60 third-graders from Sandburg Elementary School visited the Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park, North Unit for activities.

Results of the Spring 2025 Snake Survey at the North Unit of Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park

UPDATES: American Family Insurance golf championship & Cherokee Marsh North Unit

Friends volunteers and board members were busy throughout Earth Week.

The goal is to identify snake species present in the park and estimate their populations.

American White Pelicans in the "Cherokee Lake" area of the Yahara River

Sheila Leary was elected president, Timothy Baker as vice president, Lesleigh Luttrell as treasurer, and Wendy Murkve as secretary.

We honored outgoing board president Jan Axelson for her 19 years of board service with the Friends of Cherokee Marsh.

Help sew bags for seed collecting

a video that shows the Friends' activities in 2024

The funds donated to the city were used to support 260 hours from seasonal staffers.

It's Time to Renew Your Membership. All memberships expire on December 31.

Statements from the slate of board candidates for four positions with terms that will end at our member meeting in January, 2025.

A beautiful October Saturday for our annual Hayrides & Hikes event.

by Jan Axelson, president of the Friends board Each fall, groups of volunteers fan out across Dane County to collect seeds from prairies...

The Friends are donating $5,000 each to Madison & Dane County Parks annually to support restoration crew hours.

More than 50% of the annual amount of phosphorus in urban stormwater can come from leaves in the street.

Sparrow-proof bird houses for chickadees and house wrens available

Over two days in late August, several shifts of students from Madison Country Day School, adding up to more than 50 sophomores and...

The North Unit of Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park was the site of a small snake survey in July and August 2024. Steve Davis, as part of...