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Planting Trout

Date: 04 26 1936
Description: Planting trout in Waupaca County. Left to right on bank: S.A. LaVoilette, Joe Samz, Lloyd Pinkawski, Edwin Kargewski, W.M. Geiger, G. Moder, Billy LaVoilet...
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Smokey Bear with School Children

Date: 1954
Description: A man dressed in a Smokey Bear costume is standing with two Milwaukee school children. A young girl is sitting at a desk, and a boy is standing and holding...
Painting

Cover of Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape

Date: 1972
Description: Cover for the Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted is a red wing blackbird perching on cattail flowers in a body of water. The Wisco...
Painting

Cover of Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape

Date: 1968
Description: Cover for the Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted are two geese and a duck on a lake. The Wisconsin Friends chapter was founded in ...
Painting

Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape, 1956

Date: 1956
Description: Cover for the 1956 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted are some white flowers with green leaves, a lake, and some birds flying in t...
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Cyril Ballam & Governor Heil

Date: 03 10 1939
Description: Cyril Ballam and Governor Julius P. Heil looking at a National Wildlife Restoration Week poster.
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Conservation Exhibit

Date: 08 1948
Description: Aerial view of the grounds of the Wisconsin Conservation Department exhibit at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition.
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Deer Park

Date: 1957
Description: Pat Harrison with a bottle of milk in Deer Park.
Map or Atlas

State of Wisconsin

Date: 1912
Description: This map from the U.S. General Land Office shows railroads, counties, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, U.S. Land Offices, Indian reservations, military ...
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Bird Census

Date: 12 12 1956
Description: Madison Audubon Society president Mary Walker filling one of her bird feeders in preparation for the annual December 22 bird census. The metal bird feeders...
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Neda Mine Bat Hibernaculum

Date: 11 1996
Description: "What was a thriving iron ore mine at Neda is now home to some 500,000 bats. The steel cage keeps humans out, but allows access for the bats."
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Neda Mine Bat Hibernaculum

Date: 11 1996
Description: "A 90-foot-long culvert will serve as an entrance for researchers."
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Neda Mine Bat Hibernaculum

Date: 11 1996
Description: "The Neda mine has four miles of corridors over about 22 arches."
Photograph

Neda Mine Bat Hibernaculum

Date: 11 1996
Description: "Bill Volkert, Naturalist."
Photograph

Trailer with Gorilla Mural is Transferred to Rail

Date: 1975
Description: Color photo of a trailer with a gorilla painted on the back as it is loaded onto a railroad car by a gantry for shipment. The painting was part of one of s...
Photograph

Man Standing Atop Truck Trailer with Big Cat Mural

Date: 1975
Description: View of a man in a red jacket holding paint brushes and a palette while standing atop a truck trailer. The side of the trailer is painted with a mural of f...
Photograph

Truck Trailer with Mural of Endangered Animals

Date: 1975
Description: Three men are looking at a trailer with a woman posing on roof holding a paintbrush to a painted mural. One of the men is Ricardo Alonzo, muralist and dire...
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Children Looking at "Save Our Cats" Mural on Trailer

Date: 1975
Description: View of a group of children in jackets and an adult looking at a mural of endangered big cat species painted on a trailer. The painting was part of one of ...
Map or Atlas

Plat of a Forest Preserve Arboretum and Wild Life Refuge, Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This map shows an arboretum and wildlife refuge in Madison, Wisconsin. There are color coded parcels "F" through "K" with acreages, as well as area around ...
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Ducks Unlimited Dinner

Date: 02 03 1959
Description: 420 men turned out for the annual Ducks Unlimited dinner at Club Chanticleer. Ducks Unlimited was founded in 1938 by persons interested in wildlife conserv...

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