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…
On Wednesday, March 15th, Judge Guy Reynolds of the Sauk County Circuit Court in Baraboo will offer his oral decision about the Alliance's request for a "stay" on the high-impact activities included in DNR's Master Plan for the Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area. We…
The Alliance has a lot going in March, and we wanted to share those events with you. Here's a summary: Saturday, March 11: First Volunteer Work Day at Badger (9am - 12pm) to inventory tools and equipment, and to make…