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Workday report: The Dirty Dozen Meet Tarzan

By Topf Wells Jim Hess is the best thing since beer. He organized another great workday and the Sugar River is looking the better for it. Jim spent hours of effort making this one happen. He first chose the… Read More

Fall stream workday schedule

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Mark your calendars and plan to join us!

Our Last Workday of Spring 2021 – It was a good (and hot) one!

By Topf Wells Jim Hess orchestrated a wonderful end to the spring workday season on a hot May 22 at Dane County’s Davidson property on the Sugar River.  The mission was to complete a large brush bundle on… Read More

Pecatonica River Workday – Saturday, May 22

Saturday, May 22, 2021 Kessnick’s Easement on the East Branch Pecatonica River Iowa County Rd K, 1 mile south of Barneveld

Who’s got workdays? We’ve got workdays!

Event reports and photos – many thanks to all who turned out Read more and view pictures of three tremendous events. From tree planting to chain sawing to a unique tug-of-war … see how SWTU and its members… Read More

Dig In – Our First Workday of 2021

Sugar River through Neperud property

Tree planting on April 10. Plus see our future workday plans.

Bear Creek Video – Past, Present and Future

Please use this link to watch Nate Nye’s presentation on the Bear Creek trout fishery. Nate is the WI DNR fish biologist for Sauk and Richland Counties. He was the architect of the superb restoration of Bear Creek, which was… Read More

Spring 2021 Work Days

Sugar River through Neperud property

Learn about our (fingers crossed!) plans for spring.

So how are the donations making a difference?

In making our funding appeal, we promised you that we would use the funds you donated to support some excellent projects.  The Board took that responsibility seriously and made the following decisions at our March Board meeting. Kittleson… Read More

Pruning Project to Bear Fruit

By Topf Wells We had a safe and productive morning of pruning at the Neperud orchard.  Safe because the small turnout made for ample spacing and avoidance of any coronavirus that had found its way to Paoli (which… Read More