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Fall Weather Brings Fall Stream Workdays

Sawmill Creek April 2023

Everyone (yes, you!) can find a role at our Stream Team workdays. They are a great opportunity to do some good, make new friends and look with interest on a stretch of water you’ll be back to drift… Read More

Save your Saturdays – Fall Stream Workday Schedule

By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair I hope everyone is enjoying your summer. It is certainty zipping right along, almost August already, and time to start planning our 2023 Fall Workdates. Below are the dates for our fall workdays… Read More

Good Days for Great People

By Topf Wells Justin Haglund, Lloyd Meng, and Jared Myers had tree planting all set on the DNR property on Trout Creek below the dry dam.  Holes were dug, 60 oak trees distributed, fences, staples and mats in… Read More

The Hot End of a Cool Season of Workdays

By Topf Wells The weather, chainsaws, and brats were hot on Saturday morning at SWTU’s last workday of the spring season on the Rudd easement on Hefty Creek. Thankfully (and way to go, Marci Hess) the watermelon was… Read More

A Wonderful Day for SWTU – Start With Tree Planting!

By Topf Wells / April 22, 2023, Workday Report We have reports on the superbly successful fundraiser– lots of fun, food and money. Thanks to John, Ben, Curt, David, Pat, Kyle, Hannah, Henry and many others who made it… Read More

Three More Spring 2023 Workday Opportunities!

By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair First up is Sawmill Creek (Pokorny Easement), May 20, 2023, from 9 to Noon TICKS are out in force– Use tick spray. Will have a spray bottle there. Read on for more …… Read More

Workday update: Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Snow …

By Topf Wells … deterred SWTU from having quite possibly its most productive work day ever, really as in ever. The productivity resulted from the combined efforts of some great local conservation organizations:  the SW WI Chapter of… Read More

Join Our Splendid Series of Spring 2023 Workdays

By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair Spring is about here (knock on wood!) and I wanted to update everyone on our spring workdays. We still need to finalize some details, but the locations and dates have been determined. For… Read More

A Simply Splendid Series of Spring 2023 Workdays

By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair It may not look like it, but spring is just around the corner and I wanted to update everyone on our spring workdays. We still need to finalize some details, but the locations… Read More

A Simply Splendid Series of Spring 2023 Workdays

By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair It may not look like it, but spring is just around the corner and I wanted to update everyone on our spring workdays. We still need to finalize some details, but the locations… Read More