CAST YOUR VOTE FOR THE 2010 FWSP AWARDS!
GOLD SEAL AWARDS
Nominate your favorite Wisconsin State Park, Forest, Trail, or Recreation Area in a number of categories for the 2010 Gold Seal Awards. Winners will be invited to the FWSP Awards Banquet in October and will receive a plaque thanking them for their hard work and dedication to the places you love.
See the 2010 Gold Seal categories and fill out the nomination survey HERE.
Nominations close on Friday, September 24, 2010.
HERO AWARDS
Submit your vote for the 2010 Hero Awards in the following categories:
Outstanding DNR Land Manager
Successful Friends Group
2010 Friends Hero
To nominate an individual or group, please send a short paragraph (about 100 words) about the nominee to DNRWisconsinParks@wisconsin.gov.
Nominations close on Friday, September 24, 2010.
More Photo Contest Information
FWSP PHOTO CONTEST
Share your talent and experiences with Friends of Wisconsin State Parks!
FWSP invites all interested individuals to submit their favorite photos of Wisconsin State Park, Forest, Trail, or Recreation Area to our 3rd annual photography competition. Winners will be featured in the 2011 Friends of Wisconsin State Parks calendar, released in December, 2010.
The more competitive entries will pertain to a season and the 13 winners (12 representing the months of the year and 1 for the calendar cover) will be invited to the FWSP Annual Awards Banquet on Friday, October 22, 2010. '
The deadline for all submissions is Friday, September 17, 2010.
For more details about how to submit your photos and other information, click on the link above.
Upcoming Friends Events
UPCOMING FRIENDS EVENTS
June 19, 2010
Delafield
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Summer Solstice Celebration
Join us for a fun-filled afternoon of music featuring different musical genres. Performers will include The Burie Family, Ian Gould, Wooden Bridges, and Off the Grid with Tom Klein from Bicycle Doctor, Dan & Deb Aukofer, & Larry Moore. Refreshment of beer and brats available sponsored by Lapham Ladies. Bring your chair and blanket to enjoy fantastic music in the great outdoors. |
June 19, 2010
Baraboo
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CAMP WE-KAN-TAK-IT
"Camp We-Kan-Tak-It" is an original multi-media musical that celebrates the enduring legacy of Wisconsin’s Civilian Conservation Corps and WPA—Works Progress Administration. Created by Milwaukee Public Theatre and Voices Theater, the production is based on Wisconsin CCC camp newspapers and incorporates original photos, drawings, songs, and stories from the 1930's, bringing to life what many young men faced during the Depression and emphasizing the positive environmental effects of the project. The project celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Wisconsin CCC’s state park development, and the founding of the WPA. The State-wide tour is made possible by support from the Wisconsin Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
June 20, 2010
Aztalan, Lake Mills
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Public Guided Tour of Aztalan State Park
Weekly Guided tour of Aztalan State Park. This tour is free and open to the public. |
June 21, 2010
Aztalan, Lake Mills
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Summer Solstice Event
Summer Solstice Event at Aztalan State Park. The Friends of Aztalan State Park will provide food and refreshments. |
June 26, 2010
Ellison Bay
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Door County BioBlitz
Designed as part educational event, part scientific endeavor and part festival, our BioBlitz brings together scientists, volunteers, and the public to see how many species we can all count in a day-long biological survey of Europe Bay Woods State Natural Area at Newport State Park.
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June 26, 2010
Green Bay
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Civil War Encampment
Join area re-enactors and Heritage Hill State Historical Park as we showcase life during the American Civil War |
June 27, 2010
Green Bay
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Civil War Encampment
Join area re-enactors and Heritage Hill State Historical Park as we showcase life during the American Civil War |
June 27, 2010
Aztalan, Lake Mills
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Public Guided Tour of Aztalan State Park
Weekly Guided tour of Aztalan State Park. This tour is free and open to the public. |
More Work*Play*Earth Day Photos
2nd Annual Work*Play*Earth Day a Success!
The second annual Work*Play*Earth Day brought yet another enthusiastic group of volunteers to Wisconsin state parks and trails for fun and rewarding volunteer work days. In order to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, volunteers were recruited from around Wisconsin to help protect and preserve their local state park or forest.
A total of 164 volunteers donated their time at Mirror Lake, Kohler-Andrae, Buckhorn, Harrington Beach, and Big Foot Beach State Parks and Red Cedar State Trail on Saturday, April 24. These volunteers contributed over 850 hours to the State Park System through work such as planting trees, raking campsites, repairing picnic tables, and repairing trails.
On Saturday, May 8, another 45 volunteers braved some unseasonably chilly weather at Whitefish Dunes and Hartman Creek State Parks. These volunteers brought the number of Work*Play*Earth Day volunteer hours to a grand total of 1,020 donated hours by pulling invasive species, planting trees, and much more!
Volunteers were treated to complementary Work*Play*Earth Day backpacks provided by Friends of Wisconsin State Parks and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Several event locations were also able to provide volunteers with water bottles and snacks donated by REI Madison, Whole Foods in Madison, and Holiday Wholesale in Baraboo.
Thank you again to all WPED volunteers and sponsors. We hope to see you at volunteer events in the future!
Friends and Volunteers at Mirror Lake State Park
Volunteer Opportunities
Looking for ways to help out and get involved at your favorite state park, trail, or forest? If you have a specific area where you would like to volunteer, contact the park staff (
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/LAND/parks/) or Friends group (
http://www.fwsp.org/groups/) directly, as they will know what needs to be done at the park.
For other ideas, click on the link above to see if there are any volunteer opportunities coming up!
