Parks has added a literature box to the signboard at Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park’s North Unit (6098 N. Sherman Ave). Check inside for trail maps, upcoming event notices, bird checklists, Nature Passports for kids, and more.

You can also view and download maps and bird checklists directly from our website at cherokeemarsh.org

The Nature Passport is a nature-focused scavenger hunt for kids and parents. The Passport guides you in visits to Cherokee Marsh and fifteen other natural areas around Dane County and beyond. Get yours at:

naturenet.org/nature-passport

Thanks to the generous donation of time, funds, and expertise by Friends member Mike Rewey, Cherokee Park (the neighborhood park on Burning Wood Way along Cherokee Lake) has a new purple martin house awaiting residents.

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The Wisconsin Master Naturalist Program is a statewide effort to promote awareness, understanding, and stewardship of our natural resources. Master Naturalists are trained volunteers who provide service in education & interpretation, stewardship, and citizen science.

Master Naturalist training is being offered on Madison’s North Side this summer (and also at the UW arboretum). Class size is limited so sign up soon if interested.

Find out more here:

https://www.wimasternaturalist.org/getinvolved/vols

Submit your photos for consideration to help ensure that Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park is represented in the 2017 Madison Parks calendar.

The deadline is August 31, 2016, so there is plenty of time to get new photos or search your archives.

Details here:

http://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/blog/?Id=9365

Jan Axelson

A need for improvements to the waste oil dropoff site has triggered a plan for changes to the entrance to Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park’s South Unit at the corner of Wheeler Rd and School Rd. City Engineering staff explained the changes at a neighborhood meeting on May 16.

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Madison’s Engineering Division, in cooperation with Madison Parks, has proposed constructing a third storm water pond in Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park’s South Unit. The pond will be just north of Wheeler Road near Bonner Lane and Northland Drive. City staff presented the plans at a public meeting at Black Hawk School on April 11.

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On March 1, the Madison Common Council approved a plat for a new 6-acre development just north of the entrance to the Cherokee Country Club’s clubhouse. The development, from Cherokee Park, Inc. (CPI), will be called The Turn at Cherokee and will have 16 residential lots
along a new street that will extend from the clubhouse entrance road on the south end to N. Sherman Ave. on the north end.

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Russ shares his knowledge of wetlands on one of many tours he led (and continues to lead) at Cherokee Marsh. Photo by Janet Battista.

Anita Weier

As Conservation Resource Supervisor for Madison Parks, Russ Hefty aggressively managed conservation areas. Recently retired from the post after 25 years, he can’t stop himself from continuing his dedicated work as a volunteer for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources at its Mt. Vernon property. He also plans to do some work at Donald Park near Mt. Vernon. And in January, he was elected to the board of the Friends of Cherokee Marsh.

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