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  • WDNR: Bats of Neda Mine

    Mayville Limestone School Museum 215 N Main St, Mayville, WI, United States

    Shy and secretive by day, but with more aerial agility than birds and the predatory ferocity of a polar bear by night, bats are amazing animals. They make up 20% of the world’s mammal diversity! Bats benefit us, share our …

  • 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Bog

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

    The 2706 acres of Cedarburg Bog makes it the largest and most outstanding bog in southeastern Wisconsin. The site serves as a refugium for many northern species of plants and birds and provides habitat for a great variety of wildlife. …

  • Haunted Hike in the Cedarburg Beech Woods SNA

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

    Join the Saukville Field Station staff for a haunted night hike in the Cedarburg Beech Woods. Follow a lighted trail as you explore the woods,  listening for owls and other creatures of the forest.  Costumes are encouraged! Light refreshments will …

  • EVENT CHANGED – FOCB Annual Winter Hike into the Heart of the Bog

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

    We will Snowshoe (Snowshoes required) in the Field Station Beechwoods State Natural Area at 1:30, Sunday, 2/4/2024, as scheduled. The Chili Dinner is postponed  (we will plan something for Spring). The bog is not frozen this year.  There is still snow-cover at the …

  • CANCELLED -Evening Hike in the Beechwoods SNA

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

    This event has been cancelled due to extremely poor trail conditions.

  • NEW DATE – FOCB Event “Intro to Lichens at the Bog”

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

    Note: Due to weather, this event has been rescheduled to 02/17/2024. Join Mequon Nature Preserve’s Jamie Schiesel for an introductory lesson on the fascinating world of lichens! From the various forms they take to the substrates they choose.  Learn how …

  • FOCB Event – Winter Walk at the Bog

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

    Join DNR Wildlife Educator, Liz Herzmann, as we explore the sights, sounds and signs at the Bog.  We’ll venture out searching for tracks, scat and other signs of the active winter animals at the Bog.  Bring along your binoculars as …

  • FOCB Event – Identifying Woody Plants

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

    Learn to recognize the characteristics of our native tree and shrub species necessary to identify them in the winter with naturalist Danielle Bell. Invasive woody species will also be discussed to help identify them during winter when it is best …

  • FOCB Event – “Mammals of the Cedarburg Bog and Ozaukee County”

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

    Join Julia Robson on this indoor/outdoor exploration of anything you ever wanted to know about the fascinating and mysterious mammals which inhabit our area. The second half of the program entails looking for mammal scat and winter tracks in the …

  • NEW DATE: FOCB Event – “How Trees Grow”

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

    Rescheduled for 1/14/2024. Enjoy the forest but want to learn more?  Jim Reinartz will explain the special ways trees grow. Registration is required.