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Emily Stone

Columnist

Emily Stone is a naturalist and the education director at the Cable Natural History Museum.

The Northern Lights dance across the sky
Northland Outdoors
Natural Connections: Aurora magic
"The same Sun gives us all the energy we need to live, and the Earth’s magnetic field protects us when that energy becomes intense. Together, they make magic," writes Emily Stone.
March 28, 2023 07:00 PM
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By  Emily Stone
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Northland Outdoors
Natural Connections: Facebook post and frog phenology
"While the frog call animation that started my reflection on phenology indicates that we could hear wood frogs as early as the end of March, I expect that spring will be late," writes Emily Stone.
March 21, 2023 07:00 PM
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By  Emily Stone
Young woman holds bear cub
Northland Outdoors
Natural Connections: More bear babies
Researchers are always looking for new bears to add to the Wisconsin Black Bear Project, so if you know of a bear den in Ashland, Bayfield, Price, or Sawyer counties, contact Dr. Sartini at csartini@uwsp.edu.
March 14, 2023 07:00 PM
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By  Emily Stone
Woman poses with group of children in the snow
Northland Outdoors
Natural Connections: Snowshoe field trip
"This field trip is designed around the Mammal Tour at the North End Trailhead, a roughly 1-mile loop trail where we’ve placed life-size metal silhouettes of 25 Wisconsin mammals," writes Emily Stone.
March 07, 2023 07:00 PM
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By  Emily Stone
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Northland Outdoors
Natural Connections: Visiting glaciers in Alaska and Wisconsin
"As we work on the new geology exhibit, I’m excited to help everyone understand how to see the footprint of past glaciers on our lakes, hills, trails and Northwoods fun," writes Emily Stone.
February 28, 2023 07:00 PM
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By  Emily Stone
A male bird at a bird feeder
Northland Outdoors
Natural Connections: The wandering grosbeak
"Evening grosbeaks are colorful members of the finch family. They got their name not because they are the color of the setting sun, but because English settlers thought the birds only came out of the woods to sing at sundown," writes Emily Stone.
February 21, 2023 07:00 PM
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By  Emily Stone
A close-up view of fungi
Northland Outdoors
Natural Connections: 'The Last of Us' in real life
"You may be familiar with Cordyceps, because HBO’s recent zombie thriller 'The Last of Us' is purportedly about Cordyceps that switch from attacking insects to attacking humans," writes Emily Stone.
February 14, 2023 07:00 PM
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By  Emily Stone
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Northland Outdoors
Natural Connections: Bear babies
"Under the snow, the den hole seemed sandy, dark and damp. The mother bear lay with her face buried and a paw over her ear, just as you would if you were trying to sleep in," writes Emily Stone.
February 07, 2023 07:00 PM
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By  Emily Stone
Lichens and mosses on cliffs above the sea caves in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Northland Outdoors
Natural Connections: Patterns in the sand
"Cryptobiotic crust is the community of tiny living things who glue together the surface of some soils," writes Emily Stone.
January 31, 2023 07:00 PM
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By  Emily Stone
A red-breasted nuthatch sits on a log
Northland Outdoors
Natural Connections: Two shades of nuthatch
Emily Stone on the differences between the red-breasted and white-breasted nuthatches.
January 26, 2023 07:00 PM
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By  Emily Stone
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