All sawyers at our Workdays have completed at least Level 1 Chainsaw Training. It’s a requirement for doing chainsaw work in any park and helps to ensure a vital level of expertise and safety. Those who’ve completed Level… Read More
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
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
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
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
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
By Topf Wells Fourteen intrepid SWTU members, veterans and rookies, young and old, showed up on Saturday, 4/30 to wrestle piles of limbs, logs, and brush into brush bundles at the Davidson site on the Sugar River. With… Read More
April 9, 2022 at Davidson Wildlife Unit By Jim Hess, Conservation Committee Chair The weather is looking wonderful for Saturday, and we hope you can join us. If you’ve never done so, know that the work is simple… Read More
Join us for our last stream workday of the year! Saturday, December 4 from 9 a.m. to Noon (with a site tour available afterwards) 3095 Mounds View Rd., Barneveld
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Posted: October 5, 2022 by Drew Kasel
SAWW Level 2 Chainsaw Safety Trainings from Dane County Parks
All sawyers at our Workdays have completed at least Level 1 Chainsaw Training. It’s a requirement for doing chainsaw work in any park and helps to ensure a vital level of expertise and safety. Those who’ve completed Level… Read More
A Heroic Workday – Crew Takes on Wild Parsnip
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Posted: August 4, 2022 by Drew Kasel
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
Special Workday – Saturday, July 16
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Posted: July 6, 2022 by Drew Kasel
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
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Last Updated: July 6, 2022 by Drew Kasel
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
Turkey Nest Narrowly Avoided: May 14 Stream Workday
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Posted: June 7, 2022 by Drew Kasel
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
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Posted: June 7, 2022 by Drew Kasel
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
Scouts to the Rescue: Workday recap
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Posted: May 4, 2022 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Wells Fourteen intrepid SWTU members, veterans and rookies, young and old, showed up on Saturday, 4/30 to wrestle piles of limbs, logs, and brush into brush bundles at the Davidson site on the Sugar River. With… Read More
Join the first Stream Team Workday of 2022!
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Last Updated: April 11, 2022 by Drew Kasel
April 9, 2022 at Davidson Wildlife Unit By Jim Hess, Conservation Committee Chair The weather is looking wonderful for Saturday, and we hope you can join us. If you’ve never done so, know that the work is simple… Read More
Save the date: Spring Stream Workdays
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Last Updated: April 4, 2022 by Drew Kasel
We’d love to have you join us!
SWTU Workday: December 4, 2021 – Williams-Barneveld Creek
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Posted: November 29, 2021 by Drew Kasel
Join us for our last stream workday of the year! Saturday, December 4 from 9 a.m. to Noon (with a site tour available afterwards) 3095 Mounds View Rd., Barneveld
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