That gives falconers a greater feeling of responsibility to observe and preserve nature, said Hillary Neff, president of the Wisconsin Falconers Association.

GREENLEAF, Wis. (AP) — Stephanie Stevens has a good reason to love the bone-numbing cold of a Wisconsin winter. Every weekend, she loads up her minivan with a large green box and drives out to rural ...

After she slips on a thick leather glove, out of the box and onto her wrist hops her unconventional hunting buddy, Alexie Echo-Hawk, Echo for short: a juvenile red-tailed hawk. “She’s intense ...