Mark your calendars! Conservation Chair Jim Hess has once again worked with public officials and partner organizations to plan out a series of stream workdays. September 28 – Hefty Creek (Green County) Clearing woody invasives and installing a… Read More
Those oak trees we planted at the Willow Creek restoration downstream of the confluence with Smith Hollow are flourishing. Here are photos of the same swamp white oak from last and this year. We may have tired of… Read More
… and see 20 professionally operated chainsaws in action. On September 19 at 8 AM the Aldo Leopold Chapter will host a work day at the 40 acres on Dell Creek that the Leopold Chapter, SWTU, the Badger… Read More
By Topf Wells The forecast was a 27% chance of showers, with those being light and scattered for the last work day of the spring. Just a little off, 100% with occasionally heavy rain. But 12 SWTU volunteers… Read More
… and See 20 professionally operated chainsaws in action. On September 19 at 8 AM the Aldo Leopold Chapter will host a work day at the 40 acres on Dell Creek that the Leopold Chapter, SWTU, the Badger… Read More
By Topf Wells SWTU joined the Nohr Chapter and the DNR in our continuing work to clear willows and box elder along the upper reaches on Big Spring Creek. Doing so is the first step in the restoration… Read More
By Topf Well Many thanks to the many people who helped make the Lowery Creek work day close to perfect. About 20 volunteers showed up to plant 65 or so oak trees on the new Cates easement on… Read More
Iowa County – Northeast of Dodgeville on CTH Z Time: 9am to 12 noon (Chapter Approved Sawyers please arrive at 8:30). What: This is a joint workday with the Nohr Chapter. We will be assisting Justin Haglund, DNR… Read More
By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair Join us Saturday, April 6 – Kittleson Valley Creek, HR Growing Acres. Details below, and we hope to see you there. Time: 9am to 12 noon. Where: Kittleson Valley Creek along Dane County… Read More
By Topf Wells Jim Hess, Justin Haglund, and some SWTU and Nohr volunteers made life better for brown trout and bumble bees a few weeks ago. Justin worked with a landowner to convert 3 or so acres of… Read More
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Posted: September 3, 2024 by Drew Kasel
Fall Workday Schedule and a Special Call for Assistance
Mark your calendars! Conservation Chair Jim Hess has once again worked with public officials and partner organizations to plan out a series of stream workdays. September 28 – Hefty Creek (Green County) Clearing woody invasives and installing a… Read More
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Posted: September 3, 2024 by Drew Kasel
Our Workday Efforts are Growing
Those oak trees we planted at the Willow Creek restoration downstream of the confluence with Smith Hollow are flourishing. Here are photos of the same swamp white oak from last and this year. We may have tired of… Read More
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Posted: September 3, 2024 by Drew Kasel
Help Dell Creek and the Aldo Leopold Chapter…
… and see 20 professionally operated chainsaws in action. On September 19 at 8 AM the Aldo Leopold Chapter will host a work day at the 40 acres on Dell Creek that the Leopold Chapter, SWTU, the Badger… Read More
We’re Not Sugar; We Didn’t Melt
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Posted: July 6, 2024 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Wells The forecast was a 27% chance of showers, with those being light and scattered for the last work day of the spring. Just a little off, 100% with occasionally heavy rain. But 12 SWTU volunteers… Read More
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Posted: July 6, 2024 by Drew Kasel
Help Dell Creek and the Aldo Leopold Chapter …
… and See 20 professionally operated chainsaws in action. On September 19 at 8 AM the Aldo Leopold Chapter will host a work day at the 40 acres on Dell Creek that the Leopold Chapter, SWTU, the Badger… Read More
We Used Every Tool in the Tool Box
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Posted: June 11, 2024 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Wells SWTU joined the Nohr Chapter and the DNR in our continuing work to clear willows and box elder along the upper reaches on Big Spring Creek. Doing so is the first step in the restoration… Read More
It Takes Many Folks to Get to Perfect
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Last Updated: June 11, 2024 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Well Many thanks to the many people who helped make the Lowery Creek work day close to perfect. About 20 volunteers showed up to plant 65 or so oak trees on the new Cates easement on… Read More
Lowery Creek Stream Workday Tree Planting – Saturday, May 11
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Posted: May 8, 2024 by Drew Kasel
Iowa County – Northeast of Dodgeville on CTH Z Time: 9am to 12 noon (Chapter Approved Sawyers please arrive at 8:30). What: This is a joint workday with the Nohr Chapter. We will be assisting Justin Haglund, DNR… Read More
Help plant trees at our first Workday of 2024
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Last Updated: April 25, 2024 by Drew Kasel
By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair Join us Saturday, April 6 – Kittleson Valley Creek, HR Growing Acres. Details below, and we hope to see you there. Time: 9am to 12 noon. Where: Kittleson Valley Creek along Dane County… Read More
Perfect Timing for Prairie Seeding
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Posted: April 2, 2024 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Wells Jim Hess, Justin Haglund, and some SWTU and Nohr volunteers made life better for brown trout and bumble bees a few weeks ago. Justin worked with a landowner to convert 3 or so acres of… Read More
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