April Events!
Join us for one or both of our April events: Saturday, April 13. Badger Stewardship Day, 9am to noon. Join fellow outdoor enthusiasts for a morning helping to restore a remnant prairie on the Badger Lands. We’ll be clearing brush…
Volunteer Stewardship Day Schedule Posted
Join us for one or many of our 2019 Volunteer Stewardship Days at Badger! These work days are a chance to get outdoors, learn something about the natural heritage of the Sauk Prairie, have some fun and make a real…
Thanks for a Great Year!
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…
Alliance Volunteers Plant New Prairie at Badger
Under cold, wet and windy conditions, 11 volunteers made history on Saturday December 1 during a final gathering at Badger. They assembled with a single purpose in mind: to sow bagfuls of native prairie seed onto a site that had…
Help us meet our Challenge!
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…
October Alliance Events
This month we have a Volunteer Stewardship Day at Badger scheduled for Saturday, October 13th followed by our monthly "We Are Sauk Prairie" presentation on Thursday, October 18th. Join us for one or both events! Details follow. Volunteer Stewardship Day. The field…
2018 Volunteer Stewardship Dates Posted
Join the Sauk Prairie Conservation Alliance on one or more of our VOLUNTEER STEWARDSHIP DAYS this year. We meet from 9:00am until noon on the 2nd Saturday of each month, March through November 2018. We are working to restore a prairie/oak…
36 Join Alliance/REI Volunteer Stewardship Day at Badger
On a recent cool Saturday morning (September 24), more than 36 volunteers participated in a half-day work event at the Sauk Prairie Recreation Area at the former Badger Army Plant north of Sauk City. The Volunteer Stewardship Day was co-hosted by…
Volunteer Work Days Have Begun!
The Alliance has held three volunteer work days already this spring. On March 12th, 20 individuals helped to clear brush from the prairie nursery outside of the Badger property in order to stimulate growth of the prairie species planted 15…
Freeing the Big Burr Oak at Badger
Story by Alison Duff (Restoration Committee) and Curt Meine On Saturday, October 10 more than 40 volunteers organized by the Alliance worked to free a massive burr oak on the 15-acre Hillside Prairie site at the former Badger Army Ammunition…