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The bad and good of déjà vu

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The bad and good of déjà vu

It's déjà vu all over again, Yogi Berra was once reputed to say. So it always seems to be in Wisconsin conservation.

Starting with the bad side of déjà vu, please see all the following links for warnings and calls to action regarding Senate Bill 802 that would allow non-profit conservation organizations and local governments to sell land they had purchased for conservation and outdoor recreation with Stewardship dollars.

Photo by Monica Hall

That's a Wrap: Madison-area Christmas Bird Count 2021

The results from this year include a lot of typical species we see in mid-December, as well as a couple of pleasant surprises and a couple of eye-brow raisers. Below is the list for the birds seen and effort data from the 2021 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count.

Photo by Paul Noeldner

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And this will happen in Wisconsin too...

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And this will happen in Wisconsin too...

Please see this link to the account of 4 (COUNT THEM, FOUR !!!!) Whooping Cranes illegally killed in Oklahoma during the Sandhill Crane hunting season.

Possibly the 4 most unhelpful words in the English language are: I told you so. Any parent can attest to how counter-productive those words are. So let's take the steps needed to never use those in Wisconsin with regard to the inadvertent slaughter of Whooping Cranes.

Photo by Mick Thompson