Minimum Participants: 4 Maximum Participants: 10 Primary Contact: Visit Middleton, Mari Olson, [email protected] Who can attend & Cost:
Active, Senior, and Life Members (media) - $0
Supporting group members (non-media, partners, speakers) - Not Eligible
Spouses/partners - $0
Start Location: Monona Terrace Convention Center Lunch & Transportation provided
Pheasant Branch Conservancy is more than 600 acres of protected prairie land and wooded areas, with the Pheasant Branch Creek flowing throughout and feeding Lake Mendota. Your guide, Tim Hansel, an education coordinator for the Friends of Pheasant Branch, will walk you through the prairie while sunflowers and other native grasses and forbs are in peak. You’ll also walk up to Frederick’s Hill to take in a beautiful vista of the conservancy. Along the way, you’ll meet the plant and animal species that make the rare native Wisconsin prairies so stunning.
AGENDA
9:30 a.m.: Shuttle pickup on Wilson Street, in front of Monona Terrace at 9 East Wilson Street, Madison. (BRING CREDENTIALS)
10 a.m. to noon: Pheasant Branch Conservancy is more than 600 acres of protected prairie land and wooded areas, with the Pheasant Branch Creek flowing throughout and feeding Lake Mendota. Your guide, Tim Hansel, an education coordinator for the Friends of Pheasant Branch, will walk you through the prairie while sunflowers and other native grasses and forbs are in peak. You’ll also walk up to Frederick’s Hill to take in a beautiful vista of the conservancy. Along the way, you’ll meet the plant and animal species that make the rare native Wisconsin prairies so stunning.
Noon: Load onto bus. Following the walk, the shuttle will take the group to Craftsman Table & Tap for lunch (also sponsored).
12:20 -2:30 p.m.: Lunch at Craftsman Table & Tap.
2:30 p.m.: After lunch, the shuttle will drive attendees back to Monona Terrace. Arrival at Monona Terrace, estimated 3 p.m. (Can depart earlier if all are ready.)
*Pheasant Branch has a clear “keep to trail” policy in order to protect the revitalized prairie, but a certified guide has permission to take you off trail where they deem fit. You may ONLY leave the trail with your guide. Wear sensible shoes, sunscreen and bug repellent. Recommendations on what to bring: water bottle, binoculars, camera and shade hat.
