MOUSY (Madison’s Only United Synagogue Youth) walked the trails at Lake Farm Park and picked up litter for Earth Day. Eighteen young men and women took part.
The Friends of Pheasant Branch spent the spring burning brush, scattering seeds, and cutting aspen sprouts. A planned prairie burn fell through due to poor weather conditions. They report that “An oak savanna is appearing on the edge of a large honeysuckle jungle.”
The Indian Springs Neighborhood Association continued with an Earth Day cleanup, but scheduled field work was postponed due to flooding along the Nine Springs Creek. Dan Kerkman has become a Certified Pesticide Applicator and will treat stumps for the neighborhood.
Students from Edgewood High School went to Fish Camp Launch to paint picnic tables in preparation for the summer season. The tables were scraped, sanded and painted by eight students and their teacher.
The Nine Springs Network continues to work at the McCoy Rd. section of the Nine Springs E-Way. Network organizer Victoria Jagar is leaving for personal and professional reasons and will be missed; Jeannie Sieling and Scott Sauer are serving as temporary coordinators.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints sent 32 members of their Young
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Single Adults group to the Nine Springs E-Way in early April. There they piled brush that had previously been cut by staff and other volunteers. This allows us to cut and treat any stumps we may have missed, and opens ground for flowers.
Students and faculty from Walbridge Academy planted trees for Dane County Parks for the eighth consecutive year. This year they planted at Token Creek Park. County Forester Fred Paasch supervised the volunteer crew.
High school and middle students from McFarland participated in Youth Service Day by mulching trees at Babcock Park, for the second year in a row. A couple of weeks later some returned to mulch trees in the campground there. Thanks to Elaine Creager for coordinating this, and to the students for giving up a Saturday to do something good for their community.
Trout Unlimited and the Lakeview Neighborhood Association marked Earth Day with annual cleanups. Trout Unlimited cleans Salmo Pond every year, as part of the Black Earth Creek Watershed Association’s cleanup of Black Earth Creek. The Lakeview Neighborhood Association cleans Lakeview Woods every Earth Day. Thanks to all these volunteers for making this an annual event.
Prairie Plant Propagators transplanted thousands of wildflower seedlings into root
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trainers and four inch pots. Many of the root trainers went home with volunteers who will tend them over the growing season. Thanks to members of READI and Cindy Carey for potting up, and to Rose Bridge, Mary Conroy, Diane Mader, John Herbst, Jan Westemeier and Stasia Ruskie for taking root trainers home for the summer.
The Campground Host Program is in full swing. Hosts include John & Bonnie Schueman, Joe & Carol Abernathy, Paul & Grace Bernhard, Bob & Lita Berlin, Reuben & Johnnie Bertschy, Dick & Donna Sawyer, Frank & Faith Rice, Sherman & Joanne Dammen, Dick & Doris Davies and May & Sandie Wagner. We will have hosts on site through September at all locations, at a time when staff is short-handed and campers still need services. We also started earlier in May for the same reasons. By the way, from the list of names above it may look like only couples can host, but that is not the case. We are happy to have qualified individuals host for Dane County Parks.
Stasia Ruskie and Irene Mackey are new Bicentennial Oak Stewards. Stasia is looking after the tree at Token Creek and Irene, the one at Lake Farm Park. They join Leo & Marcella Schwantz at Badger Prairie, Donna Fisker at Indian Lake and Bob Salov at Cam-Rock Park.
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