The Photo Club meetings are friendly and informal, with a brief discussion of upcoming activities, a short program and conclude with the opportunity to share and discuss photos. All photographers are welcome regardless of skill level. Photo Club is free to attend and for the time being takes place virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/94997802912?pwd=dER0SGtoODR6SHRoZS9raEJXTkYxQT09 Meeting […]
In partnership with the Ozaukee County Aging Resource Disability Center (ARCC), Riveredge is offering a Memory Café. It meets virtually on the first Thursday of every month. The café is intended for people with all stages of memory loss and their caregivers. Fun nature related activities are planned for the group each month.The Café offers […]
In 2020, Sumner Matteson, conservation biologist with the Wisconsin DNR’s Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation, delivered a stirring history of Trumpeter Swan recovery in Wisconsin. He’s back with us to report on the history of Piping Plover breeding in Wisconsin and on current conservation efforts to increase nesting numbers of this state-endangered bird. Wisconsin’s Piping […]
The Photo Club meetings are friendly and informal, with a brief discussion of upcoming activities, a short program and conclude with the opportunity to share and discuss photos. All photographers are welcome regardless of skill level. Photo Club is free to attend and for the time being takes place virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/94997802912?pwd=dER0SGtoODR6SHRoZS9raEJXTkYxQT09 Meeting […]
AFIELD, Portraits of Wisconsin Naturalists, Empowering Leopold's Legacy (Volume One): "For 40 years, Sumner Matteson has regularly made time to record the stories of Wisconsin field biologists, ecologists, conservation biologists, and land stewards. Among them are the well-known and recognized as well as the more obscure and overlooked. All made contributions to natural history and […]
20+ Years of birds at Riveredge: a synopsis of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship Program (MAPS) - Started here in 1999, the MAPS national banding program uses “constant effort mist-netting” to provide annual estimates of post-fledgling productivity, adult survivorship, and the population size for both resident and migrant bird species. Our site covers about […]
Can we imagine a world where the Whooping Crane is only threatened, not endangered? Since the first Whooping Cranes were introduced to the Wisconsin landscape in 2001, just over 300 birds have been released. Fast forward to 2020; Just how are we doing towards the goal of downlisting? Davin Lopez of the Wisconsin DNR and […]
In partnership with the Ozaukee County Aging Resource Disability Center (ARCC), Riveredge is offering a Memory Café. It meets virtually on the first Thursday of every month. The café is intended for people with all stages of memory loss and their caregivers. Fun nature related activities are planned for the group each month.The Café offers […]
The Photo Club meetings are friendly and informal, with a brief discussion of upcoming activities, a short program and conclude with the opportunity to share and discuss photos. All photographers are welcome regardless of skill level. Photo Club is free to attend and for the time being takes place virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/94997802912?pwd=dER0SGtoODR6SHRoZS9raEJXTkYxQT09 Meeting […]
Lake Sturgeon were once prevalent in the Milwaukee River system, however, habitat loss due to dam construction and overfishing have resulted in Lake Sturgeon being extirpated from the Milwaukee River. A combination of habitat improvements and a stocking program have made it possible for the re-introduction of Lake Sturgeon into this system. The Milwaukee River […]
