In honor of Earth Month—and Earth Day later this week—we’re celebrating the best way we know how: with a series of stories that are all about getting outside and getting your hands dirty to benefit ...

Q: After reading your column several months back about the declining tree habitats for wood ducks, we had several of the boxes made and now have a few questions about their installation...which we ...

Old Man Winter has finally relaxed his grip on a landscape that's been frozen for, well, a long time. If that isn't enough good news, consider this: Tomorrow we will receive about four more minutes of ...

BRAINERD, MINN. — Minnesotans with eyes and ears toward the outdoors likely know about the recent passing of Don (Duckman) Helmeke. Duckman had a passion for waterfowl -- in particular wood ducks -- ...

I participated in the iconic New Englander migration south to Florida during winter break last week. It hasn’t been a particularly cold winter, but it did feel good to be in the sun, and, even better ...

HORICON - On the surface, wood duck houses don't look like typical gift boxes. They're just a few pieces of wood cobbled together to form a rectangular structure, including a roof and a baseball-sized ...

HARWICH -- Harwich native Jeremy Wiley recently assisted local wood ducks and Harwich Conservation Trust (HCT) by installing two waterfront nestboxes at Cornelius Pond Woodlands, a 15-acre HCT ...

Question: There are large bird houses on the shores of the lake I fish. Are these wood duck houses, and do they really help the duck population? Answer: They are probably wood duck nesting boxes, and ...

Roger Strand grew up as an avid duck hunter, but now it's April in place of October that is his favorite month of the year. He's been maintaining nesting boxes for wood ducks beginning with his first ...

December marks Georgia’s hunting season for various game animals, including ducks. While hunters gear up for the season, ...