Development, not logging, is biggest threat to forests Forest planners say new development in Wisconsin's wooded areas is gradually edging out old concerns about fire, insect infestations, improper harvest and bad weather as the most immediate threat to the future integrity of the state's vast forests. Hazelnuts bred for good times and bad Phil Rutter wasn't only out to build a better hazelnut when he established Badgersett Research Farm in 1977. His Canton, Minn., farm now sells both plants and harvested nuts, as well as chestnut seedlings. Shepard sees potential in nut production Mark Shepard has tried a little bit of everything during the past few years on his New Forest Farm near Viola. For the trees that he plants, it's survival of the fittest.
Leaves crinkle underfoot.
The air is fresh and crisp. The silence is broken only by rhythmic popping of a 13-horse motor and occasional roar of a chain saw. Welcome to the offices of Lee and Gail Miller, owners of Galee Pines Percherons and Logging in Chili. On a recent train layover I found both were being served in Chicago restaurants, and both were prepared from vegetables grown on small farms near my home. It made me proud of the marketing prowess of the group of small-scale producers that have made Home Grown Wisconsin happen.