The Trails of Two Cities
by John Berge

On June 12, I spent an enjoyable hour with Rick Jones, the Supervisor of
Public Works for the City of Racine, discussing the Root River Pathway
construction which was to start the following week. The next day my wife
and I attended the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) Open
House concerning the proposed White River Trail between Elkhorn, where
the Open House was held, and Burlington. What a difference in attitudes
between the two communities!

The City of Racine is strongly supportive of the multipurpose Root River
Pathway and expects it to be a boon to the citizens of the community, a
boost to the economy and a reintroduction of the river to many who do
not appreciate this resource. In Walworth County we were told of apathy
and opposition to any recreational spending on the part of the County
Board of Supervisors, open hostility from some of those who lived along
the proposed trail, and the Open House frequently devolved into heated
debate between motorized and non-motorized users.

Phase one of the Root River Pathway will run along the north shore of
the Root River from the Main Street Bridge to a new bridge across the
river just west of Washington Park Golf Course. This mostly urban phase
should be completed this fall. The second phase will complete the
project from the new bridge through Colonial Park by late summer of
2002. The total project cost, including paving, informational signage
and mile markers (in forest green, maroon and blue), benches, overlooks,
plantings, lighting and canoe launch sites will cost $3.5 million raised
from numerous sources including City, State and Federal Funds. The
Pathway will eventually tie into a Lake Michigan pathway and bicycle
trails to adjacent counties.

In the urban stretches, much of the trail will be on city streets and
sidewalks. Starting out on the east end in open land next to the Main
St. bridge, the trail leads along Erie and Ontario Streets onto an
easement on the Case property between the road and the river to an
overlook with historical information about the city and Case Company.
Then on to Liberty St. and Mound Ave., under 6th St. and Memorial Drive
through well-lighted riverside pathways to Clayton Park where a new
gravel and concrete block canoe launch site will be built. The pathway
will then skirt that part of the Washington Park Golf Course north of
the river on McKinley Ave. to the new bridge to be constructed upstream
from the suspension bridge that now connects the 4th and 5th holes. In
phase two, the trail on the west side of the river at this point will be
widened to the required 10 feet, hopefully will go under 6th St. on
Horlick Drive (a variance or traffic change may be needed here) to
Island Park. The pathway will only be on the west side of the island, an
improvement over the original plans of totally girdling the island, and
lead to a new pedestrian and bike bridge on the north end and another
canoe landing. It will then go under the Spring St. bridge along the
river into Bose Park and on up through the southern portion of Colonial
Park.

The Colonial Park segment will not be paved but will have crushed stone
and will not be lighted to retain a more natural appearance. Concrete
abutments will generally be textured to appear as stone and I was told
that the wood for the benches at the various overlooks and resting areas
will be certified lumber, although Jones was unable to tell me whether
the consultants recommended FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) or SFI
(Sustainable Forest Initiative) certification. FSC was formed in 1993 by
a diverse group of environmental organizations, including the Sierra
Club, timber and forestry professionals, indigenous people’s
organizations and community forest groups and uses the Smartwood
standards. SFI is an industry formed organization that does not include
any of the main environmental groups and is less "green" in its
standards.

What a difference at the Open House on the White River Trail. The WDNR
has submitted a proposal to the Walworth County Board of Supervisors for
conversion of the former railroad line from Burlington to Elkhorn to a
multi-purpose recreational trail. It turns out that Walworth County,
although it is the 3rd fastest growing county in the state, has only one
county owned park, no County Board Parks Committee, no parks staff,
director or supervisor. So they referred the proposal to the
Transportation sub-committee whose chair called a meeting on the
proposal for June 18 without evening notifying the WDNR. This article
was written before the results of that meeting or action by the Board of
Supervisors was known.

Again and again during the discussion, it was stated that the
Supervisors did not want to spend money on any recreational facilities
that would be mostly used by people from Illinois. Of the 75 to 100
people who were there, the great majority were in favor of the White
River Trail and filled in several "For" comment books with their
arguments, while the "Opposed" comment books were generally unfilled.
Unfortunately, there was no agreement whether the Trail should be
limited to "muscle-powered travel" or whether it should be also open to
snowmobiles, all terrain vehicles and other motorized recreation.

Melissa Cook, one of the WDNR representatives who moderated the
discussion and acted as resource person, urged the group "to get their
Supervisors on board. Sign on to support or oppose the measure as you
wish, but don't argue over local rules until the Trail is accepted by
the Board". She also urged the supporters to form a "Friends Group"
which can advocate for the trail, raise money as needed and do volunteer
work on and for the Trail.

