For over 20 years Susan (Benson) Thurn has been educating others about the outdoors through the Cable Natural History Museum. She has completed a B.S. in Biology and Outdoor Education from Northland College, and a B.S. in Elementary Education with a Teaching License in grades 1-8 and a specialty in science. Her awards include the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Educator of the Year in 1995, and Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education Environmental Educator of the Year for 1994. She lives in Cable in the forest where she watches and writes about the nature of the north woods. It is these observations and those of others that inspire her writing. Her Nature Watch articles currently appear in the Sawyer County Record, the County Journal, and the Glidden Enterprise. The Nature Watch blog can be found at cablemuseumnaturewatch.blogspot.com
Sue Thurn is the Director of Education at the Cable Natural History Museum (CNHM). Contact Sue at sue@cablemuseum.org
For over 40 years, the Museum has served as a guide and mentor to generations of visitors and residents interested in learning to better appreciate and care for the extraordinary natural resources of the region. The Museum invites you to visit its facility and exhibits, the Curiosity Center and Brain Teasers2, in Cable at 13470 County Highway M. Also find us on the web at www.cablemuseum.org to learn more about exhibits and programs.
Please read, learn and enjoy:
Nature Watch
Albinism
Beavers
Black Bears in Spring
Bird Bills
Bird Coloration
Bird Eyesight
Bird Flight & Height
Bird Tongues
Bobcat
Clean Air
Dragonflies
Eggs In A Basket
Gray and Fox Squirrels
Hairy and Downy Woodpecker
Lost Ladybugs
Mourning Cloaks
Nest Sanitation
Northern Flickers
No-See-Ums
Pileated Woodpecker
Red Breasted Nut Hatch
Saw-Whet Owl
Spring Azure Butterfly
Tasty Treats
Turtle Crossing
Turkey Vultures
Warbler Migration
Weather Folklore
Whip-poor-will
Where Have All the Monarchs Gone
Woodcock Sky Dance [1]
Woodland Butterflies