On Saturday, November 9th, approximately 230 individuals participated in the first (annual) Conserve Sauk Film Festival at the University of Wisconsin Baraboo campus. During the festival, 22 different films were shown, including the two documentaries produced by Sauk Prairie Conservation…
A free international film festival with a local focus debuts from 2 PM to 9 PM on Saturday, November 9 at the UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County campus. Covering topics including local and Midwestern conservation, sea turtles, coral reefs, howler monkeys,…
It seems fitting that the Alliance's year 2018 began and ended with a positive activity-- planting native seeds at the Hillside Prairie & Savanna! In between, we had a chock-a-block year filled with events, programs, volunteer work days and other…
The Sauk Prairie Conservation Alliance is pleased to announce its fall campaign to raise $20,000 by year-end for general support of the organization. To help us meet that goal, loyal members Ron and Paulette Walker-Smith (Madison) have provided a wonderful…
If you haven't done so already, please view the Sauk Prairie Conservation Alliance's two new videos. The 26-minute "Restoring the Sauk Prairie, A Story of Hope and Healing" shares diverse perspectives on the amazing transformation of the 7,400-acre Badger Army…
Although we have already posted our two recently-completed videos earlier this summer, we want to continue to bring attention to these important videos. We are most proud of the 26-minute documentary, "Restoring the Sauk Prairie, A Story of Hope and…
The Alliance, with the cooperation of the Badger landowners and in partnership with the Badger History Group, has undertaken an inventory of the historic "heritage" apple trees still found on the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant. Many of the trees pre-date World War II. Even…
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…
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…