Handouts available at the meeting showed some of the financial benefits
of other trails in the state to their communities, the retention of 70%
of fees from trail fees by the county, state payments in lieu of taxes,
and typical maintenance costs.

Those in opposition spoke of increased taxes "which are already too
high", possible noise and vandalism. One farmer whose property is split
by the former railroad right-of way worried about his liability if a
cyclist ran into his 100-foot long equipment and wondered when he was
going to get back his property which he claimed was "stolen" when the
railroad was built and was to be returned to him when the railroad was
"abandoned". This discussion was left up in the air other than to say
the right-of-way is not "abandoned" when the last train goes by and the
property was transferred from the Department of Transportation to the
WDNR. It conceivably could be taken back if a new railroad would go
through that area.

One or two County Supervisors were present, but did not join in the open
discussion. It was apparent that the WDNR and most of the people present
felt that the Supervisors needed a lot of education and persuasion from
their constituents. This is an excellent project for the Sierrans in
Walworth County. Do you know who your Supervisor is? When did you last
talk to him or her? Are you willing to talk to your Supervisor about
trails, recreation and the preservation of green space? If they are as
reluctant to support such things as this meeting would indicate, are you
ready to find or be a more suitable candidate in the next election?


Calendar:

August 3-5: Outing to the Apostle Islands being organized by Mary Ann
Ortmayer. See the article in the previous issue of the Southeast
Sierran.

There will be no Executive Committee meeting in August unless called by
the Group Chair

September 1: Deadline for the next issue of the Southeast Sierran.

September 13: SEGG Executive Committee Meeting, 7:00 p.m. at Messiah
Lutheran Church, corner of Durand Avenue and Pritchard Drive in Racine.

September 15: John Muir Chapter Executive Committee in Baraboo, WI.

September 20: First General Meeting of the Fall. Subject: Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge: Caribou vs. Oil Development. Place: Kenosha
Northside Library, 1500 27th Avenue. Time: 7:00 p.m.

October 12-14: John Muir Chapter Annual Meeting at Camp Helen Brachman
near Waupaca, Wisconsin. See the July-August issue of The Muir View for
registration form, deadlines and details.


Welcome New Members:

Bristol: Marsha Rudak

Burlington: Maryellen Goodell, Steve Nichols, David Renz, Deanna
Scherrer, Gwendolyn Schneider, L. Schrader, Cynthia Thomas

Caledonia: James Linstroth

Delavan: James Ballje, Michael Blackburn, Virginia Fornerod

East Troy: Jackie Gotz, Jaqueline Renault, Peter Roberts

Honey Creek: Virginia C. Vansyckle

Kenosha: Jane Barsch, Jacqueline Brown, Joan Hancock, Rixey Herron,
Jackie Huber, S. James, Pearl Koesser, George Nelson, Frieda Schurch,
Martha Swartz, Luella Vines, Charlene Wade

Lake Geneva: Kathy Connors, Colleen Krohn, Mildred Rudakas, Dr. Robert
D. Sproull

Pleasant Prairie: Scott Feldy, Jesse Wheeler, Jr.

Racine: Jerome Bengtson, Stefanie Biesiada, Brian Duffy, Frank Erickson,
William Ertel, Charles Erven, Kaye Glennon, Randy Herrick, Paul Oberst,
Peter Roberts, Gerald Scholzen, Loralie Schultz, Jack Shirley

Springfield: Kristi K. Cowles

Trevor: Camey Leonard

Waterford: Amanda Borchers, Joyce Pawlukiewicz

Wilmot: Kathy Burchel

Wind Lake: Henry Allen Graves, Richard Larson


Thanks to Nancy Hennessey!

Nancy Hennessey graciously hostessed our annual picnic on Thursday, June
21. We had 19 attendees and our special guests were Penny Bernard
Schaber, our John Muir Chapter Chair, and her husband Dale. Nancy is a
long time member of Wild Ones and has returned much of her yard to
native plantings. 

The food was delicious and your Chair hopes a good time was had by all.


New Email…

Juanita Larson now has email: nlarson@popmail.com

Donna Peterson also now has email: original@wi.net

Nominations Needed!

