Spring Work Day - Conley Lewis Creek

What: This is a joint workday with the Southern Wisconsin Chapter. Justin Haglund, DNR Fish Biologist, and his crew will be joining us. This workday will involve major clearing of box elder trees and other invasive woodies along the streambank to provide access and a healthier environment. Lots of chainsaw work, so we will need a good turnout from our sawyers. We are looking to divide up into a few teams with a sawyer or two in each, with the rest of the volunteers treating the stumps and building the burn piles. We will be building burn piles to be burned later. To assist the DNR, we need to spend more time on building the burn piles. The trees need to be bucked up so that the larger logs and limbs can be laid down parallel to each other, side-by-side, in the same direction. Smaller limbs need to be placed between the layers of larger logs. This will make the pile denser and allow the wind to flow through, providing more oxygen.

Where: This site is located northwest of Hollandale, near the intersection of Hwy 191 and Banner Rd. We will be working upstream of the bridge on the north side of the stream. https://www.google.com/maps/dir//42.89645,-89.9771025/@42.8963583,-89.9756839,17z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMyNC4wIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDUzSAFQAw%3D%3D

Bring: Bring work gloves, sturdy shoes, eye and ear protection. Also, bring reusable water bottles that can be refilled from our 5-gal water jug. If you have waders, feel free to bring them as there will be a possibility that we will work in the stream to pull out cut tree limbs.

Parking: Park on the east side of Banner Road, where there is more room to park. This is a fairly busy county road with heavy farm machinery, so it is important for everyone to park on the same side of the road for traffic flow and safety.