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This week’s weekly:

⛸️ Glide Skating Ribbon returns to Boulder Junction

🔥 ‘Good Fire’ prescribed burn in Superior

 🥦 Why is there so much wild asparagus on the side of the road?

🦌 STORY OF THE WEEK: Hunting season update

⛸️ Glide Skating Ribbon returns to Boulder Junction LINK

• The Glide Skating Ribbon in Boulder Junction is back this winter with upgrades—think smoother ice, better parking, new gates, and a permanent woodshed by the firepit for those après-skate moments.

• After a hit debut season, Winter Park is gearing up for round two, promising more family nights, community events, and classic Northwoods winter charm.

• Thanks to local volunteers and businesses, Boulder Junction’s forest-skimming skating loop is set to reopen Dec. 20—weather permitting, of course.

🔥 ‘Good Fire’ prescribed burn in Superior LINK

• A long-awaited prescribed burn is set to take place on Wisconsin Point in Superior — reviving ishkode, or “good fire,” an ancient Ojibwe land stewardship practice that once nurtured red pines, blueberries, and community connection.

• Led by UW-Platteville’s Evan Larson and Red Cliff Band member Melonee Montano, the project blends modern fire science with Indigenous knowledge, using tree rings and oral history to trace centuries of cultural burning.

• Beyond restoring the land, the return of cultural fire marks a renewal of sovereignty and healing — a symbolic rekindling of balance between people, forest, and flame.

🥦 Why is there so much wild asparagus on the side of the road? LINK

• Those tall, feathery plants lining Wisconsin’s backroads aren’t weeds—they’re wild asparagus, descendants of long-gone farmhouse gardens that keep sprouting thanks to deep perennial roots and a little help from road crews moving soil.

• Birds also play a role in this roadside buffet, spreading asparagus seeds as they perch along fences and power lines, creating surprise veggie patches across the state.

• While foraging for wild asparagus can be a tasty springtime adventure, experts warn against picking near busy roads, where herbicides and runoff can make those spears less than appetizing.

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WISCAMPSIN WEEKLY POLL

Surprise, surprise — we have a bunch of well educated readers on all things nature in Wisconsin! 81% of last week's poll voters got the right answer.

The correct answer was Tamarack is the only native coniferous (cone-bearing) tree in the state that turns a brilliant gold and loses all its needles in late October

The Tamarack is a "deciduous conifer," meaning it's a conifer that, unlike an evergreen, drops its needles every fall. You can spot them right now in bogs and wetlands, looking like a splash of bright gold against the bare branches of other trees.

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