Once again, it's time to step forward and nominate yourself (or any
willing member) to run for a position on the Southeast Gateway Group
Executive Committee (ExCom). Any member in good standing may run. There
are three openings and the terms run for two years. This is your big
opportunity to have major input in the operations and policies of your
group! The ExCom is where Group plans and decisions are made.

Contact anyone on the nominating committee by September 1. Nominating
Committee members are: Mary Ann Ortmayer, (262) 554-5058; Donna
Peterson, (262) 637-3141; and Stan Rosenstiel (Nominating Committee
Chair), (262) 694-2206.

Candidate biographies and the ballot will be printed in the next issue
of the Southeast Sierran.

Give it some thought, then call today!


Bush Budget Not Kind to National Parks

In February President Bush said he was adding $4.9 billion to the
National Park Service (NPS) over the next five years. However, most of
it comes from already established programs and provides too little for
natural and cultural resource protection. The current budget may include
only $50 million in new funds, all to be spent on the maintenance
backlog. Bush also wants to extend to 2006 a recreation fee
demonstration program which allowed parks to collect and use up to 80%
of special fees for park protection. Instead of letting park
superintendents decide what needs to fund, Bush wants 60% of the fees
used for the maintenance backlog. It is estimated that national parks
suffer a 35% shortfall of at least $600 million annually in operations
funding to educate visitors, protect animals, historical and cultural
artifacts and buildings. 

Last year Congress passed the Conservation and Reinvestment Act (CARA)
establishing $12 billion for state and federal land acquisition, but the
Bush budget cut $2.7 billion from the fund. There are 640 acres, worth
between $70 and $120 million, up for sale inside Grand Teton National
Park by the state of Wyoming. If NPS can't afford to buy these acres
they may be sold for development. Land around many parks is increasing
in price due to development pressure while visitor use of the parks
increases every year.


From the Chair
Nita Larson

At this time of George W. Bush and his negative conservation attitude, I
happened to find an issue of "Religion and the Forests" and in it, I
found some wonderful quotes that I would like to share with you.

"It took more than three thousand years to make some of the trees in
these western woods...Through all the wonderful, eventful centuries
since Christ's time--and long before that--God has cared for these
trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand
straining, leveling tempests and floods; but he cannot save them from
fools" 
...John Muir


"A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country
without trees is almost as hopeless."
...Theodore Roosevelt

"Trees can reduce the heat of a summer's day, quiet a highway's noise,
feed the hungry, provide shelter from the wind and warmth in the winter.
You see, the forests are the sanctuaries not only of wildlife, but also
of the human spirit. And every tree is a compact between generations."
...President George Bush (1989 in Sioux Falls, SD)

"All over the world, there are libraries of a sort. They are among the
most beautiful places on the earth, and they hold more information than
the Library of Congress. Within these libraries are millions of books,
each a unique masterpiece to see and touch. They are teaching this
language to scientists. However, so far only one percent of the books
have been deciphered. Some tell how to find new medicines; others reveal
new things to eat... These treasure houses of knowledge are the ancient
forests of our planet."
...Brock Adams, National Audubon Society

"Not only are forest ecosystems more complex than we think, they are
more complex than we can think!"
...Jack Ward Thomas, Former Chief of the U.S. Forest Service

"One cannot use with impunity the animals, plants or the natural
elements simply as one wishes, according to one's economic needs...

"Protecting the world's forests, stemming desertification and erosion,
protecting the atmosphere, all these can be accomplished only through
active and wise cooperation, without borders or political power plays.

"I wish to appeal with simplicity and humility to all men and women. I
wish to ask them to be convinced of the seriousness of each one's
individual responsibility to the natural world."
...Pope John Paul II

"In Jewish tradition, one of the metaphors for God is the Tree of Life.
We celebrate a midwinter festival that is the 'new year for trees,' when
their life-juices stir once more and they begin to renew themselves from
wintry near-death. That festival is also understood as the 'New Year of
The Tree'--the time when God's abundance reawakens in the world. Since
the forests are a direct expression of God's bounty, we must stir
ourselves to save these forests now when they are dying in what could
become a universal winter."
...Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Director, The Shalom Center, Philadelphia, PA.


Bush-Cheney Energy Policies 
by Lila Berge

The Bush administration wants us to think they have "got religion" when
they talk more favorably about including energy conservation in their
policy. Why not? After all, without the efficiency and conservation
measures that were taken during the last 25 years, our current lifestyle
would require at least 13 million more barrels of oil per day than it
does now. Not only have consumers embraced more efficient furnaces,
appliances, windows and home insulation, industry also began treating
energy like the expensive raw material it is, finding cheaper ways to
operate their plants.

Environmentalists have long demanded that fuel consumption standards be
raised for all motor vehicles and defended EPA enforcement of air
pollution standards for autos, trucks, power plants and other industry.
We want our government to promote alternative energy. Unfortunately,
none of these things appear to be included in the task force on energy
policy headed by Vice President Cheney. Operating in tight secrecy which
shut out even Congress, the task force started with a policy and came up
with proposals to enact it--regulatory and tax breaks for corporations.
The big power conglomerates running old coal-burning power plants that
failed to install clean technology will get relief from EPA lawsuits.
The unregulated electricity trading companies want control over a
national grid that would distribute electricity and set prices.
Congress, through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), will
take over from the states the authority over where transmission lines
are built. A Bush appointee will head FERC to do the administration's
bidding. This federalized takeover is opposed by rural electric
cooperatives in 46 states, by northwestern states where there is
plentiful cheap hydroelectric power, and by power companies in the
northeast that invested in clean technology but receive air-borne
pollution from other (especially Southern) regions.

Cheney also wants to resurrect nuclear power and construct new plants.
The 103 reactors that provide 20% of U.S. electricity are performing
well and their construction costs are mostly paid off so their power
costs are low. But the 40 year operating licenses will start to expire
in five years. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission would have to review
and grant each a 20 year extension. Building new reactors will not make
sense unless the cost, safety and management problems of the radioactive
waste already piling up in pool or cask storage at the current plants
are solved. France, Britain and Japan use technology to recycle their
nuclear waste. In the late 1970's the U.S. decided not to do this for
fear the recycled plutonium and uranium would be vulnerable to theft or
diversion to nuclear weapons. This decision will be revisited by Bush,
as well as speeding up transfer of stored radioactive waste to Yucca
Mountain in Nevada.

The Bush budget proposes cutting the Department of Energy program
focused on improving nuclear energy's cost, waste management and safe
storage by 48%. His budget also cuts research and development for
renewable energy such as wind and solar power by 25%. Environmentalists
are not the only ones who are opposed to the Bush-Cheney energy policy. 



From Your Legislative Watchdog
Jean McGraw

There is good news and bad news to report about our forests and
wildlands.

The good news: the Land of the Spirit Bear is finally off limits to
logging and other exploitation. The far-reaching agreement among logging
companies, environmentalists, native peoples and the government of
British Columbia will permanently protect l.5 million acres of Canada's
Great Bear Rainforest and place a two-year moratorium on logging another
two million acres to put more stringent ecological forestry standards in
place. Grizzlies, salmon, wolves and 400 spirit bears (a rare
white-colored black bear found only here) will continue to live
undisturbed in their homeland. The 400,000 letters, emails and faxes
sent by concerned citizens had the result we desire. Congratulations!

Home Depot, Lowe's, Andersen Windows, 3M and Starbucks are companies
which have pledged not to buy wood from endangered forests. When you buy
wood, choose one of these companies.

Now that Senator Jeffords has changed the balance of power in Washington
and Democrats have replaced Republicans as chairs of committees dealing
with natural resources, it is extremely unlikely that President Bush
will be able to push through his plan for drilling for oil in the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge since most Democrats and quite a few
Republicans oppose it.

On the dark side the fate of the U.S. Forest Service rule protecting 58
million acres of wild, roadless areas from road construction and logging
is back in the Bush administration's hands after a federal judge in
Boise, Idaho, advised that the rule didn't allow enough time for public
comment. (1.6 million people, mostly favorable, commented over a
two-year period, but Boise Cascade Corporation, two Idaho counties,
three snowmobile associations, a cattle company, etc. sued to overturn
the rule.) The Bush administration is charged by law to defend the rule
but hasn’t lifted a finger and has excluded the Forest Service from
discussions. The administration favors more roads, more logging, and
more motorized recreation.

Since no one was representing the Forest Service, the Forest Service
Employees for Environmental Ethics (FSEEE) will do so. This
organization, founded just a few years ago, represents Forest Service
employees who are unhappy with much that is happening to our forests
while the government remains indifferent or hostile.

The roadless plan would be a great step forward toward conserving what
is left of our unspoiled forest. So please help the forests by writing
to President Bush and/or contributing to FSEEE, P.O Box 11615, Eugene,
Oregon 97440. The litigation will be very expensive for this small but
dedicated organization.

Your letters and your donations to the cause make the difference in
these long-term decisions regarding the future of our wildlands. 



Bush Coal Mining Policy a Disaster
by Lila Berge

The May-June issue of the Audubon Magazine has an eye-opening article on
Appalachian coal mining. In states like West Virginia, whole mountain
tops are removed and dumped into streams and valleys to get at the coal.
Draglines twenty stories high that have maws as wide as a football field
take 130-ton chunks of the mountain away. Left behind after the coal is
removed are black piles of slate, dingy pits full of a slurry composed
of coal dust, mercury, lead, arsenic, copper and chromium...all highly
toxic. Last October one of these pits broke loose spilling 250 million
gallons of slurry into the Ohio River system in southeastern Kentucky,
burying or poisoning 90 miles of stream, polluting public water
supplies, closing down businesses and schools in the surrounding area.
Aquatic flora and fauna were wiped out. The coal company said it was "an
act of God".

In 1977 Congress outlawed this kind of mountaintop removal, valley
dumping, coal mining. The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
(SMCRA) is still on the books but state regulators look the other way.
Anyone who objects is silenced. Coal companies do "reclamation" by
spreading a little topsoil, planting a few trees and grass...and send
their representatives around to schools with free PR literature praising
the benefits of their reclamation.

In 1999 U.S. District Court Chief Judge Charles Haden ruled in favor of
local plaintiffs on the issue of burying streams. If this ruling is
upheld, Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) will seek to rewrite SMCRA so that
valley and stream filling coal mining is legal. Expect the Bush
administration to support Byrd’s effort and call it "bipartisan
legislation".


Bush Appoints OMB Gatekeeper

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has the power to stop any
draft environmental regulatory federal rules that the administration
doesn't like. If Bush has his way, a man named John Graham will be in
charge of the OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Mr.
Graham has no formal training in chemistry, biology or physics, like
many of the Bush appointees. He is a Harvard professor specializing in
health and safety policies, comparing costs and benefits. Much of his
research is funded by donations from industries affected by the
regulations. He sees this as no conflict of interest and is reported to
be generally hostile to government regulation of business.

An environmental regulation likely to join the list of roll-backs is the
"right to know" legislation. More than 60 industry trade associations
have asked the EPA Administrator Whitman to overturn the new rules
covering releases previously under-reported in the Toxics Release
Inventory. In 1999 the EPA started requiring thousands more industrial
facilities to start reporting releases of a list of chemicals including
dioxins, PCBs and mercury. In January 2001 a rule was finalized before
Bush took office requiring facilities that use more than 100 pounds of
lead to report their pollution. 

Also in December the EPA released new clean air regulations for big
diesel rigs and buses. Under the new rule, 250,000 tons of toxic soot
and 60 million cars-worth of smog-forming pollution could be removed
from our future air. Oil and trucking industries are now asking Bush and
his EPA to weaken or rollback this breath of fresh air.

The Bush budget contained an extinction rider to give Secretary of the
Interior Gale Norton sole discretion over whether or not imperiled
species and their habitat will be protected under the Endangered Species
Act.

On a brighter note Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced in May bipartisan
legislation, The Upper Mississippi River Basin Conservation Act, which
establishes a science based, non-regulatory approach to reducing runoff
from suburban and rural areas into the Mississippi and its tributaries.
The legislation coordinates a public-private approach. The Act
establishes a water quality monitoring network and an integrated
computer-modeling program for baseline data needed to make
scientifically sound conservation decisions.



...from National Wildlife Federation and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources:

Last year the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decided to regulate
mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants for the first time. Now
the power industry has filed petitions challenging this decision and
asked a federal appeals court to reverse this long-awaited conservation
victory. Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of mercury to
the air, emitting close to 100,000 pounds of mercury each year. Mercury
is a potent neurotoxin. The Center for Disease Control study estimates
as many as 375,000 infants are born each year at risk for
neurodevelopmental deficits due to mercury exposure. The Wisconsin DNR
now advises women of child bearing age, nursing mothers and children
younger than age 15 to avoid eating pan fish and predator species,
catfish and carp from all Wisconsin lakes and streams more than one meal
per week. Women past childbearing years and men can eat unlimited
amounts of pan fish and one meal per week of large predator fish. This
replaces the lake by lake previous advisories. Shallow waters with soft
bottoms that allow mercury particles to settle in low-oxygen conditions
where bacteria can convert the mercury to methyl mercury are of most
concern. Ocean species like shark, swordfish, king mackerel and tilefish
may contain high levels of mercury but cod, ocean perch and haddock are
relatively lower in mercury. Farm raised fish are also less likely to be
unsafe unless they were fed a pellet diet that contained high levels of
mercury.


****The following activities are not sponsored nor administered by the
Sierra Club. The Sierra Club has no information about the planning of
these activities and makes no representations or warranties about the
quality, safety, supervision or management of such activities. They are
published only as a reader service because they may be of interest to
the readers of this publication.*****


ICE AGE TRAIL EVENTS:

Notes: Updates for some of the events may be found on the IAP&TF web
site (www.iceagetrail.org) or at their monthly meetings, which are held in
the FirStar Bank, 101 E. Walworth St., Elkhorn, WI.

The highway 12 parking lot is approximately 4 miles east of Whitewater,
or 2-1/2 miles west of LaGrange (Cty. H).

Please call the activity coordinator to let him/her know if you plan to
participate, have questions or are concerned about the activity due to
inclement weather.

Trail maintenance work may include grubbing to remove stumps, trimming
back growth, painting blazes, installing erosion control bars, clearing
new trail, litter control, etc. Bring water, lunch, work gloves, and (if
you have them) work tools such as loppers or bow saws. Preferable
clothing are long pants and long sleeves shirts, as well as suitable
footwear. Depending upon conditions and seasonal conditions, insect
repellent, sunscreen or raingear may be useful.

Contact Persons: Bill (Kangaroo) Knickrehm, (608) 883-2825; Barb &
Jerry Converse, (262) 473-7304; David Cash, (815) 943-5011; Gary Klatt,
(262) 473-4973; Gerry Emmerich, (262) 642-5641; Ron Nacker, (262)
642-4372; Ingrid Larson, (262) 728-6661; Hedda Patzke, (262) 763-6275;
Sally Ward, (262) 495-8362; Vince & Nancy Lazzaroni, (262) 248-8247.

August 1, Wednesday: Deadline for making reservations for the September
7-9 camp outing at Mauthe Lake. Contact: David Cash.

August 4, Saturday, 8:30 a.m.: Hike, Bike & Paddle Rally. Fun,
non-competitive event. Hike 5 miles, bike 6 miles and paddle 2 miles.
Must make reservations and/or provide own equipment. Meet at Rice Lake
nature trail parking lot at Whitewater Lake Recreation Area. State Park
sticker required. Contact: Ron Nacker.

August 11, Saturday, 10:00 a.m.: Family Hike. Wehmhoff Woods. In
Burlinton, head west on Grove St., from corner of Hwy. 36 and Grove St.
Watch for signs. Contact: Sally Ward.

August 21, Tuesday, 6:00 p.m.: Meeting, speaker TBA. Contact: Nancy
Lazzaroni or Gerry Emmerich.

August 25, Saturday, 9:00 a.m.: Trail Maintenance. Meet at Hwy 12.
Contact: Ingrid Larson.

August 26, Sunday, 9:00 a.m.: New Trail Work. Meet at Hwy 12. Contact:
Kangaroo.

September 9-7, Friday-Sunday: Camp & Hike. Mauthe Lake, northern Kettle
Moraine State Forest. State Park sticker required. Contact: David Cash.

September 18, Tuesday, 6:00 p.m.: Meeting, planning for fall "Parade of
Colors" hike and biathlon. Contact: Nancy Lazzaroni or Gerry Emmerich.

Mid-Septmber-End of October: Collect Prairie seeds. Dates to be
determined at September 18 meeting. Contact: Gerry Emmerich.

September 22, Saturday, 9:00 a.m.: Trail Maintenance & preparation for
fall hike. Meet at Hwy 12. Contact: Gary Klatt.

September 23, Saturday, 9:00 a.m.: Trail Maintenance & preparation for
fall hike. Meet at Hwy 12. Contact: Kangaroo


Chiwaukee Prairie Workdays…

August 18 & September 15: Chiwaukee Prairie Workday. Dress in layers,
wear work gloves, eye protection, old clothes and sturdy shoes. Bring a
beverage and lunch. Call Donna at (262) 637-3141 or Renate at (262)
694-3631 for more information.  Click her for information on Chiwaukee Prairie.