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Tag Archives: Glenway Prairie
Launch Event for DMNA Nature and History Trail on July 9, 2015
A new walking and biking path linking neighborhood and watershed green spaces and historic sites will be launched Thursday evening July 9, 2015 from 7-8:30 pm. The Nature and History Trail map will also be unveiled at the kickoff event. … Continue reading
April Cleanup in Glenway Prairie Areas: Saturday April 11th
by Sandy Stark, DMNA Path Chair Greetings volunteers! Barring serious rain, this Saturday morning April 11, will be the first of our work events of the season. We will start at 10 am, going to noonish, at our site at intersection … Continue reading
Management Burns of Dudgeon-Monroe and Westmorland Prairies Conducted by Citizen Volunteers
Because restoration is done by humans and involves manipulation of the landscape, some scientists suggest that restoration ecology may be more a test of our understanding of mutually beneficial relations between humans and ecosystems than it is an “acid test” … Continue reading
Posted in Community-based restoration, Lake Wingra Watershed, Neighborhood restoration projects, Prairie restoration, Prescribed fire, Restoration ecology, Restoration in Madison Wisconsin, SW Bike Path, Westmorland Neighborhood Association
Tagged civic engagement, Community based restoration, Glenway Prairie, Prairie fire, Prairie plantings, prairie restoration, Prescribed Fire, Restoration ecology, SW Bike Path, Westmorland Neighborhood
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Glenway Prairie Burn Kicks Off Wingra Watershed’s Spring Burn Season
Posted in Community-based restoration, Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association, Glenway Prairie, Prescribed fire, Restoration ecology, Restoration in Madison Wisconsin, SW Bike Path, Westmorland Neighborhood Association
Tagged civic engagement, Community based restoration, DMNA, Glenway Prairie, Prairie fire, Prairie plantings, SW Bike Path
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SW Bike Path Volunteer Event, Saturday August 17th
by Sandy Stark Chair, Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association Bike Path Committee Greetings, enjoyers of prairies and end-of-summer events: Our August plants need us. There’s still stuff to be pulled and clipped, and there may be some seeds for the harvesting as … Continue reading
Planting at Glenway Prairie Sites Scheduled for Ma y 18
Sandy Stark, DMNA Bike Path Chair, sends a friendly reminder that the 3rd Saturday work party is coming up soon (May 18). Sandy will pick up two packed flats of sun and shade plants that morning and deliver them … Continue reading
Dudgeon-Monroe Parks & Gardens Community Events
There are lots of opportunities in the next few weeks to get involved in civic garden and community based restoration projects in the Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood (DMNA). Starting off tomorrow (Wednesday April 24) from 9:30 am to 11 am will be … Continue reading
Posted in Community-based restoration, Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association, Glenwood Childrne's Park, Lake Wingra Watershed, Restoration in Madison Wisconsin, SW Bike Path, Wingra Park
Tagged civic engagement, Community based restoration, DMNA, Glenway Prairie, Glenwood Children's Park, lake wingra watershed, SW Bike Path
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Ecological Restoration Celebrations and Solstice Bonfires
Human societies and cultures have long staged Summer and Winter Solstice, and Equinox celebrations to honor or renew the connections of one human to another and to celebrate the relationships of humans to the rest of nature. Bonfires are usually … Continue reading
Posted in Community-based restoration, Ecological restoration, Restoration ecology
Tagged Community based restoration, DMNA, ecological restoration, Glenway Prairie, Glenwood Children's Park, Jens Jensen council ring at Glenwood Children's Park, Lake Forest Open Lands Association, Middle Branch Savanna, Summer solstice bonfire, The Prairie Enthusiasts, Winter solstice bonfire
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Glenway Prairie Work Party This Saturday (8.18.12)
Sandy Stark, DMNA Path Committee Chair sends this reminder and call for volunteers: “Hello, vacationers and gardeners and volunteers.” “This coming Saturday, from 9:30-11:30, drop by to help dig out or clip burdock, hedge parsley, thistle, ragweed around our Glenway/Path … Continue reading
City to Continue Weed Control on SW Bike Path
City Engineer Robert Phillips, P.E. announced yesterday that City (of Madison) Engineering will fund a second year of work to contain, and eventually eradicate, Japanese knotweed from areas bordering the SW Bike Path. (See earlier blog post on the status … Continue reading
Posted in Community-based restoration, invasive plants, Invasive species, Lake Wingra Watershed, Neighborhood restoration projects, SW Bike Path
Tagged "Bird and butterfly corridor", Community based restoration, DMNA, Friends of Lake Wingra, Glenway Prairie, invasive plants, Japanese knotweed, lake wingra watershed, Pest species, Restoration Volunteers
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