Summer is in full swing for all of us at The Nature Conservancy and the Door County Land Trust.
The Nature Conservancy has a full list of land management priorities and the help of our two seasonal employees in our Door Office has been wonderful! This year we are joined by Jacob Merten as our Door Conservation Assistant, and Stephanie Drago who is helping with a few land management tasks in-between tacking an assortment of data-management tasks in the office. Jacob recently completed a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies and Zoology at UW Madison and will be with TNC through the month of September. Stephanie is a recent graduate of Augustana College in Rock Island, IL with majors in Environmental Studies and Geography. She hopes to pursue a degree in fluvial geomorphology in a program that will emphasis GIS analysis. Stephanie will wrap up her ten-week internship with us on August 12th. If you see either of them while out-and-about on our preserves, say hi!
Some of our recent work this summer has included mapping of the invasive plants Phragmites and narrow-leaved cattail for treatment by hired contractors at our Mink River and Kangaroo Lake Preserves. We've also installed a new sign by the river at the Mink River Preserve that honors a significant donation to The Nature Conservancy, and gives trail users more information about the importance of the forests surrounding the Mink and its life along the water. In the next few weeks we'll be installing updated and new preserve signage at our Kangaroo Lake Preserve to help preserve users better understand the work we do at Piel Creek and around the Lake.
Recently we've acquired a number of new parcels in Door County, including an area that we intend to make a new parking and access area off of Highway 42 in Ellison Bay. We are in the process of cleaning up an existing concrete pad on the parcel that will ultimately serve as safe, on-site parking. We also have a lot of autumn olive to tackle here. With good parking and access however, we will better be able to manage the autumn olive problem that plagues on this part of the Mink River Preserve.
Enjoy these pictures we've captured of our recent days in the field, and as always, I hope to see you out there.
The Nature Conservancy has a full list of land management priorities and the help of our two seasonal employees in our Door Office has been wonderful! This year we are joined by Jacob Merten as our Door Conservation Assistant, and Stephanie Drago who is helping with a few land management tasks in-between tacking an assortment of data-management tasks in the office. Jacob recently completed a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies and Zoology at UW Madison and will be with TNC through the month of September. Stephanie is a recent graduate of Augustana College in Rock Island, IL with majors in Environmental Studies and Geography. She hopes to pursue a degree in fluvial geomorphology in a program that will emphasis GIS analysis. Stephanie will wrap up her ten-week internship with us on August 12th. If you see either of them while out-and-about on our preserves, say hi!
Some of our recent work this summer has included mapping of the invasive plants Phragmites and narrow-leaved cattail for treatment by hired contractors at our Mink River and Kangaroo Lake Preserves. We've also installed a new sign by the river at the Mink River Preserve that honors a significant donation to The Nature Conservancy, and gives trail users more information about the importance of the forests surrounding the Mink and its life along the water. In the next few weeks we'll be installing updated and new preserve signage at our Kangaroo Lake Preserve to help preserve users better understand the work we do at Piel Creek and around the Lake.
Recently we've acquired a number of new parcels in Door County, including an area that we intend to make a new parking and access area off of Highway 42 in Ellison Bay. We are in the process of cleaning up an existing concrete pad on the parcel that will ultimately serve as safe, on-site parking. We also have a lot of autumn olive to tackle here. With good parking and access however, we will better be able to manage the autumn olive problem that plagues on this part of the Mink River Preserve.
Enjoy these pictures we've captured of our recent days in the field, and as always, I hope to see you out there.