Richland County Land Conservation

Prairie Burn at Ash Creek

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Battling Invasives – New SW Badger Coalition

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Patrick Dayton, Southwest Badger Stewardship Forester at (608) 637 – 5479 or pdayton@vernoncounty.org

The NEW Southwest Wisconsin Invasive Species Coalition: Battling Invasives

A new chapter has begun on exotic invasive species management in Southwest Wisconsin. SWISC (Southwest Wisconsin Invasive Species Coalition) was recently formed from a group of agencies, organizations, and individuals to combat the negative effects of non-native organisms that have been brought here and are causing damage to the ecology and economy of the region. Once exotic invasive species take hold in an area (often brought here by humans) they explode in their population due to biological capabilities and lack of natural controls. They cause harm to the ecology and economy by displacing native species (plants, animals, fungi, etc) that have vital roles in the appropriate working web of life that we have come to exist in. Species such as garlic mustard, buckthorn, zebra mussel, emerald ash borer, etc have all been in the news for a while and have all had negative economic effects to our region. [Read more…]

Conservation Field Days, October 2014 (Pictures)

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Field days were October 7 & 9, 2014.  Field days are for the area 6th grade classes.   Fields days are held at the Ash Creek property.

Todd Cockroft, NRCS technician, discussing surveying with a group of students.

Ken Anderson discussing the variety of aquatic species with the students.

Dan Goltz sharing different kinds of fur pelts with the students.

Brad Sims and assistant showing some of the various species of fish in the creek.

Brad showing more of the fish.

A group of students lined up for the fish shocking.

Kent Marshall discussing land planning with a group of students.

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