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The Kettle Moraine Land Trust received a grant recently from the Whitewater Community Foundation to support a one- of-a-kind learning experience for Whitewater middle school students. The Kettle Moraine Land Trust is a non-profit conservation organization working to protect lands and provide environmental education programs throughout Walworth County. Every May […]

  On May 22nd and 23rd, middle school students from Whitewater visited Bluff Creek State Natural Area for half-day field trip. These students got into the stream for water quality testing which included temperature, dissolved oxygen and macro-invertebrate inventory. Then they hiked through the prairie where they learned about the […]

There’s no better way to start Mother’s Day than an early morning bird walk at a beautiful local area! This year KMLT hosted the annual event at Beulah Bog State Natural Area, along with Friends of the Mukwonago River. Derek Sallmann, FOMR, and Jim Marrari from KMLT and The Wild […]

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 […]