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Great Lakes Portal

Learn about the history, climate and ecosystems of the Great Lakes

Discover the Great Lakes

Great Lakes

These animals were "caught" on Snapshot Wisconsin trail cameras. Can you identify them?

Test your wildlife ID skills

nighttime photo of a badger captured on a Snapshot Wisconsin camera

When you look at evergreen trees, what differences do you see?

Test this new Conifer Key and let us know how we can make it better!

white pine branch by Caitlin Campbell (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Who are your wild neighbors?

Use the clues in this track guide to figure out who is visiting your yard.

tracks of a cottontail rabbit in the snow

Meet Serge!

Serge Koenig has a passion about protecting the outdoor environment. He encourages all kids to consider a career as a scientist. 

Know your frogs!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

treefrog calling with vocal sac filled with air

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white clouds above hill during golden hour

Restoration in the Barrens

Restoration in the Barrens is a story about a young teen’s struggle to rebuild his life while helping to rebuild a local prairie.

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Get Outdoors with the EEK! Blog

Girl in canoe

Connect, Explore, Engage

Naturalist in woods showing something to kids

Nature Questions?

Get your questions about nature answered by a naturalist!

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Job Explorer

So you want to be a Conservation Pilot?

By Beverly Paulan, DNR Aircraft Pilot

My dream came true when I got a job flying for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources! I love it! Every day is different and I get to do a lot of really cool things like looking for radio collared wolves and helping with the whooping crane migration.

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Teacher with kids

Park Naturalist

by Kathleen Harris

On this November morning, it is easy to believe I have the best job in the Wisconsin State Park System. I work as a park naturalist at Peninsula State Park, a 3,776-acre haven of forest, wetlands, meadows, and bluffs. Nearly 7 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline wrap around Peninsula helping to make it one of the most popular campgrounds in the state.

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Environment Education for Kids

EEK! Environmental Education for Kids provides high quality, locally relevant information for students to learn about Wisconsins’s natural resources. Designed for upper-elementary and middle school students, EEK!’s student-friendly content is used by teachers as both a catalyst to connect, explore and engage in learning outside as well as a resource to deepen that learning. EEK has over 900 pages to help students learn about Wisconsin’s ecology and natural resources.