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The Air Is Warm, The Trails Are Nasty
After two days of rain and now warming temperatures, the trails around Devil’s Lake State Park are getting pretty nasty. Most trails are ice-covered where they have been walked on and as of today...
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Let’s Be Careful Out There!
The parking lots, especially on Devil’s Lake State Park’s south shore are down-right scary this morning! Be careful if you’re planning a visit over the next couple of days! After the crazy weather and...
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January Thaw Video
The warming temperatures over the last few days have created cascades of water flowing around Devil’s Lake State Park. Combined with the lingering fog, the park’s forests have been especially...
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Critter Cams Update – Because Sharing is Caring!
We’re adding to new critter cams to our collection. I’ll tell more about the new cams in a moment, but let me catch you up; The Back Story On November 18th, 2015 we put out our first Skillet Creek...
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A Sudden Change in Climate
Opinion – What an extraordinary week our national parks have been through! From a hiring freeze to gag orders to Twitter rebellions, our parks are certainly getting attention. Here in Wisconsin, we...
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Solar Halo
It’s not every day that you get to watch a solar halo form over Devil’s Lake State Park. Solar halos form when sunlight is refracted in millions of hexagonal ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere....
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Coyote & The Mystery Cat? Critter Cam Check!!!
Beginning in January we’ve added two new locations to our Devil’s Lake State Park “Critter Cam” collection. One of the two has really been producing for us, lots of deer, turkey, coyotes and a mystery...
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Vultures Return!
In late February you don’t expect to see Turkey Vultures soaring over the bluffs, but we spotted our first pair last evening while out watching the sunset over the Devil’s Lake State Park’s East Bluff....
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There Goes The Ice!
Video: We have open water on Devil’s Lake today! The warmer temps and the crazy strong winds have worked together to open up about half of the lake so far. Last year the ice was completely off of the...
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Heron Return 2017
We had reports that the Great Blue Heron had been returning to the park’s rookery over the last couple of days. I went out to verify this morning (Sat. March 11) and can confirm that the “early birds”...
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It’s A Bird’s Life In Necedah
We often talk about Devil’s Lake State Park with over 3 million visitors, being a gateway to other Wisconsin State Parks and Natural Areas. For example if you continue north from the park for another...
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High-Tech Nature Hike
Go on a high-tech nature hike this Saturday, March 18th from 1pm to 3pm at Devil’s lake State Park! Join us for a new way to explore nature – using tech! We’ll have a variety of equipment to use on...
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Noise Pollution at Devil’s Lake?
Chances are, when you visit Devil’s Lake State Park, you are there to “Get away from it all.” Sometimes it almost feels like you’ve achieved it. Still, if you’re lucky enough to find a moment to sit...
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Watch Loons This Weekend
While you can find a few loons on Devil’s Lake right now, it is total loon madness on park lake in Pardeeville, Wisconsin right now. Pardeeville, WI (Locally known of “Party” ville of course!) is about...
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Critter Cam Update – The Usual Suspects
Time to check in on our Devil’s Lake State Park critter cams! This time around I’m sharing a few pictures from March. March was actually a pretty quiet time on the cameras. Well, other than the...
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Return of the Lake Flies!
The lake flies are back at Devil’s Lake State Park! I took this bit of video last evening along the lake’s southern shore while trying to capture of picture of the sunset. Yikes! While certainly...
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The Other Seasonal Swarm. Bonaparte’s Gulls.
If you get a chance to visit Devil’s Lake right now, you may see a rolling cloud of white birds moving across the lake. These are Bonaparte’s Gulls. Chances are, they are here for the easy meal that...
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400 State Bike Trail Current Conditions
The quickly warming weather has many of us wanting to get out on our bikes again and the 400 State Trail north-west of Devil’s Lake State park is in pretty good condition at the moment. The Wisconsin...
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The Escort
At one point this morning I counted 9 Osprey fishing on the south end of Devil’s Lake. I take time to watch them fish every now-and-again. Normally you might see one or two pairs over the lake, so this...
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Rogue Trail Workers
I have to admit, I can’t help but smile. It’s great to see folks take a sense of ownership in their park and get out there and do something about it. That said, you might want to check in at the nature...
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