By Topf Wells SWTU showed up, Stihl showed up, Dane County showed up, TUDARE showed up, the WI Chapter of BHA showed up. All to improve the Sugar River at the County’s newest, 640 acre property on the… Read More
Jim Hess, Conservation Chair All are Saturdays from 9am to 12 noon and aimed to avoid UW home football games, the 9-day deer gun season, Thanksgiving weekend, and back-to-back workdays: Sept 26 – Gordon Creek – This will… Read More
By Topf Wells (see the end of this report for a thanks from the landowners!) Indeed, another fabulously varied work day. The chief mission was to plant 70 swamp white and bur oaks along the newly completed DNR… Read More
By Topf Wells Twenty-seven SWTU and Nohr Chapter volunteers showed up for our work day at Big Spring. We finished cutting and treating willows and box elders. The DNR now takes over in the fall or spring with… Read More
(Workday Report 1: April 11 Yahara River) By Topf Wells That would be the SWTU work day on the Upper Yahara on Saturday morning, April 11. About 20 SWTU volunteers and friends gathered to continue to clear invasive… Read More
(Workday report 2: April 25 Garfoot Creek) By Topf Wells I usually start these reports with the report before thanking folks but Pam Allen, the landowner on Garfoot Creek, gets pride of place today. Her easement is probably… Read More
By Topf Wells and Dyan Lesnik Jim Hess organized a grand opening to the SWTU workday season. The morning was chilly but sunny with mild breezes. The work site was a Dane County easement on Pleasant Valley Creek… Read More
Yes, there’s trout in the Upper Yahara River! The DNR has determined that the trout population in the Upper Yahara River, as it flows through De Forest, is healthy enough to be classified as a trout stream. With… Read More
Saturdays – 9am to 12 noon (Except for Tuesday, June 9) By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair We would love to have you join us. If you are interested in carpooling to a workday, contact Dyan Lesnik (dmlgriffin@gmail.com) and… Read More
SWTU had a total of 131 volunteers at our fall workdays. This brings our total number of volunteers for the year to 216! A big thanks to all the volunteers that show up with big smiles and ready… Read More
Full Circles – Workday Report (Tuesday, June 9, 2026)
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Posted: September 1, 2026 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Wells SWTU showed up, Stihl showed up, Dane County showed up, TUDARE showed up, the WI Chapter of BHA showed up. All to improve the Sugar River at the County’s newest, 640 acre property on the… Read More
2026 SWTU Fall Workdays
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Last Updated: September 8, 2026 by Drew Kasel
Jim Hess, Conservation Chair All are Saturdays from 9am to 12 noon and aimed to avoid UW home football games, the 9-day deer gun season, Thanksgiving weekend, and back-to-back workdays: Sept 26 – Gordon Creek – This will… Read More
Trees Planted, Seed Spread, and a Deadly New Fly Pattern | Workday Report 1
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Posted: July 2, 2026 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Wells (see the end of this report for a thanks from the landowners!) Indeed, another fabulously varied work day. The chief mission was to plant 70 swamp white and bur oaks along the newly completed DNR… Read More
Generations | Workday report 2
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Posted: July 2, 2026 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Wells Twenty-seven SWTU and Nohr Chapter volunteers showed up for our work day at Big Spring. We finished cutting and treating willows and box elders. The DNR now takes over in the fall or spring with… Read More
Dang Near Perfect
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Last Updated: May 5, 2026 by Drew Kasel
(Workday Report 1: April 11 Yahara River) By Topf Wells That would be the SWTU work day on the Upper Yahara on Saturday morning, April 11. About 20 SWTU volunteers and friends gathered to continue to clear invasive… Read More
Pam Allen, the Hostess with the Mostess
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Last Updated: May 5, 2026 by Drew Kasel
(Workday report 2: April 25 Garfoot Creek) By Topf Wells I usually start these reports with the report before thanking folks but Pam Allen, the landowner on Garfoot Creek, gets pride of place today. Her easement is probably… Read More
Fantastic Start to Spring 2026 Workdays
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Last Updated: April 6, 2026 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Wells and Dyan Lesnik Jim Hess organized a grand opening to the SWTU workday season. The morning was chilly but sunny with mild breezes. The work site was a Dane County easement on Pleasant Valley Creek… Read More
Yahara River Workday: Saturday, April 11, 2026
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Posted: April 6, 2026 by Drew Kasel
Yes, there’s trout in the Upper Yahara River! The DNR has determined that the trout population in the Upper Yahara River, as it flows through De Forest, is healthy enough to be classified as a trout stream. With… Read More
Spring 2026 Workdays: Save the Dates!
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Last Updated: March 3, 2026 by Drew Kasel
Saturdays – 9am to 12 noon (Except for Tuesday, June 9) By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair We would love to have you join us. If you are interested in carpooling to a workday, contact Dyan Lesnik (dmlgriffin@gmail.com) and… Read More
Fall 2025 Workday Roundup
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Posted: January 5, 2026 by Drew Kasel
SWTU had a total of 131 volunteers at our fall workdays. This brings our total number of volunteers for the year to 216! A big thanks to all the volunteers that show up with big smiles and ready… Read More
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