We'll continue our ongoing work of removing brush and weed trees from an area we call Moraine Kettles, an L-shaped property hosting the trail between Hwys PB and M just south of Verona.  We'll have plenty of work for chain sawyers with proper PPE and training, swampers to haul and pile the slash for future […]

It's likely we'll continue clearing on the west hillside, where we've done lots of work during the last several years.  If so, we may drive several vehicles with gear closer to the work area via the neighbor's drive after assembling at the trailhead lot.  We'll have plenty of work for chain sawyers with proper PPE and […]

Last winter we made great progress clearing cedar, buckthorn and honeysuckle on the south edge of this property, an old farmstead.  We'll continue our clearing eastward.  We'll have plenty of work for chain sawyers with proper PPE and training, swampers to haul and pile the slash for future burning, and volunteers to treat the stumps […]

This relatively easy walk will cover the IAT's Madison Segment between the lot at the junction of High Point and McKee Rd (our assembly point) and Woods Rd near the west side of University Ridge Golf Course.  It includes substantial oak savanna green space in the Ice Age Falls subdivision and planted prairie between Raymond Rd and Hwy […]

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We will continue ongoing restoration and clearing of woody invasives work on Center Bluff west of Lodi Springfield Rd.  We will meet at the kiosk lot (map/directions), but drive some vehicles from there to a location closer to our work.  Besides hand work, there will be work for trained chain sawyers with proper protective gear […]

We'll work along Badger Mill Creek where Operation Fresh Start crews already have cut and piled a considerable amount of invasive brush and weed trees.  We'll use chain saws (operated by those with proper training and PPE) to add to the existing slash piles and perhaps start new ones that can be burned with snow cover.  […]

This former ag field planted to prairie 10 or so years ago is suffering from an invasion of brush and weed trees along some of its perimeters.  We'll remove them using chain saws and possibly power brush cutters, as well as hand tools.  We also may be applying basal bark herbicide to black locusts, and certainly will be […]

We will continue our multi-year effort to clear invasive brush and weed trees from the steep western slope of the former oak savanna in the state park portion of this property.  Sturdy boots with good traction are a must here.  Chain sawyers with proper PPE and training are welcome, as are those willing to haul and […]

The site for this workday is listed on the printed calendar as a property at Midtown Rd and Saracen Way in the Town of Verona, but the weather is not cooperating with our plans to spray garlic mustard there.  So we changed the site to the Holmes Preserve, a part of the Table Bluff Segment, where we'll […]

We'll continue our ongoing effort to clear invasive brush and weed trees from the eastern portion of the on-leash area that will host a future extension of the Ice Age Trail.  Chain sawyers with proper PPE and training are welcome.  We may have work for power brush cutter operators as well; contact leader to learn for […]

Last winter we made great progress clearing cedar, buckthorn and honeysuckle on the south edge of this property, an old farmstead.  We'll continue our clearing eastward.  We'll have plenty of work for chain sawyers with proper PPE and training, swampers to haul and pile the slash for future burning, and volunteers to treat the stumps […]

It's likely we'll continue clearing on the west hillside, where we've done lots of work during the last several years.  If so and conditions allow, we may drive several vehicles with gear closer to the work area via the neighbor's drive after assembling at the trailhead lot.  We'll have plenty of work for chain sawyers with […]