by Eric Damkot | Apr 14, 2018 | Announcements, Volunteer
April 17-20 Lac Lawrann is the charity of choice at the Volunteer Center of Washington County. 50% of all tips this week will be donated to Lac Lawrann Conservancy. The Hub is located at 303 Water Street, West Bend. The Hub was created by the Volunteer Center to...
by Eric Damkot | Apr 14, 2018 | Announcements, Programs
Registration is open for youth summer programs. Single session classes cover a wide array of topics including butterflies, glacial geology, bluebirds and frogs. There are also weeklong Adventure and Junior Naturalist camps. Interested in learning to kayak, we have...
by Eric Damkot | Apr 14, 2018 | Announcements, Flower Sale, President’s Message, Wildlife
Spring is supposed to come, eventually. Ah, but this is Wisconsin and April 1st dawned with a temperature of 17 degrees and the first day of planting by our hardy volunteers for the Wild Flower Sale, it snowed. Though the sale is 4 weeks away on May 12th, working to...
by Eric Damkot | Feb 7, 2018 | Announcements, Flower Sale, Volunteer
Faithful plant sale volunteers welcome new volunteers to join the fun. The annual Lac Lawrann Plant Sale is a huge volunteer effort. The kickoff breakfast for the 2018 Lac Lawrann Plant sale will be on Saturday, February 24 at the Maurin Center. Plant potting will be...
by Eric Damkot | Feb 7, 2018 | President’s Message, Wildlife
What a long strange “winter” this has been. (With a nod to the 1977 record album of similar name, but more on that later.) We had warmer weather for our winter luminary than for our fall event and only minor snowfalls, that is up until now. As I have written in the...
by Eric Damkot | Feb 6, 2018 | Programs, Science for Everyone
The first Science for Everyone in 2018 hosted by Lac Lawrann is later this month. February 20, 2018 – 7:00 PM Milwaukee Riverkeeper Citizen-based Water Quality Monitoring Program Cheryl Nenn Abstract: In 2006, Milwaukee Riverkeeper established our citizen-based water...
by Eric Damkot | Feb 3, 2018 | Conservation Supervisor’s Message, Volunteer
There is a lot of buzz right now about Citizen Science. Never heard of it? You are not alone. Citizen Science is “scientific work undertaken by members of the general public, often in collaboration with or under the direction of professional scientists and...
by Eric Damkot | Jan 18, 2018 | Flower Sale, Volunteer
All are welcome to attend the kick-off breakfast for the Friends of Lac Lawrann Conservancy’s 31th Annual Wildflower and Perennial sale. The pot luck breakfast is Saturday, February 24, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Maurin Center at the conservancy, 300 Schmidt Rd, West...
by Eric Damkot | Jan 3, 2018 | Programs, Science for Everyone
Science for Everyone continues in 2018 with this month’s presentation at Riveredge Nature Center. January 16, 2018 – 7:00 PM Exploring the Ice Age Trail Natalie Dorrler, Associate Director of Development, Riveredge Nature Center Abstract: The Ice Age Trail is...
by Eric Damkot | Jan 3, 2018 | Announcements, President’s Message, Wildlife
As I write this new years presidents message I realized that it was a little over 50 years ago that Lawrence and Ann Maurin moved into the new home they had built for their retirement at Lac Lawrann. They recorded new, and sometimes rare, species of wild flowers that...