by Eric Damkot | Feb 24, 2021 | President’s Message, Wildlife
What a difference a ten days makes. A little over a week ago the night temperatures were in minus double digits in West Bend and at Lac Lawrann. The snow was 20 plus inches deep and snowshoeing was the outdoor activity of the day, for those who ventured... 
by Eric Damkot | May 14, 2018 | Announcements, Wildlife
The Mid Kettle Moraine Partners Cordially invites you to an Open House Gathering at Lac Lawrann Conservancy’s Maurin Center 300 Schmidt Rd., West Bend, WI Tuesday, May 22, 2018/2:30-‐4:00pm Featured Presenters: (with discussion and social to follow) Gary S.... 
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 | 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 | 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... 
by Eric Damkot | Nov 22, 2017 | President’s Message, Wildlife
Melaegris gallapovo- wild turkey- is a name that conjures up a lot of images. I think most of us have seen turkeys these days. Whether in our backyards or crossing the road in front of us as we drive through the country, turkeys have become a very common site here in... 
