This is both our most important business meeting and main social event, beginning with a potluck meal at 6 pm.  Doors open at 5:30 to allow for setup. Eating utensils are available at the site, but we'll need some volunteers to wash and dry dishes afterwards.  Park along Jovina Street and use that entrance. The main business […]

We'll continue  clearing invasive brush and unwanted trees in direct support of the trail reroute project, begun last fall, to build the trail on a more sustainable gradient.  Besides hand work, there will be work for trained chain sawyers with proper protective gear.  We'll burn some slash piles if there's snow cover, and cook lunch over the […]

We'll clear invasive bush and weed trees from the "back 40" of the park along or behind the terminal moraine.  We'll need trained and properly equipped chain sawyers, plus swampers to haul and pile the cuttings.  We'll burn slash piles if there is snow cover and cook lunch over the coals.  Wear old clothing made […]

Please join us for the planting of a new 3.5 acre prairie in the Montrose section of the IAT, located up the hill east of the end of Butts Rd.  Meet at 1:30 p.m. at the east end of Butts Rd (https://www.google.com/maps/dir//42.8852861,-89.5135625/@42.8852905,-89.5193507,15z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0). Please park ONLY along the right (South) side of the road and do not […]

We'll continue to expand the Young's goat prairie and strengthen its connection to the planted prairie to the northeast by clearing out more invasive brush and unwanted trees.  We'll need properly trained and equipped chain sawyers, plus swampers to haul and pile the cuttings.  With snow cover we'll burn slash piles and cook lunch on the […]

We will continue our ongoing savanna restoration by clearing invasive brush and weed trees from the west hillside.  It's possible we'll drive some vehicles and gear closer to the actual worksite via the neighbor's driveway and farm lane.  Properly trained and equipped chain sawyers are welcome.  There will also be plenty of work hauling and piling […]

We will continue our ongoing restoration work at this site.  Besides hand work, there will be work for trained chain sawyers with proper protective gear.  We'll burn some slash piles if there's snow cover, and cook lunch over the coals.  Wear old clothing made of natural fibers to work around fires.  Contact leader for more details.

We will continue our ongoing restoration work at this site.  We'll cut and pile brush and weed trees along the woods edge of the northwest corner of the planted prairie, where we started several brush piles last fall.  If conditions permit, we may use several higher clearance vehicles to haul volunteers and gear up the hill from the […]

We'll continue  clearing invasive brush and unwanted trees to uncover prairie remnants and restore the landscape to a time when fire was part of the ecosystem.  Besides hand work, there will be work for trained chain sawyers with proper protective gear.  We'll burn some slash piles if there's snow cover, and cook lunch over the coals.  Wear […]

We will continue our ongoing savanna restoration by clearing invasive brush and weed trees from the west hillside.  It's possible we'll drive some vehicles and gear closer to the actual worksite via the neighbor's driveway and farm lane.  Properly trained and equipped chain sawyers are welcome.  There will also be plenty of work hauling and piling […]