• How do Trees Grow?

    Come learn more about trees and find out how to they grow in our local environment. Indoor presentation followed by outdoor walk. Meet at the UWM Field Station on Blue Goose Rd. Space is limited, so please register. Walks are …

  • Workshop: Ecology and Physiology of Plants in Winter

    UWM Saukville Field Station 3095 Blue Goose Rd., Saukville, WI, United States

    January 6 & 7, 2017
    "Ecology and Physiology of Plants in Winter: Surviving the Big Chill"
    This workshop will explore all of the aspects of plant life in the winter, especially what is known about the special adaptations that allow northern plants to survive the freezing and drought associated with extreme cold.

    $110
  • Annual Winter Hike on the Bog

    UWM Saukville Field Station 3095 Blue Goose Rd., Saukville, WI, United States

    Sponsored by the Friends of Cedarburg Bog Ice Conditions as of Friday, 1/27/2017 Conditions may change by Sunday, 1/29.  We still don’t know where we will hike on Sunday.  At this point it looks unlikely that we will go far …

  • Owl Prowl

    UWM Saukville Field Station 3095 Blue Goose Rd., Saukville, WI, United States

    Most of the owls in the Cedarburg Bog do not migrate.  If conditions are right, we should have a good shot at hearing and/or maybe seeing a few of our resident Eastern Screech, Barred, and Great-horned Owls and some overwintering or …

  • Woodcocks and Frogs

    UWM Saukville Field Station 3095 Blue Goose Rd., Saukville, WI, United States

    At dusk it’s time to dance – for the woodcocks. Join Jim Reinartz and Kate Redmond for the first hike of spring at the Cedarburg Bog.

  • Mammals of our Area

    UWM Saukville Field Station 3095 Blue Goose Rd., Saukville, WI, United States

    From howling coyotes to otters and flying squirrels, find out about the mammal species that may call the Bog home.

  • Frogs (and maybe Woodcocks)

    Most Woodcocks are settled on nests, but we’ll listen for the last of the sky-dancers and the late spring species of frogs.

  • Bird Walk for Spring Migrants

    UWM Saukville Field Station 3095 Blue Goose Rd., Saukville, WI, United States

    Dr. Peter Dunn, UWM ornithologist and researcher of numerous avian studies in the Cedarburg Bog, will lead a bird walk in search of migrants and resident Bog birds.

  • At the North End of the Bog

    Explore the trails at the north end of the Bog with Field Station Director Jim Reinartz! Meet in the parking lot on Highway 33 near Lakeland Rd.