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
DANE COUNTY
CONSERVATION LEAGUE NEWS
EARTH DAY – HIGHWAY
CLEAN UP REMINDER
We all know that the earth has been
taking a beating lately. But you can help Mother Earth out a
bit. Just show up for an hour or two at the pheasant farm on
Saturday, April 23 at 8a.m. to do a little work on the DCCL
stretch of highway that the League has volunteered to keep
clean. Coffee and doughnuts will be provided and other
beverages. Vests, bags, etc. will be furnished but you need to
bring a good pair of gloves. See you on the 23rd.
Family members are welcome to help. Turn out for this has been
pretty light the past couple of years. Let’s do better.
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PRAIRIE CHICKEN
FESTIVAL
The DCCL was represented on April 9 at
the 2022 Prairie Chicken Festival held in the Stevens Point
area. The event wasn’t held the past two years due to COVID, of
course. Activities were scaled back somewhat but there was the
opportunity to reserve a blind to watch the birds do their
mating ritual, as usual. There were also bus tours, grassland
walks, a breakfast and discussions by conservation experts on
grasslands and their value as prairie chicken habitat.
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FOUNDATION FOR DANE
COUNTY PARKS
The League made a donation recently of
$2,500 to the Parks Foundation. We have made other donations to
the Foundation in the past, also. The Foundation assists the
Parks by raising and distributing funds for special projects,
building the Friends of Dane County Parks Endowment Fund and
supporting park Friends groups and volunteers. Dane County
Parks has grown to more than 15,000 acres (many open to hunting
and fishing) is managed by dedicated professional staff,
supported by over 4200 volunteers, with 19 active Friends Groups
and numerous community partners.
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CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP
CORPS
The Conservation Leadership Corps was
created several years ago by the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
for the purpose of encouraging high school and college age
people to pursue conservation education and, possibly, work in
the field of conservation in the future. The group is similar
to groups in other states and this fall there will be a
gathering in Wisconsin of students from around the country to
share ideas and information. The DCCL made a donation to cover
some of the costs of this event. The Corps has been very
inspirational in motivating many young folks to pursue
conservation related careers.
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PHEASANT FARM
REOPENS MAY 7
The farm will be operating this year
very much the same as it has for the past few years. Beginning
May 7 the farm will be open from 8a.m. until about 10a.m. There
is plenty of work to be done in May and June. These are busier
times than July and August. But, there is work to be done all
the way up until September. If you put in 12 hours of work at
the farm or any other League project, you will be eligible for
an allotment of birds. In recent years members with 12 work
hours have gotten 16 birds, but it depends on avoiding predators
and the avian flu. We are buying 1000 chicks again from
MacFarlane Game Farm to be delivered on or about May 23.
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WOOD DUCK HOUSING
STRUCTURES
If you have seen someone cleaning and
repairing the DCCL wood duck houses that are scattered around
Dane County, it was Tim Heindl or Bob and Linda Degnan. Thanks
to the three of them for their good work. It was reported that
several of the houses had been used to hatch ducklings last
year.
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BREAKING NEWS
THE BANQUET IS SOLD OUT. THANKS
TO ALL ATTENDEES FOR SUPPORTING THE DANE COUNTY CONSERVATION
LEAGUE.
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December, 2021
Although the health
challenges of the past year have limited our activities, your
dollars have allowed us to raise pheasants, build nesting
structures, secure top-notch speakers for membership meetings,
support Hunter Safety Training, donate funds to Dane County
Parks for hunting and fishing properties as well as other
conservation groups like the Prairie Enthusiasts, and fund a
summer DNR internship at the prairie chicken property in Central
Wisconsin.
President, DCCL
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All Family members are welcome to join in on the fun!!
Pheasants will be given out starting aug 31st. And Remember you must :
- Volunteer at least 12 hours on DCCL projects.
- Paid 2022 membership DCCL Application PDF
- Your Bird can be picked up in Late August.
- All Left over birds are sold to the Public
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 Schwoegler Park Town Lanes, 444 Grand Canyon Dr., Madison