Friends has eighteen (18) private landowners under contract to remove invasive plants and restore their properties to more healthy conditions. This grant will cover 34 acres to add to the lands restored under our two previous grants with the WDNR Forest Weed Grant program in 2015 and 2016. Friends is very excited about this new Read more about Forest weed grants underway[…]
WDNR FOREST WEED GRANT LANDOWNER OPPORTUNITY! Reimbursement for your restoration work at $/Acre. Application Deadline August 31, 2020. 2020 FWG Land Owner Application & Rubric Got Buckthorn? Frustrated with Garlic Mustard? Loathe Honeysuckle? Other new invasives on your mind? Now is your chance to fight back and receive financial assistance from Friends of the Mukwonago River! Read more about Applications for 2020/21 WDNR Landowner Forest Weed Grants due August 31, 2020[…]
Due to the Covid-19 virus threat we are cancelling this meeting for everyone’s safety. We will reschedule when appropriate. “Thinking Like a Watershed” Our featured speaker, Greg Rajsky, Executive Director at the Kettle Moraine Land Trust with a solid background in land stewardship and ecological restoration will be talking about how we can protect our and enhance Read more about Cancelled ==2020 Annual Member Meeting == Cancelled[…]
Friends has planned a fun Night Hike again late in the month, October 26 and three volunteer work opportunities on the Waukesha County Land Conservancy’s Meyer Preserve, October 19, November 22, and December 3. We would love to see you at one or all of these events, which are detailed on our events page and Read more about Spectacular Fall in the Watershed[…]
We just mailed the newsletter to almost 3000 landowners in the watershed. To view online please go to the Newsletter Archive. All our published works are located there. Please attend our Annual Member meeting which is open to the public to hear about watershed protected properties, find out the hikes and paddles we are scheduling Read more about 2018-19 Friends’ Newsletter[…]
March 16 9:30a.m -12p.m. Mukwonago Community Library 511 Division St, Mukwonago, WI 53149 Guest speaker, Jerry Ziegler, Land Steward at the Nature Conservancy will speak about TNC properties and acquisitions in the Mukwonago River watershed. Jerry, TNC’s land steward for Southeast Wisconsin for 10 years manages 2500 acres of fee and easement properties in the Read more about Annual Member Meeting[…]
This weekend you can volunteer to help Friends remove invasives under a TNC Aquatic Invasive Species grant on Saturday, May 19, and paddle Pickeral Lake on Sunday, May 20. See our events page for details. You will need to bring your own paddling equipment and portage a slope to and from the lake. Maybe a Read more about Two events with our partner, The Nature Conservancy[…]
Comment period ends April 23. Please weigh in on this important property in the watershed. This plan will determine its direction for a long period. Your opinion on the master plan is valuable. Survey on WDNR site below. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has developed a draft master plan for the Southern Kettle Moraine Read more about Southern Kettle Moraine Waters Master Plan[…]
Friends of the Mukwonago River, Inc. 2018 ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING “The fishes of the Mukwonago River watershed: a special place”. John Lyons, speaker. SATURDAY MARCH 24, 2018 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Mukwonago Community Library, 511 Division St. Mukwonago 53149 Featured speaker, John Lyons, adjunct curator of fishes at the University of Wisconsin Zoological Museum. “At the Read more about Friends’ Annual Member Meeting This Week![…]
Thank you from Friends to our dear friends. It is that time of year again, publication of Friend’s Newsletter and an appeal for your continued support for our mission. This newsletter is full of interest stories about folks and happenings in the Mukwonago River watershed. We hope you enjoy the people whose stories represent a Read more about Yearend Appeal/ 2017 Friends’ Newsletter[…]
Friends Job Posting September 2017 Outreach and Engagement Coordinator The Friends of the Mukwonago River, a grassroots non-profit organization located in Southeastern Wisconsin, seeks a part-time Outreach and Engagement Coordinator to design and deliver community education programs, plan and deliver opportunities for people to explore the Mukwonago River Watershed, and engage residents and users of Read more about Outreach and Engagement Coordinator[…]
Rewilding Reminder ! Remember our Member meeting! Rewilding (conservation biology) in our watershed. Relevant idea? Wikipedia definition paraphrased for our purposes, “Rewilding is conservation aimed at restoring and protecting natural processes and wilderness areas, providing connectivity between such areas. Rewilding projects may require ecological restoration or wilderness engineering, particularly to restore connectivity between fragmented protected areas. Read more about Rewilding the Mukwonago River[…]