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  • Field Notes: Modern maple sap collection

    Field Notes: Modern maple sap collection
    2025/12/09
    Every spring, Kemp Station taps maple trees and produces a few gallons of maple syrup. In March 2026, we are planning a public demonstration project—moving beyond the simple sap buckets and sap bags—to a modern tubing system for gravity-flow sap collection.
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    4 分
  • Field Notes: Rings of Time

    Field Notes: Rings of Time
    2025/11/11
    Many people are aware that trees can be dated by counting the layers of tree rings in a cross section. But, less folks know that fish, snails, mussels, and the teeth of many local mammal species build seasonal growth rings that are used to age individuals.
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    4 分
  • Field Notes: Horseshoe crabs and health care

    Field Notes: Horseshoe crabs and health care
    2025/10/07
    Horseshoe crabs are one of the strangest critters ever; they are ancient animals who have been on earth for 450 million years and have scarcely changed in all that time.
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    5 分
  • Field Notes: Ruffed Grouse in the Northwoods

    Field Notes: Ruffed Grouse in the Northwoods
    2025/09/09
    In this month's installment of Field Notes, Scott Bowe of Kemp Station discusses Ruffed Grouse – a hallmark species in the Northwoods.
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    4 分
  • Field Notes: The Fruits of Summer

    Field Notes: The Fruits of Summer
    2025/07/08
    One of the many wonderful things about summer is the arrival of fresh and tasty local fruits.
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    5 分
  • Field Notes: Mosquitoes in the Northwoods

    Field Notes: Mosquitoes in the Northwoods
    2025/06/10
    In this month's installment of Field Notes, Scott Bowe of Kemp Station discusses mosquitoes – a favorite insect of the Northwoods.
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    5 分
  • Canadian Nightcrawlers: More Than Just Bait

    Canadian Nightcrawlers: More Than Just Bait
    2025/05/13
    While they’re famous among anglers, few people realize that Canadian Nightcrawlers—Lumbricus terrestris—have a fascinating biological story all their own, one that stretches across continents and ecosystems.
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    4 分
  • Field Notes: Nitrogen Fixation and Bombs

    Field Notes: Nitrogen Fixation and Bombs
    2025/04/08
    Though it may be a nuisance in some situations, tag alder has a magic trick – it can fix nitrogen.
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    5 分