Al Cornell: Bobcats Return to the Driftless Area

Name: Al Cornell: Bobcats Return to the Driftless Area
Start: 2026-04-18T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-18T14:00:00-05:00
Location: 225 W Main St, Platteville, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53818

Schedule

Sat Apr 18 2026 at 01:00 pm to 02:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

225 W Main St, Platteville, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53818 | Platteville, WI

𝐵𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑏𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑!
Join Al Cornell for a presentation of entertaining information and adorable wildlife photographs as he shares tales of the bobcat family living near his rural Wisconsin home. Copies of Al’s book, "Bobcats Return to the Driftless Area," will be available for purchase. Al last visited the library in 2025 with his earlier book, "A Year at a Beaver Pond."
Sponsored by the Platteville Library Foundation.
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"Bobcats Return to the Driftless Area" captures the desirable return of bobcats, these elusive and charismatic wild cats, to the large Midwest void where they once flourished.
Through habitat change, direct persecution, and the incentive of bounty payments, bobcats were eliminated from a large area. The Driftless Area, with its rocky crags, brushy habitat, and rabbit population, seemed ideal for bobcats. After gaining protected status, they began slowly reoccupying the area coming both from the north and the south.
For the past four years, one mama bobcat has been doing her part to reestablish their population in the area. She has brought her annual litter of kittens around every summer to Al and Sally Cornell's rural home location.
Al Cornell has a degree in natural resource management and is a retired Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Technician. He is a member of The Wildlife Society. He has had over 200 articles dealing with wildlife ecology or outdoor inspiration published in outdoor magazines and over 700 wildlife photos in magazines, books, and calendars.