Sunday, August 5   Wisconsin Land Trust Days

#HaveFunOutside

Please plan to join us from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 5 at our Kelly Creek Preserve to celebrate Wisconsin Land Trust Days. Enjoy a preserve walk, led by KRLT Executive Dave Drewiske, while learning about our 70 acre “Kelly Creek Preserve”, which has been restored to native prairie and oak savanna. We will also be having a Kelly Creek sign dedication! Please reserve your spot for the 1:00 p.m. or 2:00 p.m. tour at https://bit.ly/2mM3cRR

Then go to the Kinnickinnic Historical Society Ice Cream Social at the Kinnickinnic Church and savor some delicious ice cream made from the blackcaps harvested at Kelly Creek Preserve! The Historical Society is also celebrating the 150th birthday of this country church, which they have beautifully restored.

The ice cream social starts at 3:30 p.m. and ends at 6:00 p.m. Since this is the Historical Society’s major fundraiser, there will be a nominal fee for the ice cream, pie and soft drinks.

Come and #HaveFunOutside!

To reach Kelly Creek Preserve, from River Falls, take Wis. Hwy. 65 north (alternately, from Interstate 94 east of Hudson, at Exit 10 take Hwy. 65 south). Turn east onto County Road J. Drive about 1.5 miles and turn right/south onto a gravel road. In a little less than a third of a mile, a parking lot is on the road’s right/west side.

The address of the Kinnickinnic Church is 1276 County Road J, River Falls, WI.

 

 

 

 

 

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Minnesota and Wisconsin educators, this workshop on the water is for you! We want to get you on the river this summer, rediscovering your local National Park, the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway.

Join the St. Croix River Association (SCRA), the official non-profit partner of the Riverway and our field trip partners for this FUN, hands-on workshop that will inspire you to include Riverway and watershed education as part of your annual curriculum cycle. Let us help you with the curriculum and materials!

Cost: Free, except you will need to pay for a MN State Parks Day Pass ($7)

Teachers on the River Workshop Benefits

• Paddle the Croix with other teachers and have a fun day on the water
• Discover the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway and all the exciting environmental education opportunities
• Learn more about this National Park and the 50th Anniversary of the Riverway
• Find out about 2018-19 Riverway classroom and field trip opportunities
• Receive access to pre and post activities to complement your classroom or field trip program
• Experience student activities during the workshop

Workshop Schedule

8am: Introductions, Icebreaker and National Park Service Orientation

9am: Geology and Pothole Hike and field trip opportunities with a MN Interstate Park Naturalist

9:45am: Shuttle to the south entrance of MN Interstate Park (307 Milltown Ct., Taylors Falls, MN 55084)

10am – 1:30pm: Teachers on the River (Kayaks provided by SCRA & NPS); Lunch on the River

1:30 – 3:30pm: Field Trip Activity Stations at Osceola Landing

• Let’s Go Mucking with NPS Park Ranger
• St. Croix Haiku with Greg Seitz from St. Croix 360
• What is a Watershed? with SCRA education staff
• Naturalist Activity Bins with WI Interstate Park Naturalist
• Riverway Wildlife with Wild River State Park Naturalist

3:30 – 4pm: Pre & Post Activities, Q & A

4:00pm: Shuttle back to MN Interstate Park

Workshop Partners:

Minnesota DNR State Parks

National Park Service

St. Croix 360

Wisconsin DNR State Parks

River Falls Days!

Parade—Friday, July 13—6:30pm

Scrappy will again be on parade this year, dressed in the latest pieces pulled from the Kinni at our March KinniRiverCleanUp. Join us and walk next to Scrappy  – you can even pass out bags to parade viewers so their trash can be thrown away instead of landing in the Kinni. Make a difference while having fun!

Scrappy —Saturday, July 14

Play “I Spy” and find some of the interesting pieces of garbage removed from the Kinni and its watershed (like a Green Bay Packer glove, Reddi Whip can, etc.).

Later, help Scrappy get ready for his next appearance by removing the trash. He’ll then be dressed at Hudson’s RiverFest where he will be “dressed” with trash from their Tuesday, July 17 River Clean-up!

Interested in being part of our parade float Friday night?  Interested in helping to “undress” Scrappy?

To participate in one or both events, click here to register by Monday, July 9 

It is with a heavy heart that the KRLT family shares with you news of the passing of one of our great KRLT friends and a strong supporter of the KRLT mission, Roberta Ann Johnson. Roberta and her husband Lyle placed their farm, just west of River Falls, into a conservation easement with the KRLT in 2007. In 2012 they worked with the KRLT on a protected land swap of a parcel of their land with the School District of River Falls to complete the current School Forest area.

Roberta loved the land that made up their farm, and the river that runs through it. During the negotiations to finalize the land swap, Roberta said it wasn’t a case of giving up some of their land, it was leaving a legacy of conservation for the students of River Falls. She was very proud of the fact that the land that they farmed for 60 years would be protected…forever.

Thank you, Roberta. Thank you, Lyle.