Southern Wisconsin Trout Unlimited Work Day

media release: Conley Lewis Creek (Iowa County, northwest of Hollandale near the intersection of Hwy 191 & Banner Road).

Time:  9am to 12 noon (Sawyers that have completed a chainsaw safety course, please arrive at 8:30. We can provide the equipment).

What: This is a joint workday with the Nohr Chapter (Ted Swenson, Conservation Chair). Justin Haglund, DNR Fish Biologist, and his crew will be joining us. We need sawyers! This will be a major clearing of box elders and other invasive woodies along the streambank to provide access and a healthier environment. Lots of chainsaw work, so we will need a good turnout of our sawyers. We are hoping to complete the work on this stream at this workday.

We will be building burn piles to be burned later. To assist the DNR, we need to spend more time in building the burn piles. The trees need to be bucked up so that the larger logs and limbs can be laid down parallel to each other side-by-side in the same direction. Smaller limbs need to be placed between the layers of larger logs. This will make the pile denser and allow the wind to flow through, providing more oxygen.

Where: This site is located northwest of Hollandale, south of the intersection of Hwy 191 & Banner Rd. We will be working upstream of the bridge on the north side of the stream.

Here is a Google Map Link:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/aNdKkj5871GrysSr9 (If not an active link, copy and paste into a search engine.)  Here is my number if needed – 608-288-8662.

Bring:  Bring work gloves, sturdy shoes, eye and ear protection. Eye protection is important, even if you are not using a chainsaw or loppers. Also bring reusable water bottles that can be re-filled from our 5-gal water jug.  

Parking: Park on the east side of Banner Road, where there is more room to park.  This is a fairly busy county road with heavy farm machinery, so it is important for everyone to park on the same of the road for traffic flow and safety. 

Future Workdays

 May 10 (9am – 12 noon) - Kittleson Creek. Removing a large stand of willows along the stream. Lots of chainsaw work. We are coordinating this workday with James Brodzeller Katie Nicholas, and Shawn Esser with Dane County. The site is just south of the Intersection of County Rd A and County Rd H.

May 17 (9am – 12 noon) - Big Spring DNR tree planting. Justin Haglund and his crew will be leading this workday. The DNR will predrill the holes and provide fencing and t-posts.

May 24 (9am – 12 noon) – Duerst Property, clearing honeysuckles and invasive brush to open the area for the STIHL professional sawyers.

June 7 (9am – 12 noon) - Continue working on the Duerst Property if needed. Otherwise, we will return to Kittleson creek to clear an area of honeysuckles.

road for traffic flow and safety.