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#AWA ADOPTION UPDATE#
#AWA ADOPTION FULL#

On Saturday, April 1st, volunteers installed wood duck box houses on Lake Mills AWA.

If you’d like to learn more about this specific AWA opportunity, please reach out to TJ at 920.988.8888, or Mike Alaimo, Chapter Chair for Waukesha County, and for all things AWA at 262.443.4674. We’re very pleased to announce that a second WDNR Wildlife Area has been adopted by WWA volunteers! Lak e Mills Wildlife Area, found midway between Milwaukee and Madison, became effective on October 1st, and like the Rome Pond agreement that began last winter, will be in effect for three years.ĭuring this time, our crews from Twin Rivers chapter and others, lead by TJ Schnulle, will be seeking to work on projects like an observation deck, osprey platforms, wood duck nesting structures, and much more.

Rome Pond Adoption featured on Channel 57 News, check out the YouTube clip!.

To view the JAnnouncement by WI DNR: Partner groups team up with DNR to adopt two wildlife areas in southern Wisconsin.

View the images from the Jsignage event and the ApRome Pond cleanup day.

To view the progress report to the WDNR on the 4/23/16 cleanup day at Rome Pond: 160423 Rome Pond Clean-Up.

View the report and images from the SeptemFall Parking Lot Cleanup Day at Rome Pond.

#AWA ADOPTION FULL#

Badger Sportsman Magazine featured WWA’s volunteer Wildlife Area Adoptions in their November 2016 magazine! Read the full article here.See some pictures of the cleanup and training day here. Volunteers worked with WDNR staff on a cleanup day and chainsaw training opportunity near the end of March 2017.Check out more pictures and a write-up of the work done to control this invasive species throughout Rome Pond.

Volunteers transporting the beetle infected purple loosestrife plants at Rome Pondįrom April 2017 through July 2017 volunteers worked with WDNR staff on invasive species control of purple loosestrife.

Read the full report on this invasive species control project here.

Summer of 2018, the beetle-infested purple loosestrife plants were returned to Rome Pond.

Spring of 2020 saw our third attempt at endangered Black Tern Nesting platforms.

Since 2016 volunteers have been busy at Rome Pond, check out many of the updates, below, and for even more information on what these teams are doing, and how you could help, please contact Waukesha County Chapter Chairman, Mike Alaimo.

In 2016 WWA volunteers from our Waukesha County and Twin Rivers came together to “adopt” the first wildlife area for WWA: Rome Pond. Spring 2019 AWA clean-up projects were completed in April, check out all the photos here.Ĭheck out our 2018 Adopt A Wildlife Area year in review here! Interested in learning more about Black Tern Nesting platforms? Check out more information and how you can help this endangered species here. Read about them all in our recent project updates here. The Endangered Black Tern Nesting Project was a success at Rome Pond, clearing and cleanup was completed and the crew at Jackson Marsh continued their work with the clean-up of a log jam on Cedar Creek amongst other projects. Spring and Summer 2020 projects have continued with some restrictions due to COVID-19. Check out the full report on July’s banding success here. Shealer for this amazing project to help study endangered black terns. The pair successfully banded one adult tern, one fledgling and two day-old chicks! Thanks to Mike and Dr. Shealer back on Rome Pond to try to deploy more geolocating tags on the terns. Check out the full report on that day’s activities here. David Shealer from Loras College on a history-making endeavor to band and track the birds at Rome Pond in June 2021. WWA AWA lead volunteer, Mike Alaimo, partnered with Dr.

#AWA ADOPTION UPDATE#

Summer of 2021 has brought an exciting update to our endangered black tern nesting project with black tern banding taking place at Rome Pond Wildlife Area in Waukesha County. If you are interested in assisting with our Adopt a Wildlife Area efforts, please fill out our Volunteer Form and indicate Adopt a Wildlife Area on the area of interest. Mead Wildlife Area (Marathon, Wood and Portage counties), Mud Lake Wildlife Area (Columbia county) and Big Muskego Lake Wildlife Area (Waukesha county). Similar in concept to the long-standing “Adopt a Highway” program, this opportunity seeks to match interested volunteers, and fundraising, with state fishing and wildlife areas which need more help, in an era of tight budgets, and smaller DNR staffing.Īs of January 2019 WWA volunteers have adopted seven wildlife areas across the state, including Rome Pond Wildlife Area (Jefferson county), Lake Mills Wildlife Area (Jefferson county), Jackson Marsh Wildlife Area (Washington county), Paradise Valley Wildlife Area (Waukesha county), George W. This exciting new program was just introduced in the 2nd half of 2015.