By Topf Wells Fourteen intrepid SWTU members, veterans and rookies, young and old, showed up on Saturday, 4/30 to wrestle piles of limbs, logs, and brush into brush bundles at the Davidson site on the Sugar River. With… Read More
By Topf Wells On November 6, SWTU completed another productive and safe workday and saw a massive stream restoration in the process. We cleared small to large box elders from the upper end of the County’s restoration of… Read More
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
By Tina Murray and Team Over a decade ago SWTU lead the nation in offering intensive women’s fly fishing clinics. In 2009 very few chapters or other groups across the nation could offer women clinics lead by other… Read More
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
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
Chapter president, Jim Hess, recently met with Dr. Terry Guerkink for a tour of the restoration work on Kittleson Creek upstream of the bridge on Drammen Valley Road. Thanks to Dr. Guerkink providing one of the most generous… Read More
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
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
Scouts to the Rescue: Workday recap
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Posted: May 4, 2022 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Wells Fourteen intrepid SWTU members, veterans and rookies, young and old, showed up on Saturday, 4/30 to wrestle piles of limbs, logs, and brush into brush bundles at the Davidson site on the Sugar River. With… Read More
Workday recap: Beavers have nothing on SWTU
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Last Updated: December 11, 2021 by Drew Kasel
By Topf Wells On November 6, SWTU completed another productive and safe workday and saw a massive stream restoration in the process. We cleared small to large box elders from the upper end of the County’s restoration of… Read More
Workday report: The Dirty Dozen Meet Tarzan
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Last Updated: October 7, 2021 by Drew Kasel
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
Women’s Fishing Clinics Develop Women’s Leadership Institute
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Posted: July 27, 2021 by Drew Kasel
By Tina Murray and Team Over a decade ago SWTU lead the nation in offering intensive women’s fly fishing clinics. In 2009 very few chapters or other groups across the nation could offer women clinics lead by other… Read More
Our Last Workday of Spring 2021 – It was a good (and hot) one!
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Last Updated: July 27, 2021 by Drew Kasel
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
Who’s got workdays? We’ve got workdays!
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Last Updated: July 27, 2021 by Drew Kasel
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
Kittleson Creek Visit with Generous Donor
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Posted: December 15, 2020 by Drew Kasel
Chapter president, Jim Hess, recently met with Dr. Terry Guerkink for a tour of the restoration work on Kittleson Creek upstream of the bridge on Drammen Valley Road. Thanks to Dr. Guerkink providing one of the most generous… Read More
Funding appeal a big success: Thank you!
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Last Updated: April 8, 2021 by Drew Kasel
Learn what was raised and how it’s being put to great use.
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Last Updated: April 2, 2020 by Drew Kasel
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
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Posted: April 2, 2020 by Drew Kasel
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
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