Driftless Dark Skies: Enjoying and Conserving

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Photos by Alayne Hendricks at Wildcat Mountain State Park January 2023. Driftless Dark Skies: Enjoying and Conserving (February 2024) February looks to be an excellent month to experience starry skies and discover ways to preserve them for future generations....

Enjoying the Nature of the Driftless

Driftless Wisconsin, Recreation & Outdoors

When craving the solace of the outdoors, with enough room to breathe and keep a social distance, the state parks and reserves of the Driftless can offer you the outdoor recreation in nature you love with the space you need. Be sure to check ahead to see if offered...

Fall Arrives

Driftless Wisconsin

The fall season arrived officially on September 22, but fall colors arrive on their own time. I am out on the Kickapoo River to survey for a deadfall removal project. I am in the front of the canoe, mapping and fidgeting with my GPS locator. Then I look up and...

Driftless Dark Skies: Autumnal Dawn

Driftless Wisconsin

We think of evening as the ideal time for stargazing. The sun sets, the sky darkens, and one by one the stars and planets emerge. If you look to the east just after sunset, you can see Earth’s shadow just above the horizon. Darkness does not fall—it rises! We spend...

Driftless Dark Skies: Walk When the Moon is Full

Driftless Wisconsin

This fall is a marvelous time for a moonwalk. The next three months, our calendar and lunar months align. The new moon falls near the beginning of the month. First quarter moon is a week later. Full moon is mid-month. Last quarter moon is the third week. And...