|
2010 Schedule of Events |
| April 12
(Monday) 6:30 PM: |
Native Wildflowers
of Zone 4
presented by UWSP Prof. Emmet Judziewicz, Pinery Room, Portage
County Public Library (1001 Main Street, Stevens Point). Free and
open to the public. |
|
April 21 (Wednesday),
6:00 PM: |
A
Chemical Reaction
Screening
of a documentary on lawn chemicals
Co-sponsored
with the UWSP Society for Environmental Restoration
Room 120, UWSP’s
Trainer Natural Resources Building
Free and open
to the public. |
| April 30
(Friday) 2:00 to 5:00 PM: |
Native Plant Rescue
Marathon County Landfill
R18500 East Highway 29, Ringle Available to Members Only
Instructions
on Plant Rescues at the Marathon County Landfill (pdf file)
|
| May 8
(Saturday) 7:00AM to 5:00 PM: |
Tour
of Tribal Woodlands
Oneida
&/or Menominee reservations
Spring wild flowers in woodlands, prairies, &
marshes.
Dennis (Dino) Tlachac, an Oneida tribal member and naturalist, has
offered to lead us on a tour of woodlands, prairies, and marshes on
Oneida &/or Menominee reservations. There, we will see the
spring wild flowers in bloom in the woodlands. . . as well as the
other native plants. On Saturday, May 8, Dino (Vice President of our
Central Wisconsin Chapter) can drive us in one of his Nature Trek
vans. If we left Central Wisconsin at 7:00 a.m. and returned after
5:00 p.m., we could visit the Menominee reservation first and then
go on to Green Bay and the Oneida reservation. The cost (for fuel,
insurance, and perhaps a side trip to a museum or two) would be $10.
If you would prefer a shorter trip, we could go just to Green Bay
and the Oneida reservation.
If you are interested, please let Dino know that as soon as
possible so that he can make the arrangements with the tribal
land, conservation, cultural, or environmental offices. You can
reach him at: tlachac@g2a.net
, (715) 341-7149, or (715) 340-7149.
$10/person; open to the public.
|
| May 15
(Saturday) 10:00 to 4:00 |
Hickory
Road
Gardens
Tour
Hickory
Road
Gardens
is a nursery where shade-loving woodland wildflowers and ferns are
sold. Most of the plants are seed propagated.
There
will be an open house from
10:00
to
4:00
on Saturday, May 15. Two tours will be offered, at
10:00
and
1:00
.
The gardens are located at
2041
Hickory Road
,
Mosinee. Take Hwy 153 west to Hwy O, take Hwy O south through
Moon to
Hickory
Road
,
go west on
Hickory
Road
to the end.
This
event is sponsored by the
Central
Wisconsin
chapter of The Wild Ones and
Hickory
Road
Gardens
.
Wild Ones promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to
preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and
establishment of native plant communities. Wild One is a
not-for-profit environmental education and advocacy organization.
This
event is free and open to the public.
|
| May 19
(Wednesday) 2:00 to 5:00 PM: |
Native Plant Rescue
Marathon County Landfill
R18500 East Highway 29, Ringle Available to Members Only
Instructions
on Plant Rescues at the Marathon County Landfill (pdf file)
|
| June
12
(Saturday)
9:30 AM |
Neil
DiBoll, President of Prairie Nursery and member of our Central
Wisconsin Chapter, will lead the tour. We will see their new
display gardens with an extensive array of native perennials,
their Retail Store northwest of Westfield, as well as the
greenhouses where they grow their plants. It should be educational
as well as beautiful.
Take
Highway 39/51 to Exit 113 (Westfield). Go west towards town and
turn right at the first intersection: North Pioneer Park Road.
Drive .75 miles on Pioneer Park Road until it intersects with
County Road CH (Main Street). Turn right (north) on CH and drive
3.2 miles to Dover Court. Turn left (west) on Dover Court and go
1.2 miles to Prairie Nursery at W7262 Dover Court.
