Expansion of Baird Creek Parkway A partnership between the City of Green Bay, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the Baird Creek Preservation Foundation has resulted in approximately 24 acres of beautiful woodland added to the Baird Creek Parkway. The property is northwest of Christa McAuliffe Park, between the existing park property and the [...]
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Thanks to everyone that attended the annual banquet on March 5. We hope you had a great time and look forward to seeing you next year!
The 13th Annual Meeting and Banquet was a great success yet again thanks to the many volunteers and Board and Committee Members. Over 110 people attended the meeting. Dr. Stanley Temple, Beers-Bascom Professor Emeritus in Conservation in the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, was the esteemed guest speaker. His life’s work [...]
Two Eagle Scouts completed projects in the Parkway in 2009. A high-quality boardwalk was constructed near Superior Road (just south of the railroad tracks) that will serve to alleviate erosion problems and make it easier for hikers and bikers to get through the area. This project was led by Eagle Scout Chris Harrison with [...]
June 2009, BCPF summer interns Meg Harvey and Linda Filo found Ororbanche uniflora (one-flowered broomrape), a Species of Special Concern in Wisconsin and a Brown County record. This rare plant typically grows in moist woods and streambanks, is 2″ – 8″ tall, and is parasitic on many types of plants. Interns found this unique [...]