Welcome to DCCL!
Did you know that the League is the second oldest conservation group in the State of Wisconsin? If you are concerned about the future of Dane County’s natural heritage, you will want to attend the Dane County Conservation League’s 21st annual fundraiser banquet. Proceeds from the event support educational scholarships, local DNR wildlife habitat projects, purchase of trout stream bank easements, prairie chicken recovery efforts, the raising of pheasants, and the construction of Blue Bird, Wren, Wood Duck, and Bat Houses
The farm is open every Saturday morning from 8 until about 11am. There is always work to do. The Birds are growing fast and the pens are not ready for them to adventure out yet and do to crazy weather this spring and winter storms the pens need lots of help. So if you have a few hours the next 2 Saturday, We can sure use a lot of help. And please don’t forget the kids and Grand kids.
The first membership meeting of the ’18-’19
year will be on Tuesday, September 25 at the VFW Hall, 133 E.
Lakeside St., Madison beginning at 7 pm. CWD is dominating the
outdoor news more than ever in Wisconsin and elsewhere. Our
featured guest speaker will be Bryan Richards, Emerging Disease
Coordinator, with the U. S. Geological Survey National Wildlife
Center here in Madison. Bryan will bring us up to date on the
latest information available on CWD. He is one of the leading
experts on the disease in the country.
See you at the farm.
DCCL Supports Portage High school Clay Busters Trap Team
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All Family members are welcome to join in on the fun!!
Pheasants have been all given out till next year. But Remember if;
- Volunteer at least 10 or 15 hours on DCCL projects.
- Paid 2017 membership DCCL Application PDF
- Your Bird can be picked up in Late August.
- All Left over birds are sold to the Public
Check out our Summer Newsletter
Batb House Project.
In April we initiated our first bat house
project successfully with the help of many members at the farm cutting
the pieces, staining, and painting them . We built 20 nursery bat
houses and 10 single bat houses. Collaborating with the DNR
Heather Kaarakka, a bat biologist, and Darren Marsh, director of the
Dane County Parks who picked specific sites; we installed four bat
stations at four county parks. Installation took about 6 hours,
and those sites are: Yahara Heights, Token Creek Park, Babcock
Park, and the Lower Mud Lake Natural Area. Two bat houses are also
installed at the farm. We still have some nursery and single houses for
sale for anyone interested. Nursery houses are $20 and single
houses are $10.
As a conservation league our highest priority
is to help preserve threatened or endangered species. Bats in Wisconsin
have seen a huge reduction in population due to White Nose Syndrome
(WNS). Our recourse is to help supply summer habitat for bats on
city, county, and private land to help them recover. With
growing interest, continuation for bat houses next year requests should
be done in March with site selection by April whether citizen, private
club(s), city, county, or state.
New Go wild DNR Website To Purchase a license, permit or register you kill.
Need a place to hunt this fall? Want to know where the pheasants are stocked each week? or even find a parking lot. check out this great hunting tool. http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/lands/fflight.html
Membership meeting are starting in September
Board meetings are the third Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm.
Membership meetings are the fourth Tuesday at 7:00pm. With Guest Speaker To discuss farm issues and conservation efforts. Everyone is Welcome to join us.
All Meetings are held at the VFW Hall, 133 E. Lakeside St.(off John Nolen drive). in Madison.