The Blue Mounds Area Project Promoting Ecological Restoration and Stewardship of Native Habitats

Volume 10 Number 3

A Stroll and Supper at Jim Elleson’s Home

BMAP Continues to Offer Free Site Visits

Living with a Prairie: A Better Way to Build

Prairie Is More Than Plants

Book Review

Prairie Ridge Nursery Tour: Anecdotes

and Insights from a Prairie Pioneer

Events

Announcements

www.bluemounds.org

As a private landowner, management necessi-ties can lead to spending countless hours cutting Buckthorn, pulling Garlic Mustard, or burning restored prairies. The surprising result of land ownership can be a complete lack of free time, as managing land can become an all-consuming hobby. For those fully engaged in the task, you may find yourselves thinking, “This is so much work, it could be my full time job!”

For Jim Elleson, that is exactly the line of thinking that led him to founding Quercus Land Stewardship Services (www.quercus-ls.com/) in 2003, a company that helps landowners in southwestern Wisconsin improve the ecological health of their lands through consulting, educa-tion, and implementation of land management practices. Now an expert in getting restoration projects done, Jim’s ecological knowledge was limited until a visit from Brian Pruka, the first BMAP ecologist, piqued his interest. Through the late 1990s, Elleson continued to consult BMAP, working with Bob Wernerehl and Mark Mittelstadt, on a management plan for his land.

A tour of Elleson’s 115 acres in Vermont Town-

ship near Black Earth proved to be an informative and enjoyable evening for several BMAP members who gathered there on the evening of June 12th. Jim’s experience with restoration was evident as he introduced us to two espe-cially interesting areas of his property. One was an oak savanna restoration and the other was a wet field where he is experimenting with Reed Canary Grass control.

In the oak savanna portion, fire has been key to supressing the brush that crowds either side of the restoration area. A clear line can be detected where the fires were lit, proving just how important they are. Buckthorn has been a constant challenge, and many young sprouts are still present despite the aggressive brush clearing and fire regime. Chemical girdling with Garlon — applying a ring of chemical to the bark near the base of the tree — is a technique he favors for killing Buckthorn because it is effective with a minimum of effort. Jim says he hasn’t seeded much in the area, except for taking some handfuls of seed from his adjacent hilltop prairie now and then and tossing it around. Yet the clearing is allowing sunlight to reach the forest floor, something appreciated by the young oak seedlings and patches of Pennsylvania Sedge. The beautifully gnarled ancient Bur Oaks, provide the structure of a savanna, and it seems they have been patiently waiting for Jim’s restoration efforts to free them from the shrubby undergrowth. Jim’s management goal for this area is to have a seam-less ecological continuum between prairie and open oak woodland with a savanna ecosystem bridging the gap.

In the opposite corner of his property, Elleson can confidently say that Buckthorn and other brush is not a problem. Rather, as with many open, wetter areas, Reed Canary Grass has established itself and taken off. With help from Art Kitchen of the US Fish and Wildlife

A Stroll and Supper at Jim Elleson’s HomeChelsea Bagot, BMAP Outreach Ecologist

I am no landowner. Currently, I rent an apartment in downtown Madison, where the

only “management” I do is to occasionally wipe down the counter with a suspicious

looking sponge. Yet being in the field of ecology has taught me that land ownership is

not something to be taken lightly.

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Jim Elleson leads the tour of his project.

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One of the cornerstones of Blue Mounds Area Project has historically been site visits from a staff ecologist. Although this aspect of the organization has lapsed a bit in the past few years, it’s being reinstated with new vigor. I’m pleased to be working for BMAP in such an enjoyable job. To help you understand what I’ve been doing, I’d like to share some Frequently Asked Questions about site visits.

What does a site visit entail?

The first step is a “landowner pre-assess-ment”, a simple questionnaire to gather data about your land that you fill out before I get there. Once I arrive, we’ll go over the pre-assessment questionnaire to determine your goals and the history of the land. Then we’ll walk or drive the property, taking more time in areas that are of special interest to you. I’ll point out any plant species I recognize and may take samples of those I don’t so I can identify them later. The entire visit usually takes between 2 and 3 hours.

Based on the notes I take, I write up an Ecological Report and, within a few weeks, you’ll get a packet of information that per-tains specifically to your property. Species lists, historical information, management suggestions, and research on your specific questions will all be there.

