Watch for word of a workday this fall (most likely) featuring work by 8-10 professional sawyers using STIHL chainsaws to quickly cut down and buck up invasive trees for our crews to haul and stack. We’ll need plenty… Read More
By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair Still working on locking in all dates and sites, but here is an update as of 2.23.25 April 5 – Duerst Property on the Sugar River (7309 Riverside Rd). The county recently purchased… Read More
By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair Still working on dates and sites, but here is an update as of 2.02.25 The first workday will be April 5 and the last one on June 7. April 26 will be at… Read More
By Topf Wells Jim Hess and Ted Swenson called for a big turnout of sawyers and haulers for our last ’24 work day. We needed everyone for the clumps of box elder lining Conley Lewis Creek upstream of… Read More
By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair SWTU Workday – Saturday, December 7, 2024 Conley Lewis Creek (Iowa County) (Northwest of Hollandale near the intersection of Hwy 191 & Banner Road) Time: 9am to 12 noon (Sawyers that have completed… Read More
By Topf Wells The SWTU workday at Sawmill Creek on 11/9 was, per usual, successful and fun, with perhaps a bit more significance than usual. The mission was to clear honeysuckle and box elder to improve access, streambanks,… Read More
By Topf Wells The SWTU work day crews don’t encounter invasive buckthorn as often as honeysuckle. Lucky for us because the thorns can be painful. Careful and undaunted, we eliminated truckloads from the banks of the Sugar River… Read More
By Topf Wells About 30 of SWTU and Nohr’s finest joined Justin and Jared of the DNR to improve Big Spring’s corridor downstream of the first bridge. By removing dozens, hundreds, thousands of willows and a few box… Read More
By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair We’ve had a strong start to the fall and need every helping hand we can get for our two remaining workdays. The work is straightforward and no experience is needed … you’ll be… Read More
By Justin Haglund, Wisconsin DNR (with added stories by Topf Wells and Pat Hasburgh) During the dates of October 22, 23, and 24 DNR fisheries management staff partnered with TU chapters and other volunteers to conduct a brown… Read More
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Posted: March 9, 2025 by Drew Kasel
SWTU Receives STIHL Grant
Watch for word of a workday this fall (most likely) featuring work by 8-10 professional sawyers using STIHL chainsaws to quickly cut down and buck up invasive trees for our crews to haul and stack. We’ll need plenty… Read More
2025 Tentative Spring Workday Sites – March update
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Posted: March 9, 2025 by Drew Kasel
By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair Still working on locking in all dates and sites, but here is an update as of 2.23.25 April 5 – Duerst Property on the Sugar River (7309 Riverside Rd). The county recently purchased… Read More
2025 Tentative Spring Workday Sites
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Posted: February 3, 2025 by Drew Kasel
By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair Still working on dates and sites, but here is an update as of 2.02.25 The first workday will be April 5 and the last one on June 7. April 26 will be at… Read More
A Great End to a Great Season
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Posted: January 5, 2025 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Wells Jim Hess and Ted Swenson called for a big turnout of sawyers and haulers for our last ’24 work day. We needed everyone for the clumps of box elder lining Conley Lewis Creek upstream of… Read More
Join the Last Workday of 2024
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Posted: December 3, 2024 by Drew Kasel
By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair SWTU Workday – Saturday, December 7, 2024 Conley Lewis Creek (Iowa County) (Northwest of Hollandale near the intersection of Hwy 191 & Banner Road) Time: 9am to 12 noon (Sawyers that have completed… Read More
History and the Future, Looking Good (November 9, 2024 Workday)
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Posted: December 3, 2024 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Wells The SWTU workday at Sawmill Creek on 11/9 was, per usual, successful and fun, with perhaps a bit more significance than usual. The mission was to clear honeysuckle and box elder to improve access, streambanks,… Read More
Buckthorn is Well Named – October 12
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Last Updated: November 4, 2024 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Wells The SWTU work day crews don’t encounter invasive buckthorn as often as honeysuckle. Lucky for us because the thorns can be painful. Careful and undaunted, we eliminated truckloads from the banks of the Sugar River… Read More
Hard Work, Glorious Day – October 19
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Last Updated: November 7, 2024 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Wells About 30 of SWTU and Nohr’s finest joined Justin and Jared of the DNR to improve Big Spring’s corridor downstream of the first bridge. By removing dozens, hundreds, thousands of willows and a few box… Read More
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Posted: November 3, 2024 by Drew Kasel
Join us for an Upcoming Workday
By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair We’ve had a strong start to the fall and need every helping hand we can get for our two remaining workdays. The work is straightforward and no experience is needed … you’ll be… Read More
Trout Creek Brown Trout Relocation Project
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Posted: November 3, 2024 by Drew Kasel
By Justin Haglund, Wisconsin DNR (with added stories by Topf Wells and Pat Hasburgh) During the dates of October 22, 23, and 24 DNR fisheries management staff partnered with TU chapters and other volunteers to conduct a brown… Read More
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