- Smolenski Park and the Seed Idea
- Hiking with Urban Wilderness Explorers
- Snakes alive! Citizen Science snake surveys at Retzer Nature Center
- Building healthy cities: The Nature Conservancy comes to Milwaukee
- Pike River restoration: This is what success looks like!
- Meet Tilia: Canine Conservation Ambassador at Mequon Nature Preserve
- A Jane’s Walk in the Menomonee River Wilderness
- The “Smokes” of Spring
- An Earth Day Success Story: MMSD’s Greenseams® Program Rejuvenates a Restored Prairie
- Historic routes provide the basis for today’s Oak Leaf Trail
- The hawk in Jackson Park: A lesson learned.
- Warm Winter Memories – Cool Neighborhood Park
- Winter is Lake Michigan’s showiest and finest hour
- Brew City Safari hikes the Hank Aaron State Trail at night
- Floating Islands help rehabilitate Hartung Park Pond
- Native Plants to Replace Cattails at Humboldt Park Lagoon
- Photo essay: Kayaking the Fox River in Waukesha County
- Floating down the Bark River with Flotilla
- Burning Washington Park