2009
Arbor Day Tree Planting
04/24/09
Another
great Arbor Day Festival at Kishwauketoe. It was
so wonderful to have 375 students, teachers and
parents in attendance along with Senator Neal
Kedzie, Representative Tom Lothian and Randy
Cooper from the DNR. This is our second year with
this type of event and we hope to make it an
annual event with Wms. Bay Elementary and Faith
Christian Schools.
We planted over 40 trees and several of them were very large Red Maples that are native and the type of tree that would have grown along a wet/stream area. This has been a very busy and rewarding week at KNC including a morning burn on Thursday, followed by an afternoon burn at the High School and a subsequent second attempt and a successful burn in our north sedge meadow area. This was followed by delivery of two loads of beautiful trees and shrubs that we planted today. Please take a walk along both sides of the creek to see the lovely trees that were planted, most of them funded through grants from the Lake Geneva Garden Club and Community Foundation Grunow Fund.
We planted over 40 trees and several of them were very large Red Maples that are native and the type of tree that would have grown along a wet/stream area. This has been a very busy and rewarding week at KNC including a morning burn on Thursday, followed by an afternoon burn at the High School and a subsequent second attempt and a successful burn in our north sedge meadow area. This was followed by delivery of two loads of beautiful trees and shrubs that we planted today. Please take a walk along both sides of the creek to see the lovely trees that were planted, most of them funded through grants from the Lake Geneva Garden Club and Community Foundation Grunow Fund.
Updated Schedule
01/21/09
We have a
very busy
schedule the
next few months and welcome new volunteers to
join our regulars on the scheduled
dates. We
will continue to improve the habitat along
Southwick Creek as well as our new pond which
is located just east of the Viewing Tower. We
will also be restoring another nine acres of
prairie south of the thirty acres that we
recently planted – As conditions permit we
will also be installing additional board walk
sections in the North Sedge Meadow area
Please keep in mind that Kishwauketo Nature Conservancy is funded 100% though donations – all work is completed with volunteer labor and our Summer College Interns- Any assistance you can offer is greatly appreciated and you will find is a very rewarding experience
Please keep in mind that Kishwauketo Nature Conservancy is funded 100% though donations – all work is completed with volunteer labor and our Summer College Interns- Any assistance you can offer is greatly appreciated and you will find is a very rewarding experience
Successful Night Hike
01/16/09
We had 38
in attendance at our second annual, second
Saturday of the year, night hike. It was
quite a hike with about 15" of snow on the ground
followed by a cookout. Thank you to everyone who
came and made the night hike a great success!