Who can get a site visit?

Any BMAP member! (Is your membership up-to-date?) Whether you have a small suburban yard where you are thinking about doing some native landscaping or 300 acres

of wild land, all landowners are eligible for a site visit. Currently we are giving preference to members who have never had a site visit before.

What does it cost?

Nothing!

What can a site visit help me with?

● Information on how to begin a restoration or start a management program

● Help selecting plants or seeds for a native restoration

● Help identifying native and non-native plant species on your property

● Help evaluating ecological quality of your property’s ecosystems

● Help assessing a current restoration project or management program

● Help prioritizing restoration efforts

● Suggestions for handling specific restora- tion issues, such as control of specific invasive species or advice regarding burning

Who do I contact to get a site visit?

Send an email to info@bluemounds.org or contact one of the BMAP Board Members (see page 7 of this newsletter). I hope to hear from you soon!

I have a lot of spiny shrubs with red stalks, what should I do?

I’ll be right there...

BMAP Continues to Offer Free Site VisitsChelsea Bagot, BMAP Outreach Ecologist

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Service, who has provided herbicide and valuable advice, Elleson is experimenting with the best ways to control this invasive grass. Blessedly, the small prairie remnant across the street, which is under Wisconsin DNR ownership, has remained relatively free of Reed Canary Grass. Attendees Tom and Kathy Brock identified blooming Can-ada Anemone, Irises, Culver’s Root, and the giant leaves of Prairie Dock. So far, Jim has found that the grass-specific herbi-cides Vantage (sethoxydim) and Assure II (quizalifop), combined with repeated burn-ing, have been effective for the control of Reed Canary Grass on his property. One limiting factor is that the herbicides are not labeled for use over standing water.

Even as the owner of a land stewardship company, Jim admits that his work sched-ule often presents challenges to complet-ing his own management projects. His full workload suggests that a lot of people in southwestern Wisconsin need restoration and management services! What makes the balance easier, however, are organizations like BMAP that allow landowners to net-work with professionals for the benefit of all involved.

At the conclusion of the tour, members gathered on Jim’s shady front porch to greet the evening. Over beers and brats, tips on clearing and planting mingled with small talk about careers, local school districts, and the latest incarnations of urban sprawl. As the evening came to a close, I got the feeling that the strength of BMAP is in the enthusiasm and dedication of its members, and I feel privileged to work with such a group. I may not own any land myself, but I hope that with BMAP, I can make the job of managing complex ecosystems just a little bit easier.

Chelsea Bagot is BMAP’s summer Outreach Ecologist. She has degrees in Biology and Environmental Studies from Knox College, Galesburg, IL. Her background is mostly in prairie ecology, with an interest in invasive plants. Chelsea has worked on botany research projects in Minnesota and as a restoration laborer in Illinois.

You can find out more about Quercus Land Stewardship Services by visiting www.quercus-ls.com or calling 608-767-3553

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Let’s say that you’ve purchased a beautiful piece of hilly southwest Wisconsin to live on and enjoy. Lucky you! Now what? Build-ing a house can be a creative and reward-ing process, but all too often the houses we build detract from the beauty that brought us here in the first place. An interest in liv-ing closer to land we live on and enjoy was the inspiration for a workshop, Living with a Prairie, that took place on August 4th. This field day was the seventh of a series planned for 2007 as part of the Center for Creativity and Innovation (C4C) Landscape Project, partially funded by a grant from the UW-Madison Department of Liberal Arts. The featured presenters were Julie Kardatzke, a licensed architect working in Spring Green and the surrounding area, and Katie Ab-bott, Project Coordinator for the Military Ridge Prairie Heritage Area. Together, they discussed ways to build homes that are eco-logically greener and more prairie-friendly. One essential task is getting to know your land first, before you build. Knowing the ecosystems and physical characteristics of your site allows you to locate your home in a place where you will make the most of your land for years to come.

The Ecological Aspect: Ideas for Learning the Land

First, determine what types of ecosystems are contained in your parcel. Woodlands, wetlands, prairies...? Rare or endangered ecosystems, like a prairie remnant, should be preserved, first, by not planning your home site directly on it, and, second, by not allowing construction traffic to harm it. By knowing your ecosystems, you can care for what you have before you begin restoring degraded areas or planting new prairie.

A lot of grassland species prefer big open spaces, and habitats can be fragmented by new building. Dividing open land into smaller, isolated patches may prevent some species, like the declining grassland-nesting birds, from living on your land. In general:

● Try to build near other manmade structures or existing trees.

● Grassland birds like to nest on open ridge tops, so avoid building here.

● Remember, grasslands — not just trees! — support a lot of wildlife.

● Avoid planting trees in large open areas.

If you are building in a wooded area, con-struction equipment can damage trees and introduce diseases. To preserve a tree, the entire area under its crown should be roped off so that its roots are not compacted by large vehicles running over them.

One idea is to build your home on an area that is already degraded, so as to preserve the rest of the land for your enjoyment. It’s a natural tendency to build on the most beautiful part of your land, but often that area’s ecology, and your enjoyment of it, is best served when it is away from your house.

The Environmental Aspect: Efficiency and Beauty

Building a home with an environmental mindset is a challenging and rewarding pro-cess that can make a big difference in both the resource use and feeling of your home. In general, you want to minimize your con-sumption of energy and raw materials and create a design that is beautiful and inte-grated into the landscape.

● Minimize the size. Larger rooms mean more resources used to build, more land disturbed, more energy needed to heat and cool, and more space to clean.

● Carefully select slope and direction. Building into a slope will save on heating

and cooling all year round. Choosing a southern exposure for the long side of your house (with windows) can give you natural light and heat.

● Find a beauty that matches the land. Choosing a neutral color, rather than a primary or stark white, can help your home blend better with the surroundings and may be appreciated by your neighbors and passersby.

● Build for long-term enjoyment through durability. Choose materials that are locally produced, recycled, or sustainably- harvested renewable resources.

Each of Us Doing Our Part

Everyone has different priorities for their country lifestyles. Budgets, time, and in-terests will influence how you choose to build. Yet, thinking “green” doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice other goals for your dream home. In the end, working with ecol-ogy and the environment in mind will give you a home that is more eco-friendly, more cost-effective, and a place unique to you and the landscape around it. The result is a home you can feel good about both inside and out.

For more information about this topic, contact Katie Abbott at Katie.Abbott@rcdnet.net or visit www.jkarchitecture.com.

Living with a Prairie: A Better Way to Build

Katie Abbott, Chelsea Bagot, and Julie Kardatzke

Sustainable home designed by Julie Kardatzke.

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If our goal is to conserve prairie biodiver-sity, we would do well to remember that prairie is a biotic community, not simply a plant community. Though we recognize a prairie most easily by its characteristic plant species, plants actually comprise a minority of the life forms present. In any prairie, there is much greater diversity of fauna than there is of flora.

I used to resent the weevils feeding on the Aster seeds and the Baptisia seeds I was collecting to further prairie conservation through restoration plantings Now, I realize that every prairie plant is a stage on which various, marvelous animal dramas take place every day. The presence of a plant species enriches a given prairie simply by being there, but it contributes far more to biodiversity by supporting a diverse array of animals.

In my research on the various fauna using a single prairie plant, Marbleseed, Ono-modium molle, I found about 120 different species using this plant in different ways and several that are utterly dependent on it. If you were to lose O. molle from your site, you would lose those specialist insects, too. This is not exceptional, but typical. The animals using O. molle but not re-stricted to it would also lose the resources they had found when O. molle was present.

In my research on the various fauna over-wintering inside or on the outside of the stems of 20 species of prairie plants, I found an average of 15 different species of arthro-pods using the stems of each of these plant species as a winter refuge. These animals included eggs or early instars, emerging in spring as immatures, and others that over-wintered as larvae, pupae or adults, emerg-

Prairie Is More Than PLants

Andrew H. Williams

Book ReviewVicki Harris, BMAP Member

Landscaping with Native Plants of Wisconsin by Lynn M. Steiner, Voyager Press, 2007

Lynn Steiner establishes the purpose of Landscaping with Native Plants of Wisconsin as “identify Wisconsin native plants and plant communities and demonstrate how to use them effectively in a typical home land-scape.” The first 67 pages are instructional. Basically, do your homework before digging that first hole. The remainder of the book

is devoted to the detailed descriptions of native plants.

Do not expect to find every native Wisconsin plant listed in this book. This is not a field guide; she has provided other sources for more information. Actually, the quantity of available plants can be quite overwhelming. The plants, trees, shrubs, and ground covers she has included are based on “each plant’s ability to adapt to cultivation, suitability for various landscape situations, and availabil-ity” for purchasing locally or online.

This book defines native plants “as those species that grew in an area before European settlement—about the mid-1800s in the Midwest.” Sprinkled throughout the book, starting in chapter one, she lists the plants that were introduced to this state and escaped cultivation, such as Queen Anne’s Lace and Chicory. She makes some other important points:

● Since there are so many species and each one has subspecies (ssp) and vari- eties (var), she stressed the value of learning the genus and species names (typically Latin) to get the plant you really want.

● Play detective and verify the plant you are purchasing is nursery propagated rather than collected from the wild.

● Understand your hardiness zones, frost dates, and soil type.

● Determine your local geography and try to purchase from nurseries in your area for the best success.

● Use compost not only for the nutrients and improving the soil texture, but it is also a great mulch.

● I would add this caution; be wary of gardening friends bearing lovely white flowering (but nameless) plants. It was Dame’s Rocket and I pulled it before it went to seed.

Something I would have liked in this book is a glossary. Lynn Steiner has a Master’s degree in Horticulture and is very comfort-able with the terminology, such as biome or tension line. Me, not so much.

This is a great book for someone just starting a garden with native or non-native plants. All the basics are covered. I can visualize using this book as a reference and inspira-tion when the seed catalogs start arriving in December. It is important to me not to introduce aggressive, non-native plants that take over my neighbor’s property and then they fight it with chemicals.

Vicki has been hanging out in the garden since she was a toddler. If missing, her mother could usually find her there eating ground cherries. Currently, Vicki is an active member of BMAP and a technical writer for Emerson Network Power™, Embedded Computing.

ing as adults. These included herbivores, detritivores, predators, and many different parasitoids, tiny wasps that develop within the bodies of other insects. Most of these animals are very tiny in contrast to the charismatic megafauna that get most of the prairie conservationists’ fond attention, gigantic creatures like the Regal Fritillary.

Our knowledge of insects is many decades behind our knowledge of plants. For ex-ample, in three timely visits to your prai-rie remnant, I could produce a list of the plants growing there, a list that would include 95% of the flora at a minimum. This is one way in which I earn my living. But if I were to devote ten years of my time and arrange for help from dozens of insect taxonomists, specialists in various groups, I could not produce a list anywhere near as representative of the fauna on your prairie remnant.

Another example of our ignorance of prairie insects is that most of what we know about

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A muggy evening threatened rain but stayed dry enough to enjoy the Prairie Ridge Nursery Tour and Potluck hosted by Joyce Powers at her native plant nursery south of Mount Horeb. About 15 of us attended the BMAP event on August 7th and were treated to Joyce’s extensive knowledge of native plants and prairie restoration.

Joyce has been a personal hero for me, someone whose work inspired my interest in prairies long before I knew I’d be working right in Mount Horeb! She started working on ecological restoration in the early 1970s and the prairie established in front of her house is about 30 years old, one of the old-est examples of prairie restoration around.

Punctuating the tour with humor and tips, Joyce made it clear how the success of Prairie Ridge Nursery was a direct result of her scientific background and the work put in by her entire family. Starting slowly in 1970s, most of this work was done at a time when few people were thinking of prairie restoration at all. A pioneer in the business of native seed collecting and plant rearing, just a few of Joyce’s tips are listed below:

● If you are including the spring flower Shooting Star in a prairie restoration, consider buying the young plants as plugs once the restoration is underway. Seeds can take up to eight years to germinate.

● Prairie Dropseed, a native grass, germi- nates too well in a young prairie, and will die off in the first year. It is better to add it to an already established prairie restoration, where it can succeed under the shelter of other grasses and forbs. ● Native legumes, like White Wild Indigo, will be more successful in a restoration if they are inoculated with appropriate com- mercially produced rhizobium bacteria before they are planted.

● Smoke from woodland controlled burns is more toxic than smoke from prairie fires.

To share more of her experiences with us, Joyce has agreed to present a talk at one of BMAP’s Winter Education Series events this year. See the next BMAP Newsletter for details. Her tips reveal the importance of those interested in ecological restora-tion learning from one another. BMAP encourages members to not only attend the Winter Education Series events, but also take advantage of opportunities to ask each other questions.

Prairie Ridge Nursery, which is not normally open to the public, is now owned and operated by the ecological restoration company JFNew. For more information on obtaining seed from Prairie Ridge nursery or restorations by JFNew, contact Nicole Kalkbrenner at NKalkbrenner@jfnew.com.

Prairie Ridge Nursery Tour: Anecdotes and Insights from a Prairie Pioneer

Chelsea Bagot, BMAP Outreach Ecologist

Joyce Powers (second from right) talks about Prairie Dropseed.

the insects that require prairie is based on the food plant preferences of herbivores. Many insects are very particular about what plants they use as food. These herbivores are close to the base of the trophic pyra-mid. We know essentially nothing of the parasitoids high on the trophic pyramid, parasitoids which in some cases have a very narrow range of insect hosts.

I urge you to focus more closely on the little animals that contribute so much to making your prairie such a wild, beautiful, and fasci-nating place. If you stand still in your prairie during daylight hours on a windless day, quietly scanning the stems and leaves and flowers nearby, you will usually see many different kinds of insects. Flowers of some plants are especially attractive to insects which may be pursuing nectar, pollen, or both, or they may be waiting among flowers for prey or for the insect host they will parasitize to assure their next generation. Goldenrods are remarkable in this way, as is the alien Wild Parsnip, but Virginia Mountain-Mint is the plant that attracts the most astonishing diversity of insects in my experience. This activity, sorting out various insects using flowers, is something children often enjoy. Perhaps, in this way, I’ve never grown up.

Go out on your prairie at night with a headlamp or flashlight. Most flies, bees, and wasps will no longer be flying, though you’ll find them sleeping on leaves and flowers. The sounds of their wings will be gone, but other sounds characterize the night. Crickets and katydids dominate the night symphony in late summer, but there is a great diversity of small voices as well. Stand still and peer closely at the plants around you and you’ll probably see many different insects. You’ll see more spiders at night than during the day. Warm, humid, windless nights are best. For many insects and spiders, the threat of desiccation and overheating in the windy hot daytime is very real. Many insects lie hidden in the prairie litter during the day but come out to feed at night so you’ll see species you’ve not seen before. Some species only become active late at night, but many are spurred by hunger to forage shortly after dark. Mosquitoes may be out foraging, too.

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2000 BMAP Newsletter. Andrew Williams was a Fellow at the University of Wisconsin Department of Entomology at the time.

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Events

Goats as a Tool for Land Management: Walk, Talk, and Potluck Tuesday, August 28th, 6:30 pm. — Vermont Township

Are you struggling to control invasive woody plants like Buckthorn, Honeysuckle, Bar-berry, Prickly Ash, and Multiflora rose? Many landowners invest great effort and expense cutting brush and applying herbicide to such plants. An over-abundance of certain trees and shrubs reduces biodiversity, threatens populations of native wildflowers, and makes the woods more difficult to enjoy. Invasive woody plants also grow into prairies and savannas, reducing sunlight for prairie plants and habitat for grassland birds.

BMAP members Sharon and Warren Gaskill invite BMAP members and friends to their home in Vermont Township for a seminar featuring Jesse Bennet, co-owner and operator of Driftless Land Stewardship LLC, a natural areas management company based in Bagely, WI, to discuss the potential of “prescribed grazing” by goats as a tool for dealing with in-vasive species. Sharon and Warren Gaskill own a small herd of goats and will share some points about keeping goats for the recreational farmer and display their own efforts in prairie restoration. After walking and talking, we will gather for a potluck, so please bring lawn chairs and a dish to pass. This event is free and open to the public. Hope to see you there!

Directions: From Mount Horeb, go north on Hwy 78, turn left at Vermont Church Rd. Follow it to the end (just over 1 mile) and veer slightly left onto JJ. Follow JJ for about 1/4 mile and turn right onto Bell Rd. Follow Bell Rd. for about 1.5 miles. The address is 10405 Bell Rd., Black Earth.

For more information about this event contact Chelsea Bagot, BMAP Outreach Ecologist: cbagot@knox.edu or 847-533-3675.

No Child Left Inside —Midwest Environmental Education ConferenceOctober 18-20 — Stevens Point, Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education (WAEE) invites you to attend the Midwest Environmental Education Conference. They are expecting over 300 partici-pants from Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Minnesota at this year’s conference entitled: “No Child Left Inside.” The conference will provide teachers, community educators, en-vironmental education professionals, parents, and interested community members with the methods and tools to engage youth in outdoor educational and recreational adventures.

Visit www.uwsp.edu/cnr/waee/Events/fall07.htm to learn more. If you have immediate questions, contact the WAEE office: email waee@uwsp.edu or call 715-346-2796.

Two New Wisconsin DNR Publications

Reasonable Expectations: Practical Advice and Positive Directions to Recognize and Minimize the Consequences of Invasive Species. A special report published in the June, 2007, issue of Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine. Includes a list of new invasive plants to watch out for, an article about the spread of exotic earthworms, suggestions regarding what you can do to stop the spread of invasive species, a list of alternative plants for landscaping, a list of resources for learning more about invasive species, and more. Available online at www.wnrmag.com/supps/2007/jun07/intro.htm.

Emerald Ash Borer Toolkit for Wisconsin Communities. Produced to prepare Wisconsin com-munities for the arrival of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). Includes information for communities to prepare a readiness plan, procedures to help detect and control EAB, guidance for removal of trees, resources for communicating with media, community officials, and the public, and a list of educational resources. Visit dnr.wi.gov/forestry/uf/eab/ to download an electronic version of the kit or order a CD. Municipal tree managers and consultants who advise them can also contact their Wisconsin DNR regional urban forestry coordinator for a hard copy or CD. For information, contact Don Kissinger at 715-359-5793.Managing native lands since 1991

Own Land? Buying Land?Do you want to…

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Control invasive species, conduct a prescribed burn or clear brush?

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Announcements

Our Mission:The Blue Mounds Area Project is a community–based organization that seeks to inspire, inform and empower private landowners in the Southwestern Wisconsin region to enjoy, protect and restore native biodiversity and ecosystem health.

Our Objectives:1) Promote understanding, appreciation and conservation of native woodlands, prairies, wetlands and savannas and their special species in an economically viable manner, through community outreach programs and private contacts.

2) Act as a clearing house for information from people and organizations involved in preserving native biodiversity including information about plant, animal and habitat identification, management, restoration, seed sources, native plant nurseries and invasive, nonnative species.

3) Encourage cooperative, volunteer restoration and management activities.

4) Identify public and private land use changes that may affect ecosystem health and promote community–based stewardship of the unique natural heritage of the Blue Mounds and the Southwestern region of Wisconsin.

The Blue Mounds Area Project Newsletter is published quarterly. We welcome your comments, submissions, and advertisements.

Deadline for submissions: October 20, 2007

Send submissions to: Editor, Blue Mounds Area Project, PO Box 332, Mount Horeb, WI 53572 or jaraasch@tds.net

Editor: John A. Raasch, jaraasch@tds.net — Designer: Julie Raasch, jul@creative-zoo.com

Blue Mounds Area Project Membership Form

Name(s):

Address:

City: State: Zip:

E-mail address:

Membership Status:

❍ Renewal ❍ New Member ❍ Gift Membership for

Membership Level:

❍ Student $15 ❍ Basic $30 ❍ Contributor $50 ❍ Supporter $100 ❍ Sponsor $500 ❍ Patron $1000

❍ Other contribution to further the BMAP mission

TOTAL **All contributions are tax–deductible to the fullest extent of the law.**

❍ Yes, I would like to receive information about site visits.

Make check payable and return to: BLUE MOUNDS AREA PROJECT, PO BOX 332, MT. HOREB, WI 53572

BMAP Board of Directors

Carroll Schaal President and Treasurer

608-437-6247 schaal1@mhtc.net

Paul Kaarakka Secretary and Membership

608-827-5164 info@bluemounds.org

David Marshall

Deborah Joseph

If you would like to be a member of the BMAP Board please contact

Carroll Schaal (608) 437-6247

schaal1@mhtc.net

Volunteers Always Welcome!

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“ My special cause, the one that alerts my interest

and quickens the pace of my life,

is to preserve the wildflowers and native plants that

defin

e the regions of our land — to encourage

and promote their use in appropriate a

reas, and

thus help pass on to generations in waiting

the quiet joys and satisfactions

I have known since my childhood.”

—Lady Bird Johnson (1912 - 2007)