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Delafield Fish Hatchery. / 43.0612611°N 88.4070306°W / 43.0612611; -88.4070306. The Delafield Fish Hatchery was established in 1906 in Delafield, Wisconsin as part of a state system to stock game fish fry into Wisconsin lakes and streams. [ 1] The hatchery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
Carl Akeley. Carl Ethan Akeley (May 19, 1864 – November 17, 1926) was a pioneering American taxidermist, sculptor, biologist, conservationist, inventor, and nature photographer, noted for his contributions to American museums, most notably to the Milwaukee Public Museum, Field Museum of Natural History and the American Museum of Natural History.
Fish Island is an island on the western shore of Lake Michigan in the eastern part of the town of Washington in Door County, Wisconsin. [1] It is two miles (3.2 km) southeast of Rock Island and is under the administration of the U.S. Government. It was named Fish Island because of the abundance of trout in the area. [2]
Bayfield Fish Hatchery. / 46.78611°N 90.86361°W / 46.78611; -90.86361. The Bayfield Fish Hatchery is a historic fish hatchery in Salmo, Wisconsin, located 2.3 miles (3.7 km) southwest of Bayfield. The hatchery was built in 1897 in the Queen Anne style and Shingle style using local brownstone and played a historically significant role ...
It flows west by southwest towards Portage and comes within 2 miles (3 km) of the Wisconsin River before turning north. However, the Fox River and the Wisconsin River are connected via the Portage Canal, which was the first waterway between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
Stoddard stands among a stand of old-growth longleaf pine. Herbert L. Stoddard (February 4, 1889 – November 15, 1970) [1] was an American naturalist, conservationist, forester, wildlife biologist, ecologist, ornithologist, taxidermist, and author. [2] In the 20th century he earned a reputation for being one of the American Southeast's most ...
Tainter Lake is a small reservoir in north central Dunn County, Wisconsin, on the Red Cedar River at its confluence with the Hay River. The lake was created by a hydroelectric dam (about 3 miles (5 km) downstream on the Red Cedar at Cedar Falls. The lake, a popular resort and fishing spot, has a surface area of approximately 2 square miles (5 ...
The American robin is the state bird of Wisconsin. This list of birds of Wisconsin includes species documented in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and accepted by the Records Committee of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology (WSORC). As of July 2022 there were 441 species and a species pair included in the official list. Of them, 92 are classed as accidental, 34 are classed as casual, 53 are ...