Outdoor Wisconsin: Delevan Lake, Neda Mine, The Victory Garden

Judy Nugent fishes for spring panfish with guide John Reddy on Delevan Lake. Diane Martin learns that bats are essential to the health of our natural ecology, yet they are among the least studied and most misunderstood of all mammals. In this week’s archival flashback segment from 1997 Sharon Morrisey talks with Jim Wilson, former host of The Victory Garden, about the Buds ‘N Shoots children’s planting and harvest program at Havenwoods State Forest.

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