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Scheduled WWOA and Bad Axe Events

WWOA 45th Annual Meeting: Marshfield Wisconsin. September 26th to 29th, 2024. Register now for one or more days of this informative get-together with members from across Wisconsin as we meet in Marshfield, WI. Meeting includes Thursday and Friday tours, and Saturday business meeting, keynote presentations, concurrent sessions and evening banquet. Sunday field day. https://wisconsinwoodlands.org/annual-meeting

BAD AXE EVENT : Field Day at Pickar Farm, West Salem WI. 8:45 am to 2:00pm at N6227 McKinley Valley Rd, West Salem WI 54669. Events include a tour of Warren and Renee Pickar’s woodlands, presentations on invasive species management, disease management, MFL and NRCS EQUIP programs and the American chestnut in the West Salem area. For additional information, e-mail the Bad Axe Chapter at applewoodtreefarmwisconsin@gmail.com

Where:  N6227 McKinley Valley Road, West Salem, WI 54669

Time:   8:45 am –   2:00 pm

Directions to N6227 McKinley Valley Road, West Salem, WI: Take Hwy 108 north (to your right coming from West Salem) (Left if coming from Sparta direction) off of Hwy 16 by Lake Neshonic. County Park other side of Hwy 16. In about .5 miles you veer right to stay on Hwy 108 and travel about another 1.5 miles to McKinley Valley Road. (The road sign says McKinley Road – there’s a yellow West Salem Rod & Gun Club sign at the intersection) . Follow the road for 1.5 miles and N6227 is on the left side of the road, a red brick Farm House. Watch for event signs. 

WWOA EVENT. Women of WWOA will gather October 19, 2024 near Antigo, WI. Activities include a tour of the REGI raptor center and a walking tour of the Adanovec woodland. Registration information and more details are available at www.wisconsinwoodlands.org/events. .

Other Upcoming Events

Previous Bad Axe Chapter Events

June 22, 2024. Nursery Tour and Bad Axe Summer Picnic. Roger Bohringer, Assistant Manager of the nurser led the tour. Ross DeWitt, DNR forester spoke on coordination with DNR and preparing for timber sales and MFL applications. The summer picnic was held alongside the Chapter’s annual meeting.

October 15, 2022. Bad Axe Gathering and Annual Meeting Kramer Farm, Richland County, WI. July 22, 2023. Kramer Farm, Richland County, WI.

The 2023 Bad Axe Annual Meeting, Gathering and Potluck was held at the Kramer Farm in Richland County on July 22, 2023.  Highlights of the event were the delicious barbeque and potluck dishes provided by the Kramer family and guests.  Following lunch, a presentation and demonstration was provided by Mike Nee, Bad Axe member, botanist, and lifelong expert on the flora of Richland County and Southwest Wisconsin.  Mike explained how botanical specimens are identified, collected, and preserved for herbaria and he reviewed the important roles of plant collections for environmental and other scientific studies.  Mike then led us on a walking tour in which he identified native and invasive plants in the understory of a plantation. 

Bad Axe Field Day and Annual Meeting. October 15, 2022 at the Betty and Jeanie Kramer Farm, Richland County.

The October 15, 2022 Bad Axe Field Day was hosted by the Betty and Jeanie Kramer family at their 4^th generation family woodland near Boaz, Richland County, WI.    Julie Van Cleve, DNR spoke about Crop Tree Release. Randy Kelly demonstrated tree pruning. Dan Bolin discussed invasive and opportunist species and methods for control. Crystal Bailey of Richland Co NRCS shared tips on preparations of Quality Pollinator Habitat. Also, Julie Van Cleve, DNR, and Crystal Bailey, NRCS, explained funding programs and application processes.

Walnut Council Invited Field Day. May 21, 2022.

The Bad Axe Chapter of WWOA held a short meeting right after the conclusion of the Walnut Council’s Field Day at the Roger Krause Farm. Dale Parker discussed organization of the Bad Axe Chapter and the upcoming Field Day at the Kramer Farm was announced. Warren Pickar facilitated a discussion about future combined Walnut Council-Bad Axe WWOA field days.