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There is a new feature at Bluff Creek State Natural Area – a wader wash and boot brush station created by Whitewater resident Steven Witt. Steven, who owns a welding business, volunteered his time to create the wash station with materials provided by The Coburn Company and Kettle Moraine Land […]

Kettle Moraine Land Trust partners with Walworth County on managing both Price and Natureland Parks. On Saturday, October 27th, the County held a workday at Price Park. About 15 volunteers came to collect seed and cut and treat invasive species. Seed was collected from the large prairie area. Volunteers looked […]

On Saturday, October 20th, 16 intrepid volunteers came to Beulah Bluff Preserve to collect seeds and control invasive species. The weather was blowy and cold but the volunteers managed to collect seed from Little Bluestem in the prairie areas under the direction of Maggie Zoellner, Executive Director. Other volunteers worked […]

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 […]