RECENT NEWS
CNRA Celebrates 60 years of Conservation Activism
Council members gather at Ziaga Freivald's home to admire her prairie and woodland restorations. Our 2011 annual report highlights CNRA initiatives over the last 60 years. Six Decades of Action
CNRA 2011Spring Council Meeting
Tour of Abraham's Woods
Naturalist Richard Barloga lead an educational tour of CNRA plant enthusiasts on a tour of Abraham's Woods State Natural Area, a rare example of a Southern Wisconsin Mesic Forest. The woods offer a diverse array of spring ephemerals and wildflowers. Basswood, Sugar Maples and Red Oak comprise the dominat tree canopy. Abraham's Woods was designated as a State Natural Area in 1961 and is owned by UW Madison.
Companion Plants Nodding Trillium and Remnant of a snag
Mayapple in bloom
Lynn Vorpahl examines the remains of the original Sugar Bush
Elward Engle, WI DNR Real Estate Specialist (retired) speaks at 2010 CNRA Annual Meeting
Elward Engle exhibits the Federal and State Endangered Fassettts Locoweed during his presentation "Water, Water, .....Where is It? at the Vorpahl Riverhouse. His talk focused on water quality issues, his work at the DNR to restore the Mecan River and his experience fighting the high capacity well proposed by Perrier at the headwater spring of the Mecan River.
Members from Central Wisconsin Trout Unlimited conduct a water monitoring session at the Mecan River. CNRA's Rumi and Jim O'Brein, Zaiga Freivalds and Jan Scalpone watch as Elward Engle empties a sample of water and its microorganisms to be identified and recorded.
CNRA donates funds for two display cases to showcase the fish collection and other educational exhibits at UW Stevens Point
Dr. Erik Wild, Department of Biology and Curator of the Museum of Natural History and Justin Sipiorski accept CNRA's donation and 50 yr book from CNRA presedint Lisa Geer and Jan scalpone. One of the display cases will be located The Natural History Museum and the second will be near the fish collection in the Daniel O. Trainer Natural Resources Building at UW Stevens Point.
Three CNRA members recently inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame!
George Becker, Emily Earley and Ruth Hine were honored at the 2010 Induction Ceremony, held at the Sentry Theater, Stevens Point WI
on Saturday April 24, 2010, 10 am. Visit the WI Conservation Hall of Fame to view the press release and individual biographie's of inductees. CNRA History page summarizes thier contributions to CNRA.
Just Published!
Dear Editor: Opinions and Comments From a Farmer- Naturalist's Viewpoint Plus Other Sketches From Past and Present.
written by CNRA member Harold Kruse edited by Gretchen Kruse
"One of my greatests passions in life is 
saving natural beauty. Nothing else is
more important than saving the earth -
that's where we live. And I don't limit it
to people...I like to look at the whole
picture. Everything fits togeather."
"In developing a well-rounded conservation program - soil, water, woodlands, and wildlife - we must not forget the fifth factor - beauty.....
such a scene also includes healthy and happy people, our most important resource." Harold Kruse
contributions from sales will go to the Baraboo Range Preservation Association
P.O. Box 205, Baraboo, WI 53913
