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.

Sometimes I can be done with work early enough to glimpse the last gleams of daybreak at the marsh. Glorious days, those.

The PGA Tour Champions American Family Insurance Championship will take place June 6–8, 2025, at the TPC Wisconsin golf course.

The marsh in rainy weather has a different feel. The soft susurrus of the rain over trees and fields, ponds and riverbanks, pulls me in.

I headed down the River Trail to visit a giant dead snag to the west of the trail. Much to my dismay, it had fallen.

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

The trained and certified staff of both Madison Parks and Dane County Parks are busy when conditions are optimal for prescribed burns.

One of the most valuable tools in restoring Wisconsin’s native communities is prescribed fire, and this is especially true in a wetland.

On a frigid winter’s day, it did happen. I saw a coyote on the trail.

We have lots to report about conservation projects on Madison’s portion of the Cherokee Marsh public lands.

February is a quiet month here at the marsh. That is, until a wind comes.

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 marsh is a snowy wasteland. Or is it? I hear Canada geese with their rapturous calls on the Yahara. Even in winter, life abounds.

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