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SWTU Tentative 2024 Workdays (March update)

By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair We look forward to seeing you at one or more of our spring workdays. It’s a great way to meet new people, explore new water and make a difference for our cold water… Read More

SWTU Tentative 2024 Workdays

By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair We look forward to seeing you at one or more of our spring workdays. It’s a great way to meet new people, explore new water and make a difference for our cold water… Read More

Workday Appreciation: A fun and productive fall 2024

I want to thank everyone that helped out with the fall workdays. There were 83 volunteers that showed up for the 5 workdays. We started on 9/13 at the Dane County Davidson Property (Sugar River) installing a brush… Read More

Wrestling Invasives Along Whitford Creek

By Topf Wells  |  Workday Report 1: November 4, 2023 No complaints about weather for this work day. Temps started in the high 30s and climbed to the low 50s, clear skies and no wind. Our effort matched… Read More

Who Had the Better Day: SWTU or the Badgers?

By Topf Wells  |  Workday Report: December 2, 2023 Maybe the Badgers – beating #3 ranked Marquette is pretty good. Our last work day was pretty great, too, for lots of reasons: Turnout. On a day that started… Read More

A Big Day on Big Spring: Stream Team Report 1

By Topf Wells The DNR firm of Justin, Lloyd & Jarret convened with the Nohr Chapter and SWTU to begin the ecological transformation of Big Spring from the bridge at the big spring to the one at Pine… Read More

A Darn Near Perfect Workday: Stream Team Report 2

By Topf Wells SWTU members and allies worked together clearing and brush bundling along Hefty Creek. The creek’s brown trout and anglers will be happy with the result.

Dane County Offering Women’s Chainsaw Workshops

For the first time, Dane County is offering Women’s Chainsaw Workshops in November and December 2023. They will be hosting 3 rounds of 2-day courses for level 1 & 2 certifications. This course is free of charge and… Read More

Our next Stream Team Workday

October 7, 2023 – Big Spring Branch, Iowa County | 5465 Big Spring Road, Highland By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair We hope you can make this event – lots of details in this announcement, be sure to read… Read More

The few, the proud …

By Topf Wells Maybe not the Marines but our workday on the Sugar River at the Davidson property seemed like an amphibious assault at times. We were clearing the stream bank of invasive honeysuckle and the too common… Read More