Project: Lake Mills Wildlife Area and Jackson Marsh Wildlife Area
County: Jefferson and Washington
Project Start Date: 03/08/2019
Project End Date: 03/09/2019
By Mike Alaimo, Lead Adopt A Wildlife Area Volunteer
Spring is upon us, with woodies arriving, robins following the retreating snow, and much work to be done, after a very frustrating winter. Volunteers have been busy out on our adopted Wildlife Areas, here’s what we’ve been up to:
Lake Mills Wildlife Area:
A clearing project was completed on Saturday March 9th. Willows were cleared from the nesting islands at Zeloski in preparation of a future prescribed burn. It was key to get to these areas before the ice softened. The trick was getting the vehicles out there without getting stuck… success was zero. But, 8 volunteers and one DNR staff member were able to complete the initial project on the islands 100%. A big thanks goes out to the team!
Lake Mills/Zeloski Marsh volunteer crew: DNR staff member Logan Hahn, WWA volunteers Anne and Ron Churchill, Don Guenther, Chris Scheder, Jordan Learned, Katie Brewster, Todd Berger, and Mike Alaimo behind the camera.
Jackson Marsh Wildlife Area:
All the nesting structures are ready for the 2019 nesting season. Al Klug and Mike Depies were able to get 8 nesting boxes cleaned out on Friday afternoon, March 8th. On Saturday morning, Steve Jeffery, his 2 boys, Kevin Pasquarette, his neighbor, and Mike Depies worked on cleaning out the remaining nesting boxes and tubes, then put in fresh nesting material. Steve Jeffery and his sons are pictured below maintains a wood duck box.
Big Muskego Wildlife Area:
Chain saw training will be conducted on March 16th with the Big Muskego team. The training will involve instruction and then practical hands on training in the field. For details, please contact Ian Bartelmez.
Learn more about our volunteer-run Adopt A Wildlife Area program here.