If
you’d like to carpool to Westfield for this tour, contact Dan
Dieterich at (715) 344-1063 or at dan.dieterich@uwsp.edu.
|
| June 18-20
(Friday-Sunday) |
Wild Ones Exhibit
(Booth A55) Renewable Energy & Sustainable Living Fair Midwest
Renewable Energy Association
7558 Deer Road, Custer Staffed by Members Only |
| July 10
(Saturday), 9:00 |
Tour of the
Johnson Garden by Joy Hendricksen
2820
Two Mile Ave.,
WI
Rapids Meeting and tour: free and open
to the public. |
| August 14
(Saturday) 9:00 |
Tour
of Three Properties
Properties
owned by Alan Haney, the Heig Family, & the Shaw Family
On August 14 we will take part in a fieldtrip
cosponsored by the New Hope Family Forest, Portage County Ice Age
Trail, North Central Conservancy Trust, and Central Wisconsin Wild
Ones. It will include tours of properties owned by Alan Haney,
Vincent & Arlene Heig, and Margaret and Byron Shaw. Please read
the complete description below, supplied by Sally Freckmann. Sally
also asked that you keep in mind that bathroom facilities may
be scarce on this fieldtrip and plan accordingly.
Saturday, August 14, 2010. 9:00 a.m. Pallen
Lake vegetation and bog plants, bird friendly gardens, and prairie
restorations. Start time 9:00 a.m.; meet at Alan Haney’s place at
the end of Star Hill Road, north of CTY “Z”, ½ miles east of
Pallen Lake and Vincent & Arlene Heig’s place, North of CTY
“Z”, ½ mile east of Pallen Lake and Vincent and Arlene Heig’s
place. (This will be our parking area for the first two parts unless
you have trouble walking, then drive to Vincent Heig’s place at
8360 CTY “Z”) Haney’s prairie was planted in 2009. He will
explain the preliminaries to planting the prairie and what his
prairie looks like in one year. 9:30-10:00 a.m. Walk from the Haney’s
to Vincent Heig’s land on the east side of Pallen Lake. This area
is on the north side of Portage CTY “Z”, 3 miles east of HWY 66
and Polonia, 1 mile west of CTY “I.” If you need to drop off a
potluck item, see below. 10:00-11:15 a. m. You can view vegetation
around Pallen Lake and the bog, and bird friendly gardens with
features to attract birds. 11:15-ll:30 a.m. Walk back to the parked
cars to travel to the Shaws for a Noon pot luck at 12:00-12:15 p.m.
and then to see the Shaw older prairie restoration from 1:00-2:00
p.m. From the Haney’s and Heig’s, return to CTY “Z”, drive 3
miles east to CTY “ZZ”, 1.5 mile south to Shaw’s Drive on the
west of CTY “ZZ” and follow Shaw Drive .3 mile to Margaret and
Byron’s at the end of the road for the noon potluck. After the
potluck you’ll be able to see the Shaw’s prairie. You can also
see Byron’s crafted canoes and wood carvings. Leaders: Alan Haney
(ahaney@uwsp.edu); Vincent Heig (vheig@uwsp.edu) 715-592-4239; and
Margaret and Byron Shaw (bmshaw@wi-net.com) 715-677-3867.
The New Hope Family Forest will be the
organizers of the potluck, but all those who want to attend should
also bring a dish to pass. The Shaws want an RSVP either by email or
telephone for the potluck. If you have hot or cold dishes that need
to be kept cold or hot, the Shaws want you to drop them off at their
place before you go the Heigs; they also suggested there may be a
cost donation for beverages provided by the New Hope Family Forests.
Brochures for other groups can be placed on the Shaw’s
tables.
|
| August 18
(Wed.), 6:30 PM |
Tour of the
Rasmussen Garden
3370 Derby Court, Plover Meeting and tour: free and open to the
public. |
| October 3 or 17
[Time TBD] |
Buena Vista Seed
Trek
Buena Vista Grasslands Between Plover and Wisconsin Rapids
Available to Members Only |
| November
[Date TBD], 6:30 PM |
Native
Grasses
presented by. Robert Freckmann, UWSP Professor Emeritus Pinery
Room, Portage County Public Library (1001 Main Street, Stevens
Point). Free and open to the public. |
| December 2
[Time TBD] |
Annual
Meeting
Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library (1001 Main Street,
Stevens Point). Free and open to the public. |
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