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TU at Midwest Outdoor Leadership Conference

By Henry Nehls-Lowe Five SWTU members and Carol Murphy, NohrTU President, recently traveled to Upham Woods for the UW Hoofer-sponsored 2024 Midwest Outdoor Leadership Conference. Eighty representatives from midwest college & university outing clubs attended this morning’s workshops,… 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

Did the DNR and SWTU save the brook trout of Melancthon Creek?

We won’t know for a couple of years but we sure tried. From a Monday through Thursday, a crew of DNR staff and SWTU volunteers captured and tagged brown trout in a long stretch of Melancthon Creek and… 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.

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

Volunteering at Joy Trip Project Event

By Tom Thrall The creator of this unique project is James Edward Mills. He is a nationally known journalist and is a Nelson Institute lecturer among many other things. He lives here in Madison. He is also a… Read More

Wisconsin Women’s Fly Fishing Clinic’s “WOWSKI” Grows To New Heights

By Matthew Sment Now in it’s 14th year of empowering woman anglers through outdoor education, the Women’s On the Water Skills Intermediate Clinic (WOWSKI) grew to new heights in 2023. This standout program pairs enthusiastic woman anglers with… Read More

Good Days for Great People

By Topf Wells Justin Haglund, Lloyd Meng, and Jared Myers had tree planting all set on the DNR property on Trout Creek below the dry dam.  Holes were dug, 60 oak trees distributed, fences, staples and mats in… Read More