Wednesday, January 14, 2004

Howling With the Wolves If you've ever wanted to spend some time milling around in wolf country with folks who know a lot about the critters, here's your chance! Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center, near Babcock, Wisconsin is hosting a two-day workshop on Timber Wolf Ecology, Feb. 7-8. The workshop is open to the first 25 people age 12 and up who register by paying a $60 fee by Jan. 28. Attendees will learn about wolf predation, population biology and field-study techniques. Also covered: how to age deer, identify wolf sign (tracks and scat, no doubt) and track-census work. You'll spend Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning in local wolf habitat, i.e, the woods! Arrive Friday night, if you like, and plan to stay in the Sandhill dormitory. Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center is located 20 miles west of Wisconsin Rapids on County Hwy X, one mile north of Hwy 80 near Babcock on the 9,000-acre state-owned Sandhill Wildlife Area. For more information, go to the Sandhill page on the DNR website, or call 715-884-6333 or 715-884-2437. Area biologists and teachers will conduct the workshop, co-sponsored by the Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center and the Timber Wolf Information Network. If you're lucky, maybe you can get one of them to take you out at night and howl up a pack of wolves! Later... 9:25:12 PM    comment []