Contact Mariette Nowak mmnowak@wi.rr.com with questions about our chapter and events.

Contact Jennifer Crone crone.jen@gmail.com with suggestions or changes to the web site.

We meet the 2nd Saturday of each month.

May - October meetings will be a variety of field trips, conducted outdoors at different locations each month. Check our Calendar of Events for more details.

November - April (excluding December) meetings are indoors at the following time and location: WHEN: 1:00 pm, 2nd Saturdays, Nov - April, WHERE: South Kettle Moraine State Forest Headquarters in Eagle.

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Other Events In SE Wisconsin

    May 12, 2012 (Sat)    

Jean Schaeffer’s woodland restoration & visit to Martin’s Woods

    Jun 09, 2012 (Sat)    

Tour of the restoration of the Beulah Bog Natural Area with the Kettle Moraine
Land Trust

    Jul 14, 2012 (Sat)    

Dr. Marlin Johnson  -U.W.-Waukesha Field Station; Wildlife in Need Center
Tour the 98-acre UW-Waukesha Field Station with Resident Manager, Marlin Johnson, to view a 10-acre restored prairie/oak opening and other plantings of native Wisconsin plant communities.  The Field Station also has a kettle lake, a spring fed stream, an ephemeral pond, a marsh, a classroom building, a wood-fired kiln and a 1840s log house.  Participants will also be given a brief talk at the Wildlife In Need Center (a wildlife rehabilitation facility).

    Aug 11, 2012 (Sat)    

Prairie & Savanna Restoration – Gerry and Signe Emmerich’s property
The Emmerich property, including property donated to The Nature Conservancy, is located on the southwestern corner of the Pickerel Lake Fen State Natural Area.  The Emmerichs purchased their property in 1978 and immediately began work on the slow process of restoring the upland portions to native prairie and oak opening.  Over the years the restoration work has included collecting and planting prairie seeds, brush management, and exotic plant control.

    Sep 08, 2012 (Sat)    

South Kettle Moraine Oak Savanna Field Trip with Biologist Matt Zine

Note:  This trip is scheduled for 9-11:30 am; pre-registration is required (call 262-642-2352)

Matt Zine, Conservation Biologist with the State Natural Areas program, will show us a number of oak-dominated areas that are under different stages of restoration, from virtually no work, all the way to many years of intensive restoration.  In so doing, participants will be able to compare these areas, noting changes in both the desirable and non-desirable species.  While we'll see/identify many plants, this field trip will talk about these in more of a management/restoration context, as opposed to a simple wildflower walk.  The trip will include much off-trail hiking, on steep terrain, so participants should come prepared (long sleeves, pants, thorny brush, ticks, heat, field guides, etc), including rain gear if necessary (the trip will  go rain or shine).   Please clean your clothes and boots of invasives prior to coming to this trip, and no pets please.    Meet at Lone Tree Bluff parking lot on Esterly Rd, between Kettle Moraine Drive and County Hwy P in the South Kettle Moraine State Forest (Walworth County).  Carpooling suggested due to limited parking.

    Oct 13, 2012 (Sat)    

Barb Holtz - Tour family property; will demonstrate her techniques for
buckthorn removal

    Nov 10, 2012 (Sat)    

Vicki Piaskowski:  If You Plant it Who Will Come?  
Bird species that will use your native plantings.
Vicki  Piaskowski, International Coordinator of the Birds Without Borders – Aves Sin Fronteras project  for 15 years, will talk about simple ways to make your yard bird-friendly and the different bird species you can expect to see in your yard and on your land if you landscape with native plants. She will also describe how scientists learn about the insect foods that birds find on plants.

    Dec 01, 2012 (Sat)    

No Meeting in December - See you in January!

Other Events in Southeast Wisconsin

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Native Plant Resources in Southeast Wisconsin

Wisconsin DNR - Native Plant Nurseries and Restoration Consultants in Wisconsin Website