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The Hot End of a Cool Season of Workdays

By Topf Wells The weather, chainsaws, and brats were hot on Saturday morning at SWTU’s last workday of the spring season on the Rudd easement on Hefty Creek. Thankfully (and way to go, Marci Hess) the watermelon was… Read More

Many Thanks to Our Spring Fair Donors!! You Helped Raise $15,000+

Acme Organics Ann Miller, entomologist Bad Dog Frida Bavarian Sausage House Black Earth Angling Co. Bob’s Bitchin BBQ Burman Coffee Traders Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Chris Freeman Chuck Bayuk Crema Café Curt Riedl

A Successful Spring Fair!! It’s on track to raise $15,000+

By John Freeborg A wonderful crowd of about 150 people enjoyed the 2nd annual SWTU Spring Fair Fundraiser on Sat 4/22. The event was held at the East Side Club on Lake Monona and featured a wonderful variety of… Read More

A Wonderful Day for SWTU – Start With Tree Planting!

By Topf Wells / April 22, 2023, Workday Report We have reports on the superbly successful fundraiser– lots of fun, food and money. Thanks to John, Ben, Curt, David, Pat, Kyle, Hannah, Henry and many others who made it… Read More

Workday update: Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Snow …

By Topf Wells … deterred SWTU from having quite possibly its most productive work day ever, really as in ever. The productivity resulted from the combined efforts of some great local conservation organizations:  the SW WI Chapter of… Read More

The Help Poured In: An Amazing Last Workday for 2022

By Topf Wells Jim Hess called for lots of help for our final workday of the year on Smith Conley.  The job was big and little did we know how bitterly cold the day would dawn. The day… Read More

Workday + Picnic = Happy Trout + Happy Volunteers

By Topf Wells Jim Hess had lots of help with one of the best SWTU workdays ever from Scout Troop 104, the DNR, and some great SWTU volunteers.  And then, the Rudds, our kind and generous hosts put… Read More

A Productive and Fun Workday

By Topf Wells Jim has the new workday season off to a great start. Eleven stalwarts arrived at the Falk Wells Wildlife Area on the Sugar River between Verona and Paoli. Attendance was down a bit – maybe the… Read More

Continued Success for the Women’s Fly Fishing Clinics

By Henry Nehls-Lowe This July, the Wisconsin Women’s Fly Fishing Clinics were again a resounding success with over 40 total participants in the “By Women for Women Beginner Fly Fishing Clinic” and the “On the Water Skills Intermediate… Read More

A Heroic Workday – Crew Takes on Wild Parsnip

By Jim Hess, SWTU Conservation Chair I want to give a special shout out to the following volunteers that showed up for a mid-summer special workday to battle out of control wild parsnip and other invasives in our… Read More