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What a summer! A Special Guest at our August 9 Meeting

We’ll see you at Schwoegler’s By Topf Wells Please join us on Tuesday, August  9. We’ll meet again in Schwoegler’s community room on the southern end of the building near the pro shop. We’ll hear from Kailee Berge,… Read More

A Heroic Workday – Crew Takes on Wild Parsnip

By Jim Hess, SWTU Conservation Chair I want to give a special shout out to the following volunteers that showed up for a mid-summer special workday to battle out of control wild parsnip and other invasives in our… Read More

Bugs Got You Buggin? Scratch that Itch at our July 12 Meeting

Skitter on over to Schwoegler’s and join the fun By Topf Wells Please join us for our next meeting at Schwoegler’s Lanes on Tuesday, July 12. We’ll meet in their community room on the southern end of the… Read More

Special Workday – Saturday, July 16

wild parsnip

Removing Wild Parsnip at the Basco Wildlife Unit By Jim Hess, SWTU Conservation Chair On Saturday, July 16 we will be having a special workday to clear wild parsnip from the prairie we planted at the Basco Wildlife… Read More

A Great End to the Spring Workdays

Smith Conley Stream Workday

By Topf Wells Jim Hess has more than earned his trip in search of smallmouth bass and pike eager to take a fly with his brilliant organization of the fifth and (almost) final SWTU workday of the spring… Read More

What Can The Future of Black Earth Creek Be?

Find out at our in-person June 14 meeting at Schwoegler’s By Topf Wells We’re settling in great at the new meeting site and invite you to join us for our next meeting at Schwoegler’s Lanes on June 14th. … Read More

Turkey Nest Narrowly Avoided: May 14 Stream Workday

Smith Conley Workday June 2022

By Topf Wells Thanks to Jim Hess and an even bigger, more varied cast of characters than usual, we had another successful work day, this time on Smith Conley. The DNR folks, led by Justin Haglund, were a… Read More

Where There’s a Willow There’s a Workday: Fun Planting Trees

Willow Creek Workday

By Topf Wells The Jim/Justin double team produced a good workday for us and Willow Creek. With Jim and Justin having devoted hours to preparation, about a dozen SWTU members with some help from the Nohr and Coulee… Read More

Meet the experts: Wonderful Water Quality Biologists

Our in-person meeting on Tuesday, May 10 at Schwoegler’s By Topf Wells We had a grand gathering in April and look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on Tuesday, May 10, at Schwoegler’s Bowling Alley on… Read More

Free Casting Lessons and More at the Riversmith Fly Casting Clinic

Saturday, May 7, from 9 to Noon in Cross Plains Please join us and also pass the word along to anyone you know who is interested in learning about our sport. You can show up to learn or… Read More