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On Saturday May 5th, KMLT volunteers and staff visited four local libraries to talk about the importance of native plants. Helpful librarians gathered collections of books about gardening, native plants, butterflies and bees and the KMLT folks set up tables with handouts. Featured was a short quiz that resulted in […]

Advanced placement science students from the Elkhorn Area High School had a “Day in the Woods” Tuesday, May 1st at Beulah Bluff Preserve. Funded by the Elkhorn Fund, the students traveled in groups to four different learning stations for the day-long adventure. The first station was learning about trees and […]

On Friday, March 2, volunteers gathered with Walworth County Parks Department workers to seed the prairie area north of the dog park. Seed was obtained from Price Park and others, over-wintered and combined with material to help it disburse over the groundcover.  Seed was put into paperbags so the volunteers […]

On Saturday, February 10th, six volunteers from the KMLT Stewardship Committee and Lauderdale Lakes Lake Management District cleared the wetland near Lauderdale Lakes Country Club. The work to remove invasive plant species and encourage native plant growth was started last winter. The four hour workday really opened the view to […]

In January, Stewardship volunteers from Kettle Moraine Land Trust burned brush piles at Petersen Island Woods Preserve. This photo shows one of the volunteers carefully tending the fire. Volunteers work year-round to help KMLT preserves and conservation in Walworth County. If you’re interested, watch this website for opportunities or email […]

The Kettle Moraine Land Trust leadership is pleased to share good news with you. Your dedication to conservation and environmental education in Walworth County is incredible! Our membership match campaign raised $25,055 for land conservation! Every donation of $100 and more was matched by our board of directors. Thank you […]

  Kettle Moraine Land Trust members and easement donors Charlotte Adelman and Bernard Schwartz recently published their third book about nature and plants called Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees, Gardening Alternatives to Nonnative Species: An Illustrated Guide . Executive Director Maggie Zoellner was asked to review the book and said the following: […]

High school teacher Maggie Green, inhales the scent of Bergamont, a native plant important to the Monarch butterfly.  Ms. Green and her students were among the volunteers who spent the morning working at Price Park on stewardship activities on Friday, October 13th.  Some cut buckthorn and stacked it into piles […]

  Meet the Monarchs! took place in Price Park on August 19th. Butterfly Farmer Lori Harris brought Monarchs in all stages of their life cycles, from eggs on milkweed leaves to caterpillars to the chrysalis stage to the full-grown butterfly. Attendees could choose a butterfly treat such as watermelon or […]