An unseasonably warm and sunny day on Saturday September 23rd brought more than 100 people to the former Badger Army Plant for a day of exploration and learning. Visitors had the opportunity to join guided hikes and bike rides, try…
If one day can offer everything BADGER, this is it. Join us for one or many of the planned activities on "EXPLORE BADGER DAY" Saturday, September 23, 9am to 4pm. The 3,400-acre Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area at Badger…
Beginning on September 21 and for the next three months, the Alliance is hosting the season's "We Are Sauk Prairie" lecure and tour series, courtesy of our sponsor, Alliant Energy Foundation. Programs are held in the Ruth Culver Library (540…
During the week of August 7-12, Alliance volunteers are involved in an ambitious effort to mark approximately 12 miles of recreation trails at the Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area at the former Badger Army Plant. During the winter, Alliance staff…
During the week of August 7 through 12, Alliance volunteers and volunteers from the community will help post trail markers at the Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area. In spring and early summer, the Alliance worked with DNR staff from Devil's…
While there remains almost nothing of the 80 farmsteads that dotted the Sauk Prairie on the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant, there were a few survivors... apple trees! Yes, some of the apple trees planted by farmers in their yards prior…
Bill and Donna Stehling, long-time members of the Alliance Board of Directors, maintain what is called a "Bluebird Trail" at Badger. Their "Trail" consists of 67 bluebird nest boxes placed over many miles that they check weekly from March through…
Jeb Barzen, former ecologist with the International Crane Foundation and now ecologist for Private Lands Conservation LLC, will give a 25-year synopsis of the prairie restoration efforts at the Crane Foundation at the Sauk Prairie Conservation Alliance's May evening program. Ecological…
On March 28th, three of the four landowners at Badger gave summary presentations and answered questions about their respective land use activities at Badger to an audience of 45. Among the speakers were Robin Maier from the Bluffview Sanitary District…
Following a 30-minute review of the arguments from the Alliance and DNR regarding a request for a "stay" on high impact activities in the Master Plan for the Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area, Judge Guy Reynolds offered his determination yesterday in…