Evanne Hunt,
Chair
715-381-1291

Chapter Meeting Minutes:
December 2011
January 2012 - canceled; no quorum
Chapter Goals for 2012
February 2012
March 2012
April 2012
May 9 2012
June 13 2012
July - no meeting
August 8 2012
September 12 2012
October 10 2012
November 28 2012
December 2012 - No Meeting
January 9 2013
February 13
March 13
April 10
May 8
June 12
July 10
August 14 September 11 (cancelled)
October 9
November 13
December 11

Prescribed burns and fire break maintenance

TBD -- Blueberry Hill (weather dependent). County currently under a burn ban.

All burns dependent on fire weather forecast at this link:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/product.php?site=MPX&product=FWF&issuedby=MPX
Go or No go will be communicated through e-mail day of.

Be sure you are on the burn crew list. Contact: eahunt@pressenter.com

Wednesday, June 12

Chapter Meeting
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Universalist Unitarian Society of River Falls
N8010 Hwy 65
River Falls, WI 54022

The meeting will start at 7:00 p.m. Join a group of us for dinner at the Lazy River in River Falls for their $1.50 burgers.

Note: The Society Hall may or may not be open before 7:00. Don't be discouraged and leave; just wait for us to bring the key. And there may or may not be another group meeting there about the same time. I will put up signs to direct you to our meeting room.

Agenda

• Chapter Treasurer report
• Chapter Land Management committee report
• Chapter Education Committee report
• Chapter Strategy progress update
• Other business

Events

Title of Tour: Lake Edith Oak Savanna (Belwin Conservancy)

Date: May 23, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Lake Edith Oak Savannah, Washington Co., MN
1553 Stagecoach Trail South in Afton, Minnesota.

The Lake Edith Oak Savanna is part of the Belwin Conservancy Preserve in Afton, MN. Join us on this special tour -- this property is not normally open to the public.

Over 100 acres of savanna are in the early stages of restoration and spring conditions permitting, will be responding to the initial prescribed burn. Pockets of remnant dry prairie can be found on the ridges with species such as dropseed, leadplant and false - pennyroyal. The area is being managed for red-headed woodpecker habitat; a juvenile red-headed woodpecker was seen in 2011. Other bird species of interest include grassland birds such as the Henslow's, grasshopper, Le Conte, and field sparrow; warblers including the Nashville, blue-winged, yellow rumps and common yellow throat; grosbeaks and flycatchers.

Difficulty: Access to the site requires hiking across moderately steep terrain.
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM

Leader Contact: Tara Kelly, Director of Ecological Restoration 1553 Stagecoach Tr., Afton, MN 55001 (651-436-5189 office or 651-755-5947 cell)

Directions: Meet at 795 Indian Trail, Afton MN 55001

From Hudson Road, take Indian Trail south. Access to the Lake Edith Natural Area is from 795 Indian Trail. You will see a brick house and several out buildings. Please park in the turnaround driveway by the house. Car-pooling is encouraged as parking spaces are limited.

Title of Tour: Experimental Plots: Aging, Beauty and Knowledge

Date: Thursday, June 6th, 2013 at 5:30 pm

Washington Co., MN

Leader Contact Info: Shawn Schottler. schottler@smm.org, 651-433-5953

Title of Tour: The subtle and the obvious: Standing Cedars Comparative Plantings

Polk Co. WI

Leader Contact Info: Shawn Schottler and Troy Meacham

TPE All-Chapter Picnic

Sunday, July 21
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Glenn Park, River Falls, WI
St. Croix Valley chapter is the host!

Blueberry Hill seeding

Enjoy these photos from the day, March 3, 2013.

Seed Collecting

Six chapter members picked seed on Saturday, October 20, at Blueberry Hill and at the nearby St. Croix Savanna State Natural Area.