This booklet was created by a multi-state group of Extension professionals including UW-Madison Extension educators and aims to inform farmers and their key partners—in particular, farm business management educators, agricultural lenders, and conservation educators and professionals—about the financial costs and benefits of conservation agriculture practices. The booklet focuses on four of the most common conservation […]

Wisconsin has five species of tree squirrel: the red squirrel, eastern gray squirrel, fox squirrel, and the southern and northern flying squirrel. Although people may get frustrated at times with their presence, squirrels provide many valuable ecosystem services, including serving as prey for other animals and dispersing seeds for a variety of plants.

Find information on common urban wildlife species, DIY projects to attract wildlife to your property, and more.

Four species of voles are found in a variety of habitats throughout Wisconsin. When and where possible, the key to successfully managing damage from voles is to take action before damage occurs.

The Water and Environmental Analysis Laboratory is a Wisconsin DNR certified facility capable of analyzing a wide range of constituents, including metals, nutrients, and pesticides. Housed at the Center for Watershed Science and Education, the lab offers water testing for homeowners and private well owners.

This informational guide helps you understand some of the issues around managing your private drinking water well system and keeping it maintained. If you have had your well water tested, you may be wondering how to understand the test results and what you should do about them. You may be surprised to learn that some […]

Find the resources you need to learn from and teach about our watersheds. This site aims to increase environmental education activity and connectedness for educators serving in the St. Louis River and Lake Superior watersheds.

As a result of successful reintroduction efforts beginning in 1976 and the preservation of quality habitat, wild turkeys are again thriving. However, turkeys can be aggressive toward humans and cause damage to buildings and agricultural crops.

If you are interested in managing your land for wildlife, explore this library of resources.

This fact sheet summarizes the primary laws and regulations that apply to wildlife damage management, identifies the government agencies responsible, defines specific classes of wildlife, and provides links to additional information on federal and state wildlife laws.

Learn to sculpt Wisconsin aquifers using modelling clay using this lesson plan developed by the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. This activity helps students envision Wisconsin’s aquifers in three dimensions while learning about the geologic concepts.

Have a question about Wisconsin geology, mineral resource, mining, caves and sinkholes or hydrogeology? Look for the category that best fits your question and ask our team of geology experts.

Use this site to browse the most up-to-date Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS) publications and their coverage areas, and also see mapping-in-progress project locations.

The WI Well Water Quality Interactive Viewer was created as an educational tool to help people better understand Wisconsin’s groundwater resources using voluntarily submitted well water samples from homeowners an​d other well water data collected by state agencies.

This classroom resource helps students the abundant aquatic life living underwater with these free learning resources that help you collect, identify, and understand aquatic macroinvertebrates in streams, lakes, and wetlands. It can be used in conjunction with the Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Keys.