Sunday, December 16, 2007
The Giving Tree
The October 2007 edition of the Living on the Lake magazine published by Lake Country Publications featured an article by Laura Dritlein entitled "The Giving Tree, 150-7ear-old Pewaukee Apple preserves a bushel of local history". The photos were done by Carla Seward.
The article gives a complete history of George Peffer and the Pewaukee Apple. It also features the Pewaukee Apple tree on the Dave Swan farm in Pewaukee. The photo was taken in September at picking time. This tree is approximately 20 years old and produces up to ten bushels each season.
Labels: Pewaukee Apple Tree, Publicity
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Apple Harvest Festival
The Pewaukee River Partnership has been accepted as a participant in the yearly Fall festival held at Retzer Nature Center (S14 W28167 Madison St., Waukesha, WI 53188). The event will be on Saturday, September 22, 2007.
PRP will display photos of work that has been accomplished. The Simmons Woods Boardwalk along the Pewaukee River will be featured. The display will also explain the monthly Pewaukee River Monitoring Project as well as the Pewaukee Is Our Place Project.
This event will kick off the new fundraiser: "Plant A Piece of Pewaukee History". Orders will be taken for spring delivery of official Pewaukee Apple trees. The trees sell for $29.50 prepaid. Donations for trees to be planted in the Pewaukee Apple Memorial Orchard will also be solicited.
Labels: Pewaukee Apple Tree, Pewaukee Is Our Place, Pewaukee River Monitoring Project, Publicity
Monday, March 05, 2007
Monitoring Award Winner
The Pewaukee River Partnership has been named as the winner of the 2007 Wisconsin Stream Award in the organized group category. This award is sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Extension, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Water Action Volunteers (WAV) Program.
Through out the State of Wisconsin, local citizens are involved in monitoring the health of their streams and rivers. Over the past two years the 23 PRP volunteers have monitored the Pewaukee River as well as Coco Creek, Zion Creek and Meadowbrook Creek for approximately 130 times. The resulting information has been entered into the WAV database to be used by the DNR as well as PRP to improve our waters.
Presentation of the award will be made at the next Pewaukee River Partnership meeting on Thursday, March 22, 2007.
Through out the State of Wisconsin, local citizens are involved in monitoring the health of their streams and rivers. Over the past two years the 23 PRP volunteers have monitored the Pewaukee River as well as Coco Creek, Zion Creek and Meadowbrook Creek for approximately 130 times. The resulting information has been entered into the WAV database to be used by the DNR as well as PRP to improve our waters.
Presentation of the award will be made at the next Pewaukee River Partnership meeting on Thursday, March 22, 2007.
Labels: Awards, Pewaukee River Monitoring Project, Pewaukee River Partnership, Press Releases, Publicity
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Nomination
The Pewaukee River Partnership has been nominated for the Wisconsin Stream Monitoring Award. Applications were posted January 16th.
Labels: Awards, Press Releases, Publicity
