Join the Friends of Donald Park in a fall workday to remove invasive species from the oak savanna restoration area.
Restore the banks of the Sugar River to create trout habitat
Join the Friends of Capital Springs and event partners at the beautiful lakefront William G. Lunney Lake Farm County Park for a fall family afternoon focusing on the benefits of nature to physical and mental well-being. Our honored educator and guest is the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Enjoy engaging activities for all interests and ages!
Join Dane County Parks staff in this relaxing 3.3 mile paddle on the Sugar River.
Engaging the youngest members of our community with the outdoors! Intended for ages 3-6 and requires an adult chaperone.
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Learn to grow native plants!
Engaging the youngest members of our community with the outdoors! Intended for toddler age and requires an adult chaperone.
A public information meeting to review draft plan recommendations and gather public input on the Indian Lake County Park and Halfway Prairie Wildlife Area Master Plan.
Volunteers are invited to join Prairie Moraine Friends for a day of habitat restoration!
Help DCP staff and volunteers continue restoration work at Walking Iron's beautiful and ecologically important remnant sand prairie! Work is varied and depends on the season.
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Get your young ones out for a morning hike in Dane County Parks!
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Enjoy the Harvest Moon and the beginning of fall with a night hike and fire.
Join volunteers at Lower Mud Lake NRA to continue restoring an oak woodland filled with spring ephemerals!
Interested in prairies or want to spend more time outdoors? Volunteer at the Heritage Center this year!
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Join us for a FUNdraiser with Karben4 Brewing at our Capital Springs off-leash dog park.
Engaging the youngest members of our community with the outdoors! Intended for toddler age and requires an adult chaperone.
Prairie seed collection
Learn how to be Salt Wise this Winter.
Smart Salting for Parking Lots and Sidewalks
Learn how to be Salt Wise this Winter.
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Interested in prairies or want to spend more time outdoors? Volunteer at the Heritage Center this year!
Chainsaw Safety Classes - SAWW Level 1 and Level 2 training available; discounts for registered Dane County Parks Volunteers.
Dane County Park's hands-on program that challenges high school students to make a real impact in caring for Dane County's natural areas.
Enjoy the fall colors with a short family friendly hike, snack, and craft.
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Help DCP staff and volunteers continue restoration work at Walking Iron's beautiful and ecologically important remnant sand prairie! Work is varied and depends on the season.
Volunteers tally and identify bumble bee species to support pollinator conservation efforts in Wisconsin! Ten species have been confirmed within the Capital Springs Recreation Area.
Join us to explore different parks to look and listen for owls.
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Salt Wise Stories: UW-Whitewater
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Chainsaw Safety Classes - SAWW Level 1 and Level 2 training available; discounts for registered Dane County Parks Volunteers.
Learn how to be Salt Wise this Winter.
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Join us for a kid's night out enjoying the outdoors!
Join volunteers at Lower Mud Lake NRA to continue restoring an oak woodland filled with spring ephemerals!
Interested in prairies or want to spend more time outdoors? Volunteer at the Heritage Center this year!
Join Friends of Stewart Lake as they continue restoration work on a remnant prairie as part of their "goat squad" workdays.
Join the Friends of Stewart Park for a family-friendly Sunday workday in our oak woodlands and savannas!
Engaging the youngest members of our community with the outdoors! Intended for ages 3-6 and requires an adult chaperone.
Get out into the natural areas of Schumacher Farm this summer with the Friends of Schumacher!
Prairie seed collection
Learn how to be Salt Wise this Winter.
Join the Wisconin Bioblitz with Lussier Family Heritage Center. Learn to use iNaturalist and go on a hike with volunteers and staff to document as many species as we can find!
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Join Sevie, our staff photographer, to learn the basics of getting a great image of our natural landscapes!
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Learn how to be Salt Wise this Winter.
Dane County Park's hands-on program that challenges high school students to make a real impact in caring for Dane County's natural areas.
An in-depth training for volunteers interested in restoration work within Dane County Park's natural areas. Those who attend this orientation have the opportunity to become leads on restoration projects within areas of their choosing.
Learn how to be Salt Wise this Winter.
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
School's out! Come on over to the center for a day exploring the outdoors.
Join the Friends of Schumacher Farm for a family friendly evening.
Join volunteers at Lower Mud Lake NRA to continue restoring an oak woodland filled with spring ephemerals!
Become a steward of our local waters with our new course! Water Stewards is developed in partnership with Sustain Dane, the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District, the Madison Area Municipal Storm Water Partnership, the Madison Water Utility, and the Dane County Land and Water Resources Department.
Join us as we celebrate featured artists of the Dane Arts 2024 Art Calendar. Meet the artists while enjoying refreshments and live music.
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Help DCP staff and volunteers continue restoration work at Walking Iron's beautiful and ecologically important remnant sand prairie! Work is varied and depends on the season.
Smart Salting for Roads
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Halloween Treats event
Bring your friends and family for a ¾ mile candle-lit evening walk around the Lussier Family Heritage Center!
Volunteers are invited to join the Natural Areas team for a morning of seed collection. Summer and fall blooming prairie plants have gone to seed and are ripe for the picking!
Craving coffee and connection? Come to our Pop Up Cafe with Playful Acorns!
Want to spend a morning collecting native seeds in McFarland? Join volunteers at Lower Mud Lake NRA to collect native seeds from the prairie to help with ongoing restoration efforts!
The School Safety and Violent Event Incident Management (SSAVEIM) training keeps your school safe with this unique, hands-on violent event incident management training.
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Join the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for this two-day virtual event. It will convene school safety experts, practitioners, and leaders from across the country to discuss current threats in school safety and explore research-informed strategies for addressing security challenges and risks in K-12 schools.
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Learn how to be Salt Wise this Winter.
Join the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for this two-day virtual event. It will convene school safety experts, practitioners, and leaders from across the country to discuss current threats in school safety and explore research-informed strategies for addressing security challenges and risks in K-12 schools.
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Smart Salting for Parking Lots and Sidewalks
Join volunteers at Lower Mud Lake NRA to continue restoring an oak woodland filled with spring ephemerals!
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Chainsaw Safety Classes - SAWW Level 1 and Level 2 training available; discounts for registered Dane County Parks Volunteers.
Dane County Park's hands-on program that challenges high school students to make a real impact in caring for Dane County's natural areas.
Learn to grow native plants for local school and community projects
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Social event with free food, resources for Veterans, open "rifle only" shoot (must bring own rifle & ammunition), and a shooting competition
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Join us to explore different parks to look and listen for owls.
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Smarter Salting in 60 Minutes
Learn how to be Salt Wise this Winter.
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Learn how to be Salt Wise this Winter.
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Chainsaw Safety Classes - SAWW Level 1 and Level 2 training available; discounts for registered Dane County Parks Volunteers.
Join Friends of Stewart Lake as they continue restoration work on a remnant prairie as part of their "goat squad" workdays.
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Help DCP staff and volunteers continue restoration work at Walking Iron's beautiful and ecologically important remnant sand prairie! Work is varied and depends on the season.
Smart Salting for Roads
Are you interested in helping DCP staff on prescribed burns? For volunteers without NWCG S130 & S190 Certifications, this all-day training provides a baseline training to volunteers wanting to join us for our burning opportunities.
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Dane County Park's hands-on program that challenges high school students to make a real impact in caring for Dane County's natural areas.
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Join the Natural Areas team in this unique activity! Volunteers will process and clean native seed using various pieces of equipment.
Join the Friends of Stewart Park for a family-friendly Sunday workday in our oak woodlands and savannas!
Come to Schumacher Farm to make and taste delicious Lefse (Norwegian Potato Flatbread)!
Get out into the natural areas of Schumacher Farm this summer with the Friends of Schumacher!
Help DCP staff and volunteers continue restoration work at Walking Iron's beautiful and ecologically important remnant sand prairie! Work is varied and depends on the season.
This is a special course for law enforcement, school, and business professionals dealing with selected issues in preparing for and responding to incidents of mass violence.
This is a special course for law enforcement, school, and business professionals dealing with selected issues in preparing for and responding to incidents of mass violence.
Join us to explore different parks to look and listen for owls.
Building upon the legacies of the Wisconsin Cover Crop Conference and the Discovery Farms Conference
Building upon the legacies of the Wisconsin Cover Crop Conference and the Discovery Farms Conference
Join Friends of Stewart Lake as they continue restoration work on a remnant prairie as part of their "goat squad" workdays.
Dane County Park's hands-on program that challenges high school students to make a real impact in caring for Dane County's natural areas.
Help DCP staff and volunteers continue restoration work at Walking Iron's beautiful and ecologically important remnant sand prairie! Work is varied and depends on the season.
Join the Friends of Stewart Park for a family-friendly Sunday workday in our oak woodlands and savannas!
Dane County Park's hands-on program that challenges high school students to make a real impact in caring for Dane County's natural areas.