Living - May 17, 2009
Sunday Sound-off: Is camping torture or adventure?
For those folks who like to sack out in the woods, battle bugs and eat food cooked over an open fire, it's a great time of year. Camping season is here. But what are your thoughts on camping? Sound-off, Milwaukee!
Tags: camping, nature, outdoors

Arts & Entertainment - Dec. 4, 2008
Poehlmann dissects the art of nature at the MAM
The Milwaukee Art Museum, known for drawing artists from around the world, goes local today. This morning marked the opening of an exhibit entitled "Drawn to Nature" by Milwaukee's own JoAnna Poehlmann.
Tags: Milwaukee art museum, nature, JoAnna Poehlmann, Mary Weaver Chapin

Travel & Visitors Guide - April 29, 2005
Schlitz Audubon a quick, beautiful getaway
Part of the beauty of living in Milwaukee is our proximity to nature. Located off of Brown Deer Road in Bayside, the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center is a quick and beautiful getaway -- any time of year.
Tags: schlitz, audubon, hiking, nature, Bayside

Kids & Family - Jan. 18, 2005
Riverwest Clinic brings naturopathic medicine to town
"I believe in teaching patients how to heal themselves," says Dr. Kim Wetzler, who recently moved back from Portland to open the Riverwest Clinic. The clinic will have an open house on Wednesday, Jan. 19 from 2 to 7 p.m.
Tags: homeopathic, wellness, monica maroney, health, nature, natural

Travel & Visitors Guide - Jan. 17, 2005
Kickapoo Reserve blossoms with beauty all year long
It could have been a mud hole called a lake, but the Kickapoo Valley Reserve instead is a beautiful place in any season. Read about it in Beyond Milwaukee.
Tags: Kickapoo Valley Reserve, wildlife, nature, Vernon County, Ho-Chunk Indians, Winter Festival, cross country skiing, Kickapoo River, KVR, Driftless Area, Vegetable Sailing

Milwaukee Buzz - Oct. 12, 2004
Pols should heed rising environmental movement
The environmental movement is showing signs of renewed vigor in southeastern Wisconsin. And much of that rising activity is in direct response to political leaders who have not listened to public opinion.
Tags: WisPolitics, Rowen, environment, ecology, nature, lake

Sports - June 21, 2004
Geocaching coordinates technology and nature
Geocaching is a relatively new adventure sport that's wildly popular around the world, including Wisconsin. It's like a treasure hunt that's organized on the Web, and for some local folks, it's become a way of life.
Tags: geocaching, gps, nature

Marketplace - May 31, 2004
Milwaukee is ban-zai for bonsai
The Milwaukee Bonsai Society has about 180 members and some of them, like club president Jack Douthitt, own more than 100 of the tiny trees. Bonsai and bonsai workshops, although very popular, are available at only a few places in the city.
Tags: Chinese, sushi, plants, nature

Milwaukee Buzz - July 30, 2003
Are Milwaukee's composting laws user-friendly?
Composting is undeniably important to our environment's health, yet Milwaukee's strict composting ordinance might turn people off from practicing this natural way of turning yard waste into a valuable soil.
Tags: ecology, environment, hippie, nature

Milwaukee Buzz - May 17, 2003
Greening Milwaukee CD offers free trees and more
In an effort to increase the tree population, a non-profit organization called Greening Milwaukee was formed. The group recently created an interactive CD -- with the help of OMC -- that's loaded with "green" articles, entertainment links and information about how you can receive a free tree. Watch your mailbox!
Tags: Quad, Harvey Taylor, enviroment, nature, hippie, garden