Events

Come and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the WOFVA Chapter with a potluck meal, some bits of history, recollections, and acknowledgements of the ?first members?.

Restoration in the Anthropocene: a tangled path to new norms? ? Mathew Dornbush, Assoc. Prof. of Ecology, Dept. of Natural & Applied Science, UW-Green Bay will discuss challenges to restoring native communities in an era of rapid and widespread environmental change, focusing on lessons learned from his and other research programs investigating the direct and indirect effects of invasive species, herbivores, and landscape change on native plant biodiversity

Invasive Plants and Worms in the Fox Valley Area ? Kelly Kearns, Invasive Plant Coordinator for the Natural Heritage Conservation Program of the Wisconsin DNR, will be discussing identification, control and disposal of invasives. She has worked with a team since 2004 to develop and implement the comprehensive invasive species rule, NR 40, which is currently being revised.

Native Plant Sale & Order Pick-Up (Order form in Feb/March newsletter & webpage) Contact: Sharon Ziebert (920) 410-6932

Tour Spring at High Cliff ? Cynthia Mueller, High Cliff State Park Naturalist, and a member of the Friends of High Cliff Board of Directors invite you to join them on a tour of the park highlighting their successful partnerships on recent projects. See where trees were planted with the Natural Landscapes for Tomorrow grant in 2014. Stroll by Elmer?s Prairie, honoring Elmer Kruschinske (longtime Wild Ones member) to view the Purple Martin colony he supported.

Tour Eiden?s Property ? Winnebago Audubon and WOFVA host an ?open yard? highlighting bird friendly practices.

Wild Ones (national) Annual Conference Weekend ? All members welcome

Bus Tour Extraordinary 30-year restoration of 20 acre farm field to a tall-grass prairie ? See how owner, Ben Arnold, provided habitat for birds, insects & animals. The tour continues to the Cedarburg Bog where a naturalist will lead us through a string bog, via a boardwalk. We will see seven different plant communities, some insectivorous. (Time & Registration information will appear in the June/July newsletter and webpage.)

Native Tree & Shrub Sale ? pre-order pick-up only (Order form in August/September newsletter & webpage) Contact: Sharon Ziebert (920) 410-6932.

Man and Plants ? Traditional Uses, Jackie Johnson, ND of Planhigion Herbal Learning Center, will talk about how man utilized plants both wild and naturalized as food, medicine, dyes and for magic! Tips and recipes will be available as we demonstrate and sample uses that have carried on to the present.

Banning DDT: How Citizen Activists in Wisconsin Led the Way ? Bill Berry, author, tells of the hunters and fishers, bird watchers, and garden club ladies like Lorrie Otto, who drew attention to the harmful effects of the ?the miracle pesticide? DDT, which was being used to control Dutch elm disease. Joint meeting with Winnebago Audubon.