Environmental Fun Fair – Dane County Parks
Lussier Family Heritage Center 3101 Lake Farm Road, Madison, WIJoin Dane County Parks for an Environmental Fun Fair located on the grounds of our Lussier Family Heritage Center facility. This FREE fun afternoon will be full of hands-on, sensory activities centered around nature, outdoor recreation, and science. This is an inclusive event appropriate for ALL ages and abilities! Activities under both solar shelter, the […]
Waukesha/Milwaukee County Chapter – Seed Collection at Hartland Marsh
Cottonwood Avenue Hartland 210 Cottonwood Avenue, Hartland, WI, United StatesPhoto by The Spruce/Evgeniya Vlasova The Workday: Join us for a Seed Collection Outing at the Hartland Marsh with the Ice Age Trail Alliance's Land Restoration Specialist, Steve Pence! We will be collecting shooting star seeds that will go into the Ice Age Trail Alliance Seed Bank for future restoration projects. This ephemeral spring wildflower […]
Ice Age Trail Crew – Trailbuilding – Plover River Segment, Marathon County
What You'll Help Do: If you like stonework, this project is for you! Help shift nearby rock to create a natural-looking, stepping-stone path. This effort will give the August Plover River Segment project a good jump start! Download Project Area Map All Talents and Abilities Welcome! There’s a role for volunteers of all ages and […]
Ice Age Trail Crew – Trailbuilding – Holy Hill Segment, Washington County
What You'll Help Do: A reroute of the Ice Age Trail between Pleasant Hill Road and Waterford Road will shorten a road walk and add a parking lot. The change also brings the Trail closer to a wetland, necessitating the construction of a 400-foot boardwalk to keep boots dry and protect habitat. If you like […]
What’s On Tap: Open House at Out There Nordic
Out There Nordic 502 N Main Street, Rice Lake, WIOne of the nation’s premier long-distance hiking trails -- the Ice Age National Scenic Trail -- is in your backyard. Learn more about it at this fun event, taking place at Out There Nordic in Rice Lake! "Talk Trail” with like-minded people Learn about the Trail’s Unit status designation Find out about a major Trail […]
Dane County Chapter Hike – Verona Segment
Dane, Verona, Prairie Moraine County Park 1970 Hwy PB, Verona, Wisconsin, United StatesStart your Thursday off with a hike on the Ice Age Trail at Prairie Moraine County Park, southeast Verona. We'll hike through prairies and woods where you can enjoy Dane County's most visible section of the glacial terminal moraine. Total will be ~4 miles as we'll enjoy the trail up to County M through a […]
Shuttled Hike for the Summit Moraine Segment
Lumbercamp Segment Parking Area 45.306289, -89.052087Hike your own hike with shuttles offered at 8:00 AM, 8:45 AM, 9:30 AM and 10:15 AM. 6-person max per shuttle time. Registration required here! Distance 12.4 miles Difficulty Rating 3 out of 5 Approximate time to complete based on a 2-mph hiking pace = 6.5 hours Traveling near the outer edge of the Summit […]
Point Beach Central Hike – Lakeshore Chapter
The Hike We will begin our hike at County O, and hike north and east for a bit to cross a bridge over Molash Creek. We will continue into a mixed conifer/hardwoods forest. Then we join some of the Point Beach State Forest trails over ancient beach ridges and swales, ending up at the State […]
Land Stewardship: Knapweed Control, Mammoth Back Preserve – Dane County Chapter
Dane, Cross Plains, Mammoth's Back Stagecoach Road, Cross Plains, WI, United StatesPhoto Credit: Brent Sieling *** You MUST contact the posted workday leader listed below to make sure the workday location or details have not changed, as these events are posted in advance. *** Description Having completed our efforts to control and reduce garlic mustard, we now turn to removing re-sprouting brush and other weeds that […]
Land Stewardship: Priairie Weeding, Halfway Prairie – Dane County Chapter
Dane, Halfway Prairie County Natural Area, Jim Parry's House 6264 Matz Rd, Dane, WIPhoto Credit: Brent Sieling *** You MUST contact the posted workday leader listed below to make sure the workday location or details have not changed, as these events are posted in advance. *** Description As our removal of Garlic Mustard and spraying resprouting shrubs winds down, we move into the next phase of summer work […]