By Warren Gebert and Herb Garn Photo: Herb Garn In November last year, Middleton residents approved, by referendum, a large increase in the stormwater utility fee. The Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy, for the...
Graber Pond and the Community Water Monitoring Network
By Helen Schlimm, Research Specialist, UW-Madison Center for Limnology Urban ponds are an ongoing research focus for the Wilkinson Lab at the UW-Madison Center for Limnology. The lab is trying to understand how ponds...
Graber Greenway: An Important Area in Transition
Aerial photo by Gary Sater. Northeast view from Graber Pond, showing path from Misty Valley stormwater facilities to High Road. Article by Ken Wiesner, Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Watershed Committee Graber Greenway is...
Clean Lakes Alliance urges support of Middleton stormwater referendum
In their latest Lake-O-Gram, Clean Lakes Alliance joins a strong community backing of Voting Yes for the City of Middleton stormwater referendum on the November 5 ballot for City residents. Read the newsletter here....
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...
Belle Fontaine Boulevard Update
Beautiful spring (or fountain) is one translation of “Belle Fontaine” from French. Locally, it was the name given to what we now call Frederick’s Springs, or Pheasant Branch Springs, in the Conservancy. These springs...
The 3rd Quadrant to the new PBC Addition is Seeded!
On March 11th, 2023, the third 40 acre quadrant of the 160 acre addition on the north side of Pheasant Branch Conservancy was seeded by Dane County Parks. Concerned about disappearing snow and a...
Frog and Toad Survey
Started in 2021, the Friends of Pheasant Branch Frog & Toad Survey monitors amphibian populations within the conservancy from approximately April 1st to August 1st. The basic survey process involves monitoring a designated site...
January Conservancy Day- Working Together Toward a Cleaner Energy Future
Conservancy Day Event! Wednesday January 18 at 6:00 PM Middleton Public Library Please join us in-person as MG&E’s Leah Samson will share an update on MG&E’s wind, solar and battery storage projects. She will...
Wisconsin Master Naturalist Training 2023
The Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy is hosting a Master Naturalist Training in Middleton beginning June 9, 2023. The dates for the WIMN trainings are June 9- July 8 2023 . Registration is full!...