The Middleton Creek Corridor, North Mendota, and Lakeview Park asphalt paths (see the attached map for exact locations) need seal coating and restriping. Seal coating and restriping work on the Creek Corridor path will...
Note from the Co-Presidents – Summer 2024
Dear Friends, We hope you’re enjoying the array of informative articles about our work in, and advocacy on behalf of, the Conservancy. Our members often ask how they can become more involved with stewardship...
Our 2024 Wisconsin Master Naturalist course was inspiring!
2024 Wisconsin Master Naturalist participants at Fredricks Hill (photo by Colleen Robinson) Article by: Colleen Robinson, Wisconsin Master Naturalist Program Coordinator The instructors and participants were honored this year by a whole host of...
Friends Strongly Support Middleton Stormwater Utility Fee Increase
Confluence Pond west of Beltline – Flood in 2018 (adapted from: Middleton drone footage) Article by: Herb Garn, Watershed Committee Co-Chair In 2014, the Friends supported and campaigned for a referendum creating the City...
Seed The Need: A Growing Success, A Celebration of Community
New prairie at Pheasant Branch Conservancy Article by: Pam Shannon and Hans Hilbert, FOPBC Board Co-Presidents It was May 2019 when former Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced the $10 million purchase of 160...
A Prairie Birthday
The thriving propagation garden at Pheasant Branch Conservancy (photo by Chris Kehler) Article by: Janice P. Kehler, FOPBC Board Member and Restoration & Management Committee Member In 1949, Aldo Leopold described the “prairie birthday”...
Invasive Species Threaten Pheasant Branch Conservancy
Volunteers work to remove invasive species at Pheasant Branch Conservancy Article by: Hans Hilbert, FOPBC Board Co-President and Restoration & Management Committee Co-Chair The Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy volunteers are diligently working to...
Weed Warriors Tackle New PBC Prairie
Part of our helpful and dedicated Weed Warriors crew (photo by Chris Kubiak) Article by: Chris Kubiak, FOPBC Board and Restoration & Management Committee Member The next restoration phase of the 160-acre Platinum Prairie...