Article by Jocelyn Milner In late September I took a morning walk through the Hillside Prairie. This remnant of the ancient Sauk Prairie is dominated by a west-facing slope so the shadows were long when I arrived and my pants were soaked with dew. This remnant sits right at the end of the glacial moraine. The soil is well drained and thin at the top and gradually gets thicker, richer and better at holding moisture moving down the hillside. The top of the hillside was dominat

Article by Jocelyn Milner The south-facing slope of the Hillside Prairie Savanna was becoming overgrown with brush, shrubs and small trees. Among these small trees was a treasure - a grove of oak saplings growing in an opening beyond the shade of the ancient oaks that dominate this small savanna. A WDNR forester assessed the trees and marked the oaks that should be saved with blue paint. In one workday in September 2025, five volunteers arrived to confront a nearly impenetra

Saturday, July 12th, 2025 - A small, determined crew of volunteer land stewards gathered on the Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area for a day of service.

A dedicated volunteer snips the flowering head off. June 25th, 2025 - Three volunteers spent time wading through the wet weeds of the...

This is considered by many to be the last, tiny remnant of the ancient Sauk Prairie. Roughly 14,000 acres of native grassland on a unique glacial outwash plain.

Instar Stages & Egg Description May 30th, 2025 A small, dedicated crew gathered on Mąą Wákąčąk (Maa = Earth, Wakacak = Spiritual/Sacred)...

Kindschi Prairie Crew - April 19th, 2025 Volunteers performed much needed, labor intensive brush cutting. The majority of the work was...

Volunteer Ecological Stewardship! Volunteers helped push back more of the smothering brush that has been encroaching onto the Hillside...

October 23rd, 2024 Citizen conservationist volunteers gathered at the Museum of Badger Army Ammunition before heading to the “NE Oak...

Mid-week Workday: Northeast Savanna - September 25th, 2024

2nd Saturday Workday: Hillside Prairie and Oak Savanna - September 14, 2024