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We
have produced a small book, Stories of Stewardship:
Tales from Wisconsin's Big Backyard,
highlighting several of the special places in Wisconsin protected
by the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund. You are invited to tour
two of these unique, lovely places and meet the people committed
to preserving them. You will also be sent home with your own copy
of this beautiful collection of stories. Mark your calendars—we
look forward to seeing you!
Faville Grove
Sanctuary Tour
Saturday, August
18, 9-11 am
Come out to the Madison Audubon Society’s
Faville Grove Sanctuary in southeastern Wisconsin for a prairie
walk-and-talk with contributing storytellers David Musolf and Roger
Packard. David and Roger are managing and restoring more than 800
acres of prairie at Faville Grove, where Aldo Leopold once worked
to enhance wildlife habitat on private lands. Come visit the prairie
in late summer splendor. Read
their full story »
Directions: From Madison travel east on
I-94 to the Lake Mills/Waterloo exit (Exit 259), then go 3 miles
north on Hwy. 89 to the old farmstead at N7710 Hwy. 89.
To RSVP or for more information, call 608-251-9131
x15 or email info@gatheringwaters.org.
Chippewa Flowage
Tour
Saturday, August 25, 1-3 pm
(Limit 20 people, RSVP required)
Take
a boat tour of Sawyer County’s Chippewa
Flowage, one of northern Wisconsin’s biggest and wildest
lakes. We’ll talk with contributing storyteller Doug Kurtzweil
of Couderay Waters Regional Land Trust about the Chippewa Islands
Project, a local grass-roots effort that has successfully preserved
two of the flowage’s most vulnerable islands from development. Read
Doug's full story »
Directions: From Hayward, take
Hwy ‘B’ east for 15 miles to Hwy. ‘CC’,
then follow ‘CC’ south for 5 miles to The Landing.
To RSVP or for more information, call 608-251-9131
x15 or email info@gatheringwaters.org.
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