March 4                      Saturday, 2:00 PM – UWSP Tutoring-Learning Center

                                    Book Chat—Members discussed their favorite books, articles, and other resources dealing with natural landscaping

March 8                      Wednesday, 7:00 PM—Pinery Room of

                                    the Charles White Public Library in Stevens Point

                                    sponsored by the Aldo Leopold Audubon Society

                                    “Early Spring Wildflowers”—talk/slides by Bob Freckmann

March 30                    Thursday, 7:15 PM—UWSP Tutoring-Learning Center

                                    “Health Hazards Outdoors”—by Faye Tetzloff, Portage County Health Officer

April 29                       Saturday, 8:00 AM—Koziczkowski Park—Our second annual work trek with the Aldo Leopold Audubon Society:

                                    Alien Invasives Eradication Work Trek—free lunch

May 13                       Saturday, 9:00 AM—Meet at west side of UWSP’s CNR

Building or at parking area near the shelter at Powers Bluff—co-sponsored by the Botanical Club of Wisconsin’s Central Wisconsin Chapter and the Aldo Leopold Audubon Society:

“Powers Bluff Field Trip”—Return to UWSP by 12:30, then view spring flora by car along the Wisconsin River.

May 20                       Saturday, 9:00 AM—Marathon County Landfill—

                                    Plant Rescue

June 3                         Saturday, 9:00 AM—Meet at Nature Treks Office in the hotel at Highways 39/51 and Highway 10.

                                    “Plant identification canoe trip on the Plover River”—led by Dino Tlachac

June 23-25                 Friday through Sunday, MREA Headquarters in Custer

                                    Renewable Energy & Sustainable Living Fair      

Staff CWWO Booth #38 in Exhibit Hall A

July 14-15                  Saturday, 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM, First Law Group prairie in Stevens Point. Staff CWWO booth during the Master Gardeners’ Garden Walk.

August                        Tour of CWWO Members’ Gardens/Prairies?

Trip to Mosquito Hill in New London?

Plant Identification Bicycle Trip on Tomorrow River Trail?

Alien Invasives Eradication Work Trek at Iverson Park

September 16           Saturday, 1:00 PM—

                                    Buena Vista Seed Gathering

October 7                   Saturday, 9:00 AM—Marathon County Landfill

Plant Rescue

October 13-14           Work Trek with youth on Fern Island in Wausau to         

                                    remove invasives and educate them about native plants.

November 9               Annual CWWO Meeting