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Baird Creek 2011 Annual Banquet

 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 [...]

The Annual Banquet March 5, 2012

“ Memories of Baird Creek and Its Future as an Oasis in an Urban Landscape” The 14th Annual Meeting and Dinner Guest Speaker, Neil Diboll Monday, March 5, 2012 The Clarion Hotel 201 Main Street, Green Bay Reception 5:00 p.m. Dinner 6:00 p.m. Program 7:00 p.m. $17 per person R.S.V.P. by February 29  Neil Diboll is [...]

Eagle Scout Projects at the Creek

  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 [...]

Rare flower

  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 [...]

Baird Creek Master Plan Wins Award

Jessie Fink and Landscape Architect Company JJR were awarded as the best project in design and planning by the for the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. You can read the master plan by clicking on the links below Baird Creek Master Plan Chapter 1 (PDF) Chapter 2 (PDF) Chapter 3 (PDF) [...]