Pewaukee River Partnership: Freeman Article

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Updates from PRP President

Pewaukee River Partners, Friends and Guests, At our meeting last Thursday, January the 23rd, it was decided that the Partnership would not hold a native plant sale this year. The discussion was that with the amount of work required, did we need to do one? Our bank account is now large enough to cover projects for several years. I will be notifying people on our plant sale list of our decision and giving them information on other organizations that hold annual sales. I have been notified that the Pewaukee High School will begin work on the reconstruction of the boardwalk on the Siepmann easement. Starting in February they will be making the frames for the boardwalk in school. They will be following the same plan and schedule that was used over 20 years ago by the previous school class. As you may be aware, the cost of this project will be covered by a generous donation in the name of Derek Harms. Our hope is that the floodplain issues will be resolved, and we may then connect by bridge to Koepp Park. We also learned about a species living in our lake and river that people may have heard of, but few have seen. Mud puppies or “waterdogs”, a salamander species, is the only one in Wisconsin that spends its entire life cycle underwater. It is also a species that has never been studied to any extent. If you see one or catch one fishing the DNR asks that you return it to the water and report its sighting to the DNR at wiatri.net/nhi. For this and other Wisconsin outdoor information, check out the Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine. I hope everyone is enjoying the warmup, Charlie

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