Calendar 2018
for volunteer events in the Preserve

Volunteering is a great way to find out what’s going on in the Preserve. Tools and training provided. Dress to work outdoors, and prepare to meet new people and have fun.  For more information please contact: Bryn Scriver, Preserve Outreach Specialist, bscriver@fpm.wisc.edu, 220-5560. The list below includes all regularly scheduled volunteer days in the Preserve.

Note: Work parties are cancelled in case of severe weather (snowstorms, thunderstorms, temperatures lower than 10 degrees F or above 90 degrees F) or if the ground is too muddy or snowy for work.

Volunteer Days
Time for most volunteer days: 9am-noon

March 9, Saturday, 9am-noon, Frautschi Point parking lot
​CANCELLED

April 13, Saturday, 9am-noon, Picnic Point, Lot 129
April 27, Saturday, 9am-noon, Picnic Point, Lot 129

May 5, Sunday, Garlic Mustard Pull, 1–4pm, location to be determined
May 18, Saturday, Spring Wildflower Planting, 9am-noon,
              Frautschi Point Parking lot 

June 8, Saturday, 9am-noon, Picnic Point, Lot 129
June 23, Sunday, 9am-noon, Picnic Point, Lot 129

July 14, Sunday, 9am-noon, Frautschi Point parking lot
July 27, Saturday, 9am-noon, Frautschi Point parking lot

August 10, Saturday. 9am-noon, Frautschi Point parking lot

Pull GARLIC MUSTARD with the Friends!
    2019 - May 5, 1:00-4:00 pm (Sunday)
​Location to be determined
Controlling Garlic Mustard allows the native plants and restoration to thrive. 
Each Garlic Mustard plant produces AT LEAST 750 seeds.
These seeds continue to come up for up to seven years.
Roma Lenehan and Bryn Scriver will lead the effort.  
Finish the day with a special treat:
Garlic Mustard Quiche and refreshments
(you are welcome to bring cookies or fruit)
Bring your own gloves or use gloves and tools provided

  

2016 Spring Planting.

Glenda Denniston and Roma Lenehan are the Friends and the Preserve's strongest volunteers by far. Photo Arlene Koziol. Their combined effort in the Preserve doing field work as volunteers amounts to more than 1200 hours each year. They have worked in the Preserve for the last 15 years and have been named Preserve Stewards.