2020 Oct Newsletter
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Memorial Bricks
Updated 2/7//2022 We have engraved bricks as a fundraiser for our Butterfly Garden Walkway! An engraved brick may be to honor, or in memory of someone with a 4×8″ brick for $150 or an 8×8″ brick for $300. The first phase of the walkway has been installed. Check out the Butterfly
Lapham Peak wins 2020 Gold Seal Award for Wildflowers!
Each year, the Friends of Wisconsin State Parks ask the public to vote on various topics and categories. This year, 2020, Lapham Peak was voted Best State Park System Property to see spring wildflowers! Thank you for your votes, and we also thank our volunteers and Rangers for their work
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Removing Black Locust
We’ve been monitoring the growth of some very nasty, invasive, thorny, Black Locust trees along the Paul Sandgren Recreational Trail on the far west side of the park, along Cushing Road. This October (2020), volunteers removed as much of this as they could find, and they will continue to monitor
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New Winter Recreation Storage Building is Taking Shape
Our new Winter Recreation Storage Building, that will house our new SnowCat, snowguns, hehicles, and other winter recreation equipment, such as water hoses, pipes, tools, and supplies, is starting to take shape. Volunteers prepared the site, including engineering work, survey work, building design, excavation work, work on a drainage system,
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Ornamental Grass can be a Huge Problem for the Park
Ornamental grasses, including non-native phragmites (also called common reed), pampas grass, miscanthus grass (also called maiden grass) can become a huge issue for our State Parks. Each year, volunteers and DNR rangers try to address various invasive plants (such as buckthorn, honeysuckle, black locust, Japanese barberry, etc) and now ornamental
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Backpacking Campsite Renovated
Thanks to the Friends of Wisconsin State Parks for the “Incentive Grant” they awarded us with! With this, volunteers from the Friends of Lapham Peak and our local DNR staff, renovated Lapham Peak’s backpacking campsite! Updates include: a new fire-pit with movable cooking surface 2 new benches a new /
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2019 Volunteer Hours
In 2019, about 327 people volunteered at Lapham Peak at various times, for a total of 11,897.9 hours! Those hours are broken down by area of focus, as follows — Snowmaking: 6,202.2; Conservation: 2,977.5; General Friends Activities: 2,582.2; Nature Center: 136.0; TOTAL: 11,897.9 Hours
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Backpacking Campsite at Lapham Peak
Find Your Adventure, Go Wild In Wisconsin Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: NEWS RELEASE MADISON, Wis. – People are connecting with Wisconsin’s great outdoors more than ever as the state continues to navigate the COVID-19 public health emergency. For those who need a place for space, Wisconsin has lots to offer. With 49
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Giant Swallowtail at Lapham Peak
A rare butterfly for Wisconsin, the Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes), has been seen at Lapham Peak recently. The Giant Swallowtail is the largest species of butterfly in North America! Apparently, we’re at the northern edge of its normal territory. Our wildflowers and butterfly garden attract a lot of interesting and
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