Public Notices

May 22, 2008 Gypsy Moth Aerial Spray

Weather permitting, areas of the Preserve, Arboretum and main campus will be sprayed to kill gypsy moth caterpillars--beginning at approximately 5 AM.  For the most current information call: Gypsy Moth Information Line at 1-800-642-6684 (1-800-642-MOTH) and choose menu option 1. For more spray details...

April 29, 2008, Biocore Prairie Prescribed Burn, 3-6PM
(Unfavorable weather conditions led to cancellation of all 2008 planned burns.)

A prescribed burn of the Biology Core Curriculum Prairie northwest of Picnic Point will be conducted today if weather conditions are suitable. The prescribed burn is meant to assist germination and plant establishment. The burn is part of the Biology Core Curriculum Prairie initiated in 1997.

For more information:
Prescribed fire: 265-3417, 235-1893 (cell)  Daniel Einstein deinstein@fpm.wisc.edu
Biocore Prairie: Janet Batzli jcbatzli@wisc.edu

January 2007,  Willow Creek Woods vegetation management. 

Read a summary of this effort to return Willow Creek Woods to a condition similar to what would have existed here prior to European-American settlement.