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Treasures of Oz

Celebrating the Natural Gems of Ozaukee County

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Treasures of Oz 2017

The morning team at Spirit Lake Preserve
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Christine Bohn of Ozaukee-Washington Land Trust discusses the Spirit Lake site
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Spirit Lake Preserve
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Spirit Lake Preserve
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The UWM Field Station Cedarburg Bog boardwalk was a huge hit. Check out the next photos to get a sense of the beauty of the bog.
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The map of the UWM Field Station bog boardwalk
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The UWM Field Station boardwalk is NOT Atlantic City!
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Sites Coordinator Paul Gutelius checking the Treasures of Oz flag at the entrance to the Spirit Lake Preserve
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Visitors and volunteers pose at Tendick Nature Park
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Andrew Struck leads a walk in Tendick Nature Park
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Active discussions at Tendick Nature Park
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The log cabin at Tendick Nature Park
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The gardens at the log cabin at Tendick Nature Park are maintained by LaVonne and Stan Suring and the members of the Master Gardeners
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The garden at the log cabin at Tendick Nature Park
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The creaking windmill at the log cabin at Tendick Nature Park
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Ehlers County Park treasure site
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Nice flag!
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Ehlers County Park was the site of electro-fishing. "No fish were killed in this process."
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Allon and Magie wait for the next visitor
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Ehlers County Park also featured a search for macro invertebrates with Kelly Ostrenga and Joe Fitzgerald of Milwaukee Riverkeeper.
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Joe points out the macro invertebrate treasures they found
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Ehlers County Park: EEK!
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Ehlers County Park
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Forest Beach Migratory Preserve was the celebration headquarters. The "Steve and Friends" band entertained.
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Forest Beach Migratory Preserve site check-in
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Forest Beach Migratory Preserve also had reptiles with Randyman Hetzel
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Tom Kroeger of Lakeshore Park, Milwaukee talks about "bug hotels" at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
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Marjie Tomter (the wizard behind Oz) and Kay Dahlke pose with "Sparkles" the water spaniel at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
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Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
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The auction layout at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
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Forest Beach Migratory Preserve also had displays by local groups including Oz County Land and Water Management
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Conversations around the displays at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
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The young people get involved too!
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Echo was very pleased with her upcycled buckthorn nametag at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve.
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Harrington Beach State Park erected a special tent at the Niagara Picnic area to cover the Friends of Harrington Beach, Wisconsin Coastal Management, NOAA National Maritime Sanctuary and the Feith Kettle Moraine YMCA.
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Harrington Beach State Park discussions under the big top
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Interns with the Ozaukee Fish Passage program take a break from the Milwaukee River at Ehlers County Park and pose with their ice cream sandwiches
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Another photo of the site table at the UWM Field Station Cedarburg Bog boardwalk.
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Below are links to Google map for each site location.
You can also download a Google Earth KMZ file here. Treasures of Oz 2017 locations for import to Google Earth

Cedarburg Bog Boardwalk:

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Ehlers Park: (South Entrance)

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Forest Beach:

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Harrington Beach:

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Spirit Lake:

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Tendick Nature Park: West

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Forest Beach Migratory Preserve

As always, all trails lead to the Forest Beach Migratory Preserve, a “Five Star Bird Hotel” and Celebration Headquarters. Explore the trails, the hawk watch tower and the wetlands area birding…

Cedarburg Bog State Natural Area

Kate Redmond will coordinate this with the Friends of Cedarburg Bog. This boardwalk was the favorite site in 2013 and the possibilities for watershed education here are endless.

Spirit Lake

Introducing the Mequon Partners in Preservation Project - a plan for watershed mapping and community planning around the water resources rather than in response to development with the City of…

Harrington Beach State Park

Lake Michigan Watershed with Wisconsin Coastal Management’s Todd Brieby on measures to monitor runoff to the lake, the developing Lake Michigan Water Trail and other WCM initiatives along the lake.

Tendick Nature Park - West

Prairie restoration with Pheasants Forever and USF&W.

Ehlers Park

Clean water through monitoring with Milwaukee Riverkeeper and fish diversity with Ozaukee County Fish Passage Program.

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