What will you be doing to show Mother Earth you still care about her? We are all dependent upon her resources and interdependent with everyone  and everything else. Ecology is defined as the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms. Every day is a day Read more about 40th Anniversary of Earth Day[…]

See how Alterra Coffee has chosen to utilize green energy and create a greener environment through Energy for Tomorrow.  The Mequon Nature Preserve has installed a 10kW wind turbine  and a 9.8 kW photovoltaic array with financial assistance through the We Energies non-profit grant program. We appreciate all the individuals and corporate entities which support Read more about Local commitments to renewable energy[…]

You may have grown up in the watershed, live here now, or just love the fact that this incredible resource exists.  Here is a document to learn something from, revisit, pass on to others.  It is about buffers and the territory the critters we appreciate need to survive.  It is long and can be a Read more about Managing the Water’s Edge[…]

Although human subtlety makes a variety of inventions by different means to the same end, it will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple, or more direct than does nature, because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous. -Leonardo da Vinci

It is spring and ephemerals are everywhere, ponds, pools, and flowers.  Cool days and nights and the vernal world opens all around us.  Patterned multi-hued greens and verdant blues in buds, water, and sky. Yes, we love spring.

Till now man has been up against Nature; from now on he will be up against his own nature.  ~Dennis Gabor, Inventing the Future, 1964 There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth.  We are all crew.  ~Marshall McLuhan, 1964 What lessons have we considered in the past forty six years.

An Earth Day challenge for any of us.  15 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint.  Practice the Three R’s:  Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.  Entertain your family and friends in larger groups. Have a quality meal and quality time at home at less expense. Plant local, native plants when you beautify your surroundings. Make homemade gifts for Read more about How you can lower your carbon footprint.[…]

Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Warren Buffett

We had a great member’s meeting with a fine talk by Tom Slawski of SEWRPC.  Another meeting Thursday night, April 8th for all interested in the River to discuss what exists, what might need protection and how best to protect it.  They are asking for our input for the report under a grant to Eagle Read more about SEWRPC Informational meeting on the Mukwonago River watershed[…]

See calendar for both TNC and Beulah Bog opportunities.  The watershed can use your volunteer help cutting invasives and establishing firebreaks. Several Friends participated in a successful prescribed burn of 100 plus acres of oak opening at a private landowner’s property this week.  It is the time of year for burning native prairie and oak Read more about Several volunteer opportunities this weekend